Oh well, I thought I could write Something funny before night This crazy day, to make light And your smile, to make bright! Sadly, I have writer’s block

I look at you, and in your eyes I see myself, what I could be Gently you make me realize The very best version of me Yes, I’m terrible otherwise

Love comes not from a vacuum It appears not from thinnest air Love does not suddenly bloom It requires nourishment and care… Love begins with admiration

Beneath the clash of giants tall The earth itself begins to quake With every step, the mountains bre… And silent cries are drowned by al… The rivers dry, the forests fall

A sudden bright flash Followed by a sonic boom Then heavy downpour The wind blows the clouds away And blue skies return to stay

There once was a chappie named Mi… Who thought women should serve him… Till he met feminist Karen A fierce and righteous vixen And now he’s her enthusiastic femi…

Look into my eyes That you may discern I pray Truth of what I say My love for you unending Beyond this world transcending

Forget tomorrow Stop tarry smell the roses Today waits on you Celebrate life to the full Sleep tonight with no regrets

A faint scent of jasmine Stirred up an emotion Long, long dormant She wore it often Her magic potion

In the twilight of my life I’ve more yesterdays than tomorrow… I reminisce about the past And recall moments of joys and sor… I think about my days of youth

Black birds all in flight Acrobatic explosion Darkening the sky Bad weather coming As the starlings warn the world

Early, I awakened this morning To watch the sun rise from the sea As always, this amazing feeling Exhilaration, as my spirit flies f… © F Aparici

Our butterfly! how she has grown Eighteen she’ll be, so full of gra… No longer small, no longer known As just the child with sweetest fa… So cute she was, a joy to see

Scented love notes he penned for h… Hidden in a book he returned to he… Alas, o’er the years remained unop… That he adores her, she found out… Then high school ended and life in…

Once there lived an old hypochondr… Who thought he was having a heart… Just a heartburn it was A copious amount of gas His wife forbade him a late-night…