Fireflies

During warm summer nights

Once the sun said Goodbye

And the moon said Hello

The fireflies light their lanterns

To compete with the stars



With wide open eyes

And a jar in their hands

The hunt begins

It is time to run fast!




When the chasers get too close

Fireflies prompt each other

Flashing Morse code signals

That the race is getting tight




Children jump up and down

All across lawns and fields

Making insects lamps

Is more fun than you think



Shooting stars try to stop the chase

By distracting the children from their game

But the moon decides to play

So she hides behind a cloud




On a warm and dark summer night

Fireflies are all you see…

Magic is in the air

Catching fireflies with a jar

Is like grasping wishes as they pass




Holding the jar close to their heart

Children head back home

To sleep under the enchantment

Of their special magic lamps





© Gabriela Abalo





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Crying

Each spoken word said with ill intention



Aiming to suffocate the dimmest self-esteem remains


Turning upside down an already broken world






Crying, crying, silently crying…


Feeling that life is over


That nothing else really matters






Trust dishonored


Confidence wiped out


Nothing left to the imagination


None to assume


Plenty to digest


Crying, crying, silently crying…






Revolted with what I’ve become


A self-destroying destroyer


Too many years waiting for a happy twist


Holding the light of hope






Devastating feelings throttling the need to speak out


Believing everything said


Crying, crying, silently crying…


Convinced that there isn’t another chance


That it is time to give up






But, I’m done with all that!


I’m standing up!


I’m going to mend my broken self


I’m celebrating our end


I’m starting afresh






Sentient of today


Crying, crying, deafeningly crying


I’m going my way


To find myself


To fall in love with life again






Crying, crying, happily crying…

 
 

© Gabriela Abalo

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Poem submitted to: Poetry Potluck Week 14 , Everyone Is Welcome

Jealousy

 Jealousy

An awful advisor

That leaves you by yourself

Heartbroken and grieving

For what was not

For what was lost

For what it really was…

© Gabriela Abalo

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Yes, I'm the one

Yes, I am the one

That messes up

Frequently misunderstood

Usually unpopular

A believer and a sinner

A seeker forever exploring

A permanent work in progress

An unwritten story

A trouble maker…

With unexpected tactics

Free, disobedient, astonishing

Yes, I am the one

Asking for nothing

Giving everything

In love with life

A bit bizarre

The crazy one

Yes, I am the one

So what!

© Gabriela Abalo

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Regaining harmony

I have run out of words

Here I am on my very own

Nothing to say

A lot to observe

Trying to make sense of the nonsense  

Struggling to locate the symmetry of the self

Promiscuous feelings confusing everything

Provocative thoughts tempting the heart

Pretentious blasphemies insulting the soul

Overwhelming ego’s cacophony

Forcing the slow brewing of mixed feelings

One big pot to mix them all

Quietly observing and appreciating what it is

Attentive to the Universe messages

Resisting the resistance to what it is

Making a conscious effort to go with the flow

Getting deep into the being

Silently conversing with the soul

Free of pretends and inflexible principles

At peace with what it is

Unconditionally loving the self 

© Gabriela Abalo

I

Stubborn as I am  

Obstinate as I may appear to be

Determined to just be

Inflexible to restrain

Rarely looking back

Unconcerned of tomorrow

Forever in the now

Mischievous with rules

Impishly laughing to the “I”

Adventurously defying the “am”

Daringly trying out

Frightening sometimes

Intimidating from time to time

Constantly changing

Eternally living

Perpetually reinventing the “I”  

Always embracing the “am”

 

© Gabriela Abalo

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