Poetry Series alejandro bernardo - poems - Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: Poemhunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive alejandro bernardo() www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 1 A Dedication And this poem of the heart now I write for you To thank you for the memories we share through You’re someone who touches my life that others can’t do You’ve painted my world with new and different hue. Dreams that I dream, you have given flesh In my saddest times, you offered caress In my darkest moments you reminded me I am blessed When I am at my lowest you scaled me to the crest Rivers may die, run out of water and cease to flow My love for you incessantly will grow The tiniest that creep would even show You are part of me, and that you must know. If ever you desire to go and leave I will still treasure the time you and I weave You may be far, farther than I conceive You’ll always be remembered in the afterlife, believe. Every dropp of rain that the heaven rolls Every bird in the morning that sweetly calls Every living creature that joyfully crawls Would remind me of you, winters and falls Let the world finally see and hear That you are loved and to me so near Now that my heart and life’s end is clear Thank you for coming, you are truly dear. alejandro bernardo www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 2 A Plea When shadows fill my heart and darkness surrounds me When all troubles come and take away my faith to thee When I am so weak, bothered and perfectly weary I am reminded that you my Lord will soon set me free Your love was never empty, void and pale Your passion and mercy was never just a tale Your saving grace moves our lives to go and sail You never left us alone and you’ll never let us fail For the truth from your lips is so sweet and dear We’ll never lay to rest our praises and cheer To you I say my homage and reverence so queer Your holy name will be forever engraved down here And now when I do not really see where to go Please show me the way that I must surely know Light my travel road, let the distant future show Whisper to me the strength of will in spirit glow Tell me the words that I may forthrightly speak What this heart and mind of mine truthfully seek When faith and courage lack and times slowly leak Bring me to your comfort and revive myself so weak Lead me to the rivers and streams that I must ford Make my mind receive what your will accord Be my fortress and let your love be my sword In your gentle hands, I rightfully rest, Oh Lord! alejandro bernardo www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 3 A Short Dream Poem Once I had a dream… To be with the stars, Be known and esteemed In the island and far. I whispered that I could achieve This dream of fortune and fame In my mind, what I conceived I held in my hands and I became I went through all the pains, Endured all of them I am a winner, I claim And found on earth my realm alejandro bernardo www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 4 Confession Feelings remained for so long untold True desires now I finally unfold You are to me the brightest world My everything you’ll be forever called Pink inquisitive lips ask me no more I couldn’t define what’s this for I just keep you deep down in my core From pains and woes you I shall armor Each lovely day I think of you Your eyes shoo away the gray and blue A single thought of your spirit mild and true Brings me to life always anew I didn’t force this heart of mine To fall for you in so short a time Your being you makes me fine Every minute in every clime I am no ordinary, sick maybe Hiding but not for eternity and forever will be This foolish heart beats differently Since you came and touch the very me Now listen as I profess You don’t have to think or guess I care for you, my heart says I love you, I now confess alejandro bernardo www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 5 Dreams And You Morning and I am still unawake My eyes are closed though it’s too late I dream about you, you alone to date In a world I am unable to possibly make In my dreams, raindrops are sweet In my night thoughts dogs bleat In my mind birds that fly creep And the pretty Mona Lisa and Joker weep When I dream butterflies crawl The clouds and stars above also fall The sun is no longer a huge fireball The midgets and mushrooms stand tall. Dreams are often hard to touch and fold They are sometimes untrue and untold But if it’s only in dreams that you I can hold I would rather dream till I grow old In that string of thoughts I am always in glee Whenever I'm with you and you with me In my dreams you’re the one I always see Wishing that soon it’ll be you and me alejandro bernardo www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 6 Forward You came into my life Changed me and my cold nights You brighten up my days You showed me my path, my ways. My years were enveloped with gladness You’ve flown away my sadness Your alleged love brought me to the cloud Only to find out, a big lie aloud. A chain of time has to be endured Before I could forget the ache procured Life has been unfair, same as I foresee When I loved you, love you never see. Now you are in another embrace I let you go, I let you phrase Your desire to be with someone new Now you’re free, I plea you knew. And now, I have to leap and move For life’s end is not this, I’ll prove Strength of heart is asked of the Lord To blaze my path in His accord. alejandro bernardo www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 7 Little Songs Until when must I hide this true feeling? The leaves have withered yet I have not lipped The words deep down in me that mean one thing The three lexis uncovered and unzipped. Written sonnets and other inscriptions Wouldn’t suffice to make this reason known My hands pray for the skylark’s orations That it brings you this heart after it’s flown This desire haunts me night, day and sunlight Gathering courage debris to confess Waiting for tomorrow so fine, so bright For you to freely sense my sweet caress Would this heart receive your longed-for answer? Or it dies when life’s sweet ‘till to conquer? You came, painted me prisms of colors You brought joy and let the heaven go near Made me trust my honor and my fervors Caused me to be I, no one but me here Who would have fathom that I would love you? I never liked this neither did I dream My true nature is trapped, untold, untrue ‘Ever you say would spell life, I seem Your meekness and ways lured my very eyes Now I deceive myself of what I must The very path of light to my soul cries Trying to put you behind my dark past But I cannot, I simply would not test For my mind and heart ponder of you best alejandro bernardo www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 8 Monday Of My Heart Thrice that I had fallen Each tick is a failure You came along, then Thumped me with your finest pure Sunsets bring nothing but solitude With you the dawn offers trance Moments spent together exude Leaves on branches at a glance Depth of my core, unreached Breadth of my fire unbound Ear, then I shall preach This love of mine… be found When you lipped the script I desire My spirit soared heavens up high You caused Monday to lyre The Seven is then whole and ‘while alejandro bernardo www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 9