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