Coffee and Love

In order to find true love,
you don't have to taste
all the coffees in the world,
just wait for that coffee of yours
to cool down,
and then just drink it;
you never knew
it tastes better than others.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Reincarnation of the Starfish

I was lost in this nameless island

and I could not find my way back home.

Sudden thoughts of mysteries

perplexed my mind;

how did I come here,

when I’m only about to love someone?

I wrote their names in the sand, indeed —

but it was only washed away

by the raging seas.

So then I realized,

it was the demise of all their love for me.

I walked the island —

and surrendered my heart in peace.

No one uttered those words

my ears ever wanted to hear,

so my tears could no longer be ceased.

When I’m about to kill my eyes

with the melancholic whisper of the breeze,

I suddenly found a starfish

beneath those ridging waves.

I was covered by contentment,

for I will never be alone anymore in this island.

So I ran towards her, to offer the warmth

she might had needed for years.

So lovely, so beautiful, so romantic,

I fell in the love all over again;

I felt something I could never explain.

I found the starfish beyond my solitude,

and hope she will be with me

until no more ends.

Without doubts,

I decided to go nearer to where she was,

and took her away from the harmful water.

I was so happy,

now we are closer enough

to know each other better.

Is this really destined to happen?

I already begged for forgiveness

but still never forgiven.

I thought the water is harmful

so I took away what it owns,

and supposed that the starfish

would be glad if I would make her mine.

But suddenly, she just died.

When will I find complete happiness?

I thought I have already known

how to make everything stay with me,

but it only gave me loneliness again.

The starfish died because of me —

because of my selfish intentions,

I was so self-centered.

So then I realized,

the reason why people left me

even in the hardest battle in life,

and even I needed someone

when my laughter was outnumbered by cries.

Yes, every person I had — then vanished,

was just a reincarnation of the starfish.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Young Forever

I do not know how fast time passes by

but all I know, from the very first moment

that I was caught by your loving arms,

I know time will never come between us

to separate our hearts

into two different roads.

I do remember our childhood

when we used to be the best of friends,

we were lying on the grass,

while watching those beautiful stars,

waiting for them to fall for us,

but as we believed in each other’s side

and knew each other better,

I think I was the one

who have fallen in love with you.

After fifty years of marriage

love is always there to remind me

that it is a wonderful gift

to have a chance to live with you

to create memories that I can keep

whenever you would sail oceans apart.

I thought time will not be too rude to us,

but I was only mistaken!

And my wishes and prayers are too late

for Him to hear,

but I really want to be young forever,

for even if I will grow old with you,

there will be a day that it is either you

who will be left behind or it is I,

for even if I will grow old with you,

I know time will never be stopped anymore

from separating our hearts

into two different roads.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Spare Me Some of Your Love

Spare me some of your love
and love shall color our hearts each day;

no roads will diverge, and make me move,

if you could be my only loving way.

Spare me some of your time

and time shall reveal happiness to our world;

odd words from frozen faces will rhyme,

if you could be my only loving girl.

Spare me some of your kisses

and kisses shall warm our moonlit nights;

we will embrace the darkness of the eve,

if you could be my only loving wife.

We will meet on the horizons

where no one can ever hold us apart,

and that...

...if youspare me some of your love.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

An Old Odd Kiss

That moment 

when you stood close 

to my eyes 

was when I felt 

like dying with surprise, 

I don't know how, or why 

but those feelings

still abide. 

Your love always satisfies 

my deepest affection 

towards you; 

words may be left unspoken, 

but I admit the fact 

that I'm still stuck 

with those 

bittersweet memories. 

That moment 

you wrapped your arms 

around me, 

was when I couldn't help 

but tremble; 

so, why do we always eclipse 

in this situation? 

You came to conquer 

these fences of my heart, 

you're an angel 

from a once Heaven's delight; 

that old odd kiss 

will ever stain that night, 

and I would be hungover 

whenever you left, 

for it was very the first time... 

I was drunk by your lips.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

A Night For Which My Heart Still Remembers

I remember, 

every corner of the streets 

we used to walk together 

holding hands, 

where the loveliest colors 

are ever painted 

within your smile. 

I remember, 

the rain which elucidates 

the resemblance of truth 

and of love, 

and all of my attention 

is drawn to wondering, 

how long will you stay 

by my side. 

I remember, 

how your sweet lips invite; 

our first kiss defines 

every moment for which 

I always realize that I am safe 

whenever you are 

close to me. 

I remember, 

those romantic nights 

when your body lay 

next to mine, 

and the moon captivated 

our souls, to descry 

every beautiful scenery 

of a once paradise; 

then we talked 

about the future. 

But a night for which 

my heart still remembers, 

is when you looked me 

in the eyes, 

and said the first... 

'I LOVE YOU'

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

A Lover's Promise (Haiku)

Hundred rivers dry;

my love will remain unchanged,

FOREVER is ours.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Memories (Haiku)

Beautiful sunsets,

make me reminisce the past;

footprints in the sand.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Kryptonite

Why is this night different

from every other night?

Is it because you are now

here lying in my arms?

The mirage of you conveys beauty

which I have longed for,

you did make me weak

that moment you walked through that door,

and I thought you were not coming back.

The wind serenades us,

trying to elude and forget

the war we had,

leaving every tearful fight,

nonsense arguments,

never-ending quarrels

for the paradise, we yet to have.

I do love you, and I am so sorry,

now I have in my mind

that for every Superman

there is always his kryptonite.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Together

"Hold my hand, never let go.

Be it tiring,

be it painful

still, hold me tight.

Draw me closer to our dreams,

sleep to every moment I'm awake,

color my life with rainbows

and kiss me ---

kiss me like there's no tomorrow.

Touch my nose with yours,

fill these gaps of my fingers,

sing me the melody I so long to hear

and together ---

together we'll stand from the edge of forever,

together we'll walk through the shores,

together we'll sail the ocean upon all the odds

and right now, right there

love me ---

love me like you never did", she said.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

t(I)(Me)

Cold, unfold

with just a second

I taught myself to crawl,

Pure, uncured

with just a minute

I learnt from every war,

Tears, unshared

with just an hour

I forgave, but never forgiven,

Found, unsound

with just a day

I appreciated life like rain.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Pluma't Papel (Tula Handog Para Sa Ating Pambansang Bayani, Dr. Jose Rizal)

Sakdal-lungkot ang mga anak Mo, Inang Bayan;

Sinakop na, pinaslang pa'ng mumunti Mong katarungan.

Humiyaw Ka! Hanggang sa rurok ng sukbo't hinanakit—

At sa pagbubukang-liwayway, pag-asa sana'y Iyong makamit:

Utak ang puhunan sa di-maarok na mga pag-alsa, kahapon;

Ni hindi nabatid ang mga luha't pawis ang sa mukha'y nangaipon,

Sa gunita na lamang ba mabubungkal natin ang mga nangagdaan?

Kung ang mga salitang sa pluma't papel nalikha'y hindi napangalagaan—

Sa paglalakbay Mo, Pilipinas, sa lansangang walang hanggan,

Sana maya't maya'y lilipad ka rin muli sa abang kalawakan;

Humiyaw Ka! Hanggang sa rurok ng sukbo't hinanakit—

At sa pagbubukang-liwayway, pag-asa sana'y Iyong makamit:

Pagkukunwari ma'y ni 'di Mo maitatago sa oras ng Iyong pagkabalisa,

Sagwil sa bawat pikit-matang kaligayahan ang s'yang Iyong natamasa.

Samakat'wid — habang buhay pa si Rizal ngayon ay 'wag nating itatakwil

'Pagkat tayo'y paunti-unting nakakahinga dahil sa kanyang pluma't papel.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

i[F] yo[U] [C]an't find a [K]ey for [HATRED].

you are [S]uch a cryptic [E]y[E]

of once m[I]sery, of once truth,

[M]y self[I][S]h devotion[S] for love, 

[Y][O][U] made me swallowed.

Believe me, [I] lied to myself 

o[N]ly wh[E]n I can s[E]e you, or hear,

hate me now, for I'm not a [D]evil 

beyond everybody's borders.

But if [Y][O][U] can't find a key for hatred,

then shut your mouth and kiss me...

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

The Wake Up Call (Haiku)

The dawn of a spring

my heart always hunts the sun,

when I hear your voice.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Door

I opened the door,

I let you in.

I showed you the real me,

I whispered all my secrets.

I flew with you,

I fell from the skies, alone.

I was mistaken,

I thought we're the best of friends.

I opened again the door,

I let you in.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Territory

My only undying love,
forever will hold you near
upon your hardest battle,
shall embrace your fears
and on your greatest fall,
shall bestow you courage;
for sweet loving heart,
indeed, you are my territory.

My eyes shall borrow tears
for every second you depart,
for you are my territory;
place I could forget the scars
I will defend you from wraths
through this world may reveal
and I shall not leave you behind
even time comes I would fail.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Only Lonely People Write Poetry

Laments of sadness

in the middle of serene nights,

fragmented hearts

wrangle scrambled minds;

shadowed mistakes, open wounds,

profound mysteries of once reality,

myriad eyes failed to perceive

the intrinsic meaning of a poetry;

arbitrary decisions can lead

loud confusions to imprint,

but an ink of a poet's pen

evokes concealed feelings.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

She Is My Poetry

I write through the words I could not speak,

for every teardrop, lying on her lonely lips;

she is my sunset before night comes awake,

she is my poetry, in my dreams, when I sleep.

I write on the silence embraced by the night,

for every hope, foresee but strength to move;

I cast myself, away from the shadows of life,

she is my poetry, in my eyes, when I love.

I write those heartaches she tried to seclude,

for every doubt, which ever maimed her feet;

she is a one perfect love story to be told,

she is my poetry, in my grave, on my death.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Valley of Love

      Lost,

with thy stranger in this valley of love;

we know nothing when it started

      and where the edge will be found.

      Entrapped,

from thy mem’ries, but we’ve already escaped;

we hold each other’s heart and mind

      to consume the eterne time,

      with this intimacy we couldn’t e’er forget.

      Wand’ring,

with thy stanger who changed my plans;

and now, if the world seems to blur,

      I’d rather to behoove thy loving arms.

      Trials,

sometimes could lead us to separate the walk;

but in fine of ev’ry misunderstanding,

      we could still foresee those chances

      to meet our hearts and minds at the same road.

      Lessons,

as we crossed thy rivers and climbed thy peaks;

and tears, and smiles defined ev’ry chapter

      where this valley that we would take.

      Estranging,

thyselves away from the woods, full of dangers;

thine eyes, was once puzzled,

      becometh our ways to be unknown:

      but still we promised, no promises shall be withered.

      Forever,

might be benighted, thus, ne’er enough;

as long as we stand still

      with thy hearts and thy minds,

        we’d be together walking through this valley of love.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012

Her Love

It was a cold, dark and difficult Wednesday

night;

I was walking through a lonely street beneath

the moonlight:

I can't stop thinking of her for a thousand times,

When I'm about to feel that her love is just a lie.

The tears were falling when we broke up only

yesterday,

Yet I still went to her house to tell the last

goodbye.

And I can't believe that our love has its end,

We loosened the tie and we just turned up on

pretending.

After a few minutes...

As I was standing one step apart from her door,

I found something yet I didn't mind it at all;

Still I walked forward and once opened her

house,

And there I saw something that really brought

me down.

I found her lying in front of me on her own

blood;

With a knife on her hand and a letter of her

love.

It was a sorrowful moment I could never ever

forget to see,

When that letter was telling that she killed

herself because of me.

Copyright *Jelord Klinn Cabresos @2012