The last time my mother visited Cuba
she found a car and driver to take her
to the province of Las Villas, seven
hours from Havana, and on the way
it started to rain, and the driver, a young
man kept telling her to relax, that this
was the way it always rained in Cuba
this time of year, and she kept telling
him she wasnt a tourist, that shed been
born here, and the driver drove on
in the wolf-mouth-dark of the road,
insects and sleet rain crossing the head
lights, and my mother couldnt relax,
and when it started to hail, fists pounding
on the hood of the automobile, she
panicked, prayed to the point she spooked
the young driver into stopping by
the side of the road, if only until the hail
storm stopped, of only until her heart
settled and she began to recognize
that what was pounding the car wasnt
ice balls, but her memories falling back,
her life welcoming her where she belongs.

While lying in the ruins of past
i often road to my destination behold.
On its grassy surface i view
strewn like morning dew,
my dreams growing old

Beneath the white tufts of clouds
crossing the vast blue sky
while lying in these ruins
i've seen,seasons come and go by.
On a misty morning
my road often disappears
and when autumn leaves are falling
a desolate look it bears
but again it's hung with fragrant flowers
when joy comes down in careless showers.

I long to walk that road
which I've long seen
wet and dry
but to leave these ruins
I'm not very keen
one may wonder why

What lies in these ruins
that doesn't lets me leave
may be its the mellow melancholy
which some memories weave
or it's isolation
where no one hears my sighs
or may be the darkness
which lets me escape
even my own eyes

But now on this dawn
when my path lies
glittering in the sun
I decide,to these ruins
someother day i shall return
I may return someday to relish
delectable memories of the past
but today i move out to cherish
my dreams,for they may not forever last

Something I would have never noticed
If it wasn't for all of those lies
I wasn't prepared to leave the limelight
Of the murky depths in your eyes

Though times have changed
We don't know each other anymore
I will never forget the time
You tried to throw my heart on the floor

I know that I turned you away first
But that was my only shield
I didn't want to face the dangers of love
Although later, I didn't yield

Though I almost forgot those days
I'm a different person now
In those days you had me in a maze
When I look back I wonder, how?

When I think back,
I think of the love we had.
I think of the memories,
Both the good and the bad.
I realize now,
What I should've realized then.
I don't know how,
But I believed you again and again.
When you told me that you loved me,
I should've seen it.
It was right before my eyes.
All you really wanted to say,
Were the sad and ugly good-byes.
I haven't forgotten you,
I guess I never will.
I just wanted to say,
I love you still.

My heart is filled with love
By the mention of your name,
The sight of you does things to me
I never can explain.
The thought of you still thrills me
Like the very day we met,
The tender times we’ve shared
I never can forget.
The feeling of your body
Being close to mine,
Is like nothing that I’ve known
At any other time.
I see something magical
In all the things you do,
The dearest thoughts I have
Are my memories of you.

Autumn leaves, crisp cool air, the feel of the wind on my face, all of these things bring you to my mind.

These things take me back to you and back to that special place, those precious times.

Remember the lake and how we watched the sun go down, the birds sang a lullaby as you held me tight.

The moon and stars shimmered down on us and let us know that our love was so true and so right.

We were as one in those days, we drank each other’s love and barely took a breath.

We swore we would be together forever nothing could break our bond, it would last even after death.

Now it’s twenty years later and we are miles apart and we have missed so much of our love and lives.

As I think back to those times, my eyes fill with tears, I remember saying it’s over, I just don’t remember why.

Wedding Poems