Urging and Surging

When I want to do something
or be someone else
it comes from an urging
a forceful movement
that needs to be responded to.


From time to time
the surging of the creative
and positive energy
open to us the horizon
to become a new person.

My Mom is Smilin'

I saw her smile from out there
looking at us with great fondness
around her, my father
and 2 other siblings.

My mom is smilin' at us
from out there triumphantly
joyously had conquered life
a promise now at hand.

My mom is smilin'
happy where she is
happy where we are
my mom is smilin' at us.




"on the 85th birth anniversary of my mom"

Empty Cup

When my empty cup
is filled with my morning coffee
I feel the warmth
as it reaches my empty stomach.

There is the movement
of pouring and emptying
a satisfaction of life
and the perk of the day.

Life needs to be empty
left to be filled with
what is there inside
that gives the perk of life.

Our Strength Comes from God

Left alone we get withered

the power we have as own

is limited by human elements

and extended by will power.

However our strength 

comes from our God

who is the source of our being

and our becoming.

When my faith fails me

God still believes in us

a power that perhaps save us

from self pity and destruction.

All shall be well

When overcome with anxiety

thinking of what is to come

and our plans seem not to materialize.

When overcome with grief

for the death and loss of loved ones

they occupy a better place than where we are.

When our hopes are gone

and all what we see is an obscurity

All shall be well.

All shall be well, all shall be well.

A promise we hold on

for all shall be shall.

A Fixation, a Challenge!

When time restricts

my movement and my thinking

I feel that something

should be freed in me

it is not liberating.

When I open my eyes

I wish to see 

my present and not past

the dual states of realities

bring sadness and pain.

When night comes

I want to be absorbed

by pleasant feelings and memories

how the day passed

and a new morn's coming.

Enough to Live By

Our life is never static in nature
the different movements and responses
give us sufficient data and information
to process and to give us a push
in our desire to grow and be different
we got enough to live by.

We learn our lessons hardly enough
but will not cause our death
it is the dying of something in us
that needs rebirth and regrowth
life is like a bonsai
we do need pruning and manicuring.

Weeding out and taking in
are movements we need to anticipate
and life is a constant learning
constancy in awareness
is a way to reaching out
the self that constantly changes.

I sing a song

In a melodious harmony of notes

I sing a song 

a song I'd like to sing.

It's a song that fills my heart

My ears begin to listen

it is a simple song.

A song I'd like to sing

To all beings 

who made life beautiful.

There's harmony, an integration

a song that lifts up the soul

it is a song I'd like to sing.

IMPERMANENCE

Impermanence is of profound importance
it's not something easy to learn
it's practical to learn to live.

Impermanence is an invitation
not to cling on anything or anyone
we live on a temporal basis.



I try to live on a daily basis
nothing to hold or keep me
from moving onward.

Like a river with its flowing water.
I allow my soul to be flown
to its resting place.

TO ALL MOTHERS

A million thank you's
each mother deserves to receive
from children you reared
to become who they are
architects of the future
sailors in the journey
neophytes in the profession
victorious at the end.

To all mothers
we love and adore you
a life of selflessness
sacrifices and care
to the children and grandchildren
who came from you
and wherever you are
we keep you in our hearts.