"You're still here."

The Storm Before the Calm

You're still here but I am still the sea. And as peaceful as I seem,

please don't ever turn your back on me.

***

From

I Wrote This For You

I found Poetry in the Moving Sardines Can

The product of bilingualism.

In a Metro by the Station 

[for Ezra Pound]

As late afternoon slides
into early evening, a rush
of faces blossoms into view,
a bouquet of wilting flowers
thirsting for rest or rain.

—Ralph Semino Galán

For your eyes only

It's downpour only now.

I won't give up on us,
I'm giving you all my love.

God knows we're worth it—

the pain, the sacrifice, the tears.

This may be a great storm,

but how great it could be

that after the storm,

we are at the opposite ends

of the rainbow? I'll meet you there.

And when you come closer,

I will never ever let you go,

not even once.

RE

1-18-12

I Breathe You

You are the only other half that makes me whole.


.....


It is true, it is what my heart is saying.


You are my air.
The love I have found in you is a life
that throbs all through my veins and skin.


.....
.....


I breathe you, like water for trees,
music for the soul, honey for bees.

Nothing could compare how
your love has transformed me.
I was crippled and now I can walk.
I was blind and you made me see.
I was dumb and now I am bright.
It was you who made me well.


You taught me how to love.
And now I know how to love,
this love should only be with
one human being.
It was you,
and is you,
until He takes this life away.


RE
1-5-2012

In spite of all the fear

that one day we'll part our ways,

I remain strong and confident.

Despite I know one day

we won't meet with each other again,

I will not get tired waiting for you,

listening to your words,

even my hair turns to ashes.

Despite I know I will

let you go someday,

deep inside I know our feet

shall bring us together in a thing called "home."

Despite you will have to choose to forget about me,

and dispose all memories of me,

I will find my way back to you.

Our worries, our fears, our angers,

our smiles, our hope, our love—

they have been a part of

who I am today.

This is all what I learned.

And you taught me all this.

I will take these even to my dreams.

For without you,

I could have just settled for

being alone.

No one could ever get me—

but you.

***

RE

12-11-11

Being by one's self

“I guess it is in solitude that we come to our own terms on things; not only is it the time that we tend to, but I find it is a moment where we reflect and explore deep into our own thoughts on how things are or were. I would describe solitude to myself as a spiritual moment to be fair, it is in solitude that I feel like I’m drifting away into my dreams that I want to fulfill, another adventure to go on whilst venturing out the door one morning and being where I want myself to be.” —RE

You are my sky

One shape.

for I always look up to you,
and you look after me.

You have never changed a thing.
You have given me more reason
to feel the warmth of your endearment.


You have crushed all my worries;
you have never thought ill of me.
You are killing me—
with those ceaseless cares and wits.

I have never thought you could be like this,
hanging on the cliff of my whims.
I have never foreseen how special I could be—
I was blinded and my judgment was clouded,
with all of you.

What could I ask for, when all I have is you.