In different hues and sizes
I saw a beautiful dove
With long pointed tail
And plump body
Feathered with black
And bordered with white
So innocent and care free.
Among the crowd
Someone threw a crumb of bread
And a piece of tiny cracker
The dove flapped its wings
But it did not fly
Instead it walked
Towards the bread crumb and cracker
Only to be trapped
By two big hands like iron.
Copyright 2020, Rose Marie Juan-Austin, All Rights Reserved
It does not put us to a higher groundOr make us superior than others.Knowledge is foundEven in the poorest of the poorEven in the disabledEven in animals.Knowledge shall not make us proud.Copyright 2018, Rose Marie Juan-Austin, All Rights Reserved
To articulate the thoughtsThat arise in me.To utter the wordsThat a motherYearns to hearFrom her beloved daughter.To sing a melodyFor my fatherWho earnestly wishesTo hear the golden voiceOf his very own.I always love to listenTo the endless queriesOf my little brotherI knowI answered them so wellBut he seemedNot to understand.No one will ever knowThe deepest…
Man is swept awayBy the power of the fleshAnd lure of material wealth.Copyright 2020, Rose Marie Juan-Austin, All Rights Reserved
The warmth of the sun.Yet the wind will continue to touchAnd the sun will always riseTo those whom we always loved and left behind.Copyright 2020, Rose Marie Juan-Austin, All Rights Reserved
From the mindThrough the veinsTo the heart and soul.Copyright 2019, Rose Marie Juan-Austin, All Rights Reserved
Of our living roomSo old and worn outA part of my lifeAs far as I can remember.It was my strongholdWhen I was a childThe punishment chairFor my misdeedsIt was where I criedThe tear marksAre constant remindersOf my childhood years.I can still recallI could lie for agesWrapped in a cocoonOf soft blue silkAnd the wonderful memoriesOf…
