"Fearing the ripples"

"Fearing the ripples"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I

Amid the songs of a saviour

Born was He

Yet he would end

What many could be

II

Well loved,Well mannered

A deep well in the stillness

Until a stone fell

and the ripples became a disturbance

III

A feeding frenzy of hunger

A hunger only he could feel

Sated only by the things

The painful things he could deal

IV

And for awhile the ripples subside

Allowing clarity and meaning

But the hunger , the longing

Waits to be all consuming

V

And so for now

Sitting in the stillness

Afraid of the ripples

He sleeps.

11/15 2017 Coffee Project , QC

"FreeURmine"

"FreeURmine"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

Opening Windows and Opening Doors

Unto the past that I have never seen before

Focused on the future , caught up in the now

Unaware of the distant , ever moving past

Escaping from the sacred emblems

and the halls where you have trapped them

The memories animate and speak and dance

Beckoning you to join them at least , at once

You find that this is the thing that you missed

The little details in the etchings

The little words of embrace by someone long gone

And the words that had these feelings free

No longer afraid to open the door

No longer afraid to open the window

Letting the memories flee

Alone in the distant quiet reverie.

Notre Dame O5/17/2017