Featured Poet - Maria Nemy Lou Rocio

SHADOW OF HATE

In her desolation lies beneath

The monstrous pain of deceit

Clenching her with its wicked teeth

She wonders if there is any escape

She closes her eyes but was taunted

Of the darkness swallowing her image

She tries to hide, pulls a faded blanket

Only for fear creeping like a savage

Her heartbeat roaring like thunder

Gasping for breath, suffocating

Hatred mocked her for winning

Numbness follows and all tastes bitter

Crushed, broken, she's lost in the vast

Groping for every little hope, faith and love

To rise and continue her wanderlust

Before her weakness buries her alive



CRYING IN THE RAIN

With heaviness walk, walk free

Under the rain, let your tears fall

For nobody will see from your eyes

The pain hiding from a smile

Let a beat up heart pound harder

On accord with every drop of water

Find comfort in every ripple it makes

Just flow, let it flow, to ease the burden

Soon the rain, like sorrow, it won't last

It may bring coldness, after it pours

Numbness even when it's gone

Leaving only traces of what has been

Dry your tears and smile again

It's a tough world but your tougher

Embrace and love yourself more

'Coz you are priceless, you are worth it. 

BE STILL

Shimmering stars from the sky

Sprinkle stardust on a solitary soul

Seeking solace on solitude

Screaming silent sorrows

Scarcely healing scars

Saying starlight, starbright

Shine oh shine for me tonight!

Sitting stiffly at an edge

Save me from suicidal sea

Still me, don't let me steal

Sacred body with spiteful mind

Saintly prayers but sinful wishes

Stars oh stars and moon connive

Sneak a light, spare my sanity

Show a glow be my knightly sparrow

Sheer light, shift my strings

Set me free to safer ground

Standing stances and be still, again.

DANCING WITH DEATH

An anguished cry escaped from me

Visions blur in spite of the light around

A familiar voice within me speaks

Sending shivers to my whole body

I started to move away, away, away ...

I found myself repeating the rhythms

Stepping in, stepping out

Into the dark and into the light

My mind is blown while my heart is torn

Silence is the only noise I heard

Even the wind refused to make a sound

Leaving me alone in the claws of deafness

Tears pulsating, heartbeats racing

An exorcism is about to begin

A battle I'm taunted to win, I should, I wish

For if the last straw of sanity gives up, it is my end

Helplessly, I crawl back into the light

Gripping tightly to every faith I can hold

I closed my eyes and screamed

I rebuke, rebuke, rebuke!....

And I cheated death again.