Category Archives: Love

THE BOX

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(c) ep robles 2012

i have a box of simple things
and within its walls
i keep memories of you
— on raining days
for my heart when it weeps

so listen to me now
cherish the heart
and its moments
i would rather be alone
then with these memories

has anybody remembered you?
and does your heart ache
when the sun goes down?
i do especially for you
yes i would rather be alone

hearts are made for love
and dirt mixes good in rain
but castles in sand erode
but my love is a wave

i take me with you
each tide away
i believe in you
every day every wave

:: 02-14-2014 ::


RIVERS FLOW

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(c) ep robles 2010

beyond the lies
and fleshy thorns
a second place
another time
we walked the stones
tripped through time
but village rudes
slain my love
drown by stream

rivers flow by
but never cease
— crimson tides

the tip of hatred
pierced my neck
a chain of pain
the children laughed
and danced the night

oh the wonders of life
never cease to amaze
mysteries of pain

maybe times are slow
but love wins the race
and you were my flower
and i the field of wonders

rivers flow by
but never cease
— crimson tides

women in love — lovers
beauty on beauty is such
candles melt leaving roses

and rivers flow in crimson
and if i ever live to see
your field of wonders

such beauty
i could never match
and rivers flow…

— crimson tides —

:: 02-14-2014 ::


OH

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(c) ep robles 2012

exquisite is that thing
— a feeling
heavy but soft
and light as air
all in one
but more than so
a thing seldom
called ‘oh’
‘oh’ is a good taste
like cherry but smells
like a thorn less rose
to see ‘oh’ one must
be in throe —
the throe of ‘oh’
is so delightful
is but a glimpse
of ‘oh-oh’…
but i digress —
the lucky know

:: 02-14-2014 ::


WITH AGE

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(c) ep robles 2010

With age the vine grows sweeter
but some liquor even sooner
a gallant soul to mix
produce potent spirits

:: 02-14-2014 ::


WEAKER SOULS

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weathered heart sun bleach
bloodstained dreams sing
tender notes ivory be
of memories past time

and longing be strained
such power still remain
but less than i wish

what gave strenght
my love to death
i fear it the most

be strong this life
and live this dream
that breath in us

a gulf that keeps
our dreams at bay
awaits weaker souls

:: 02-12-2014 ::


GESTICULATED POEM

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(c) e.p.robles 2011

I gesticulate a birth poem
bottom third trimester
dilation my wish-so
and born soon for the world

such words pleasing to you
a mother is proud but sore
and weakness a strength

how i wish to born prose
before time consumes
but life begs patience

rhythm breath contraction
pushing primal need aside
a course for life words

cry pain release love
exhausting pleases me
rest kiss hand forehead

our child pure touch
eternal love beyond
poetry born in cradle

:: 02-12-2014 ::

 


A RUINED CASTLE

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(c) E.P. Robles 2012

Why did you go
brilliant light
in haste you left
a speck of ember
it burns my heart

How long shall it be
like sands ebbed away
are all my hopes
a castle ruined at sea

Lovely bright my life
a taste of Spring
is what river i thirst
just a cup to drink

This i know briefly
then it goes away
ever so quietly
a tide within the sea

:: 02-12-2014 ::


IF I LIVE TO SEE

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(c) E.P. Robles 2012

a long time ago
a certain place
in a peculiar time
a naive notion

we danced in hand
and cursed the time
that moves across life
two lovers kissed by love

but if i ever live to see
such a love again in life
i will run toward Hades
that fire burns less than you

someone like you so intense
touched me across the land
beyond the surface or air
and grabbed my soul so tight

and you spoke candy words
to this gentle soul inside
i wanted to believe in you
but you decided to lie instead

and if I ever live to see
such a love again in life
I will run toward Hades
such a fire is cooler than you

:: 02-11-2014 ::


I’ll WARN THE DEVIL

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(c) E.P. Robles 2012

When I left
you tore to shreds
what remained
of our memories
and that touch
you gave to me
I cut into pieces
upon your grave

If I live to see
tomorrow morning
I won’t forget
to warn the devil

and heaven shudders
at my innate power
the angels begging
don’t forsake love

I won’t be able
to match the beauty
of the dead in my heart

if I live to see
tomorrow morning
I won’t forget
to give you
my warning

I will touch your hand
and thaw —
your dead heart
and heaven will sigh relief

there’s no beauty matched
what lives dies today —
and tomorrow lives
another burning day

:: 02-11-2014 ::


PHANTASMAGORIC NATURE

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(c) E.P. Robles 2013

if life would allow me yes
a garden from my heart-soil
would grow beyond sky

yellow-green blades swaying
in step with that hidden song
twirling notes and trumping bass

and lay between smooth thigh
nature scents caressing soul
life hunger betrayed too long

phantasmagoric nature reveal
tulips upon a man vessel bare
undulating passion melting there

if life would allow me yes

a farmer beating plowshare
be toiling in your fields

the harvest of a lifetime

:: 02-11-2014 ::