THOUGHTS AND POEMS By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

Thoughts for the Day

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

1. Learn to love others even those who do not love you.

2. When feeling lonely, feel the presence of the birds and the plants (nature) and feel God’s presence.

3. Be humble and never be a show off. Never be arrogant.

4. Life is but a challenge, a preparation for the next life.

5. If people look down at you, let them. But don’t look down at them. If they disrespect you, let them. But respect them. There’s still God and you and nature who respects you.

6. Love the world, love the people, love yourself, hate all that is evil.

7. Never wish to be a leader but do what is best for the group.

8. Love is one of life’s challenges if your “love” comes to love someone, don’t despise her but be thankful she finds happiness in him. There are still others.

9. Never choose a girl who is sophisticated (socialite) or Idealistic but look for ones with brains and a good heart.

10. If you feel being rejected, don’t. You’re really not rejected. That’s just the way you feel it. There’s God and you and nature who won’t reject you. Always call on God and feel His presence.

11. Respect yourself, have confidence no matter what you look. People will not see you for that you are but who you are. Remember, that your body is just a façade. What counts is your character.

12. Never be to ambitious (ambition causes frustration) but set guidelines to follow and goals to aim for. Accept what you are and where you are now. God has plans for you.  Do what is good and follow the pathway that He has set up for you.

13. Don’t expect, but hope.

14. Live with the world but not for the world.

15. Be a friend to yourself and then befriend others.

16. All the people are equal no matter how high and low the status.

17. Don’t do unto others what you don’t want others to do unto you.

1. Love

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

Love is such

An extraordinary thing

From roses and kisses

To wedding  rings.

Love can change our ways

From words and rhymes

To music we sing.

Love is colour

Love is light

Love is heaven

Love is might.

Me, I don’t know how

Love can always be

A thing of joy and forever free

Let there be love

Throughout the world

Let there be love

In every heart

Let there be love

To warm up the cold

Throw all your hates

And take all it takes

And love forever

Will lighten your fates.

2. To My Best Friend

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

I got lost in the woods

                Of darkness and fear

You searched for me, found me

                And led me to the sunshine

I got caught in a storm of

                Hatred, by the sea of sorrows

You were there when I called you

                Sheltered me and took me from It all

I got blinded by greed

                Selfishness and evil thoughts

You came to my rescue

                And saved me from the fall

I was haunted by the ghost

                Of deadly anxiety

You protected me. Kept me

                And guided me to safety

I had dreams to reach

                You assured me with hope

I’ve been a coward to reality

                You gave me strength and courage

I was alone, orphan

                You became my Guardian

I’ve been a friendless friend

                You befriended me…

FOR ALL THIS THINGS,

                Thanks God!

3. I Smile

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

A comedians humor

My friend’s corny joke.

Disney’s land of fantasy

A dreamer’s inspiration

Rustling trees and mountains

Sea gull soaring high.

Sixteen’s pretty faces

Christmas carols and Valentines.

Childhood memories

Mama’s loving kiss

God’s promise of hope.

My baby smiles…

I smile!

4. Reaching

By : Paul Leo D. Llamas

I stretch my arms

Yearning for the sun

In golden rays beyond the horizon

Glistening atop whispering trees

That stares amidst the rubble..

A chill would make me gasp

And I would still in silence

Calm…

Desperate …

I reach no more…

5. Dreaming

By : Paul Leo D. Llamas

I was surprised to see her

Waiting next to me

Just the two of us together

That very moment at the park

As we watch the setting sun

Descending down the sea

What enchantment, what ecstasy

The cold breeze passed by

And I heard her say,

Paul, its so cold.. I’m freezing

Here in my longing arms

I kept her

Whispering words that tickle

Her heart

She smiled, our eyes met

I kissed her cherry lips

Tasted sweetness that sugar

And honey would envy

She held on tight,

For all of a sudden she’s gone

Lost in an unreachable dream

-forever,

Leaving here all by myself

Holding on to my dear PILLOW.

6. Days In June

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

Sheen…

Lost without trace

Dark and heavy clouds

Taking its place…

Breeze…

Creeping on my hair

Dashing raging wind

Never to cease…

Sounds…

Raindrops meet the mud

Dozy uncared kittens

Shivering by the bush…

Me..

Watching by walls

For the skies to clear

As memories would recall…

7. Childsplay

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

We see…

                Children in the streets,

                                Racing for gasp in breath and space,

                                                Hidden from sight,

                Only to reveal

                                Behind shrubs and hails

                                                And bushed tree houses

                In  daytime matches…

Now see…

                Youngsters in the sand 

                                Resting for gasp in breath and peace,

                                                Shrouded from sight

                Only to expose themselves

                                Behind shrubs and wails

                                                And dark-roomed motels

                In evening matches?

Tsk…tsk…tsk…

LOVE they say…

                Is but CHILDSPLAY.

8.How Can I Write A Poem?  

By :Paul Leo D. Llamas

How Can I Write A Poem?  

I don't kNOW HOW.

Yet, why do I want to?

There's no answer right now.

How Can I Write A Poem?  

Does it's ending have to rhyme? 

Do I have to use hard words?

Guess I'm waisting my time.

How Can I Write A Poem?  

I haven't learned that in High School,

and there's no book about it.

My God, I think I am just a fool!

How Can I Write A Poem?  

Could you please tell me how?

If you don't I'll lose my mind !

And this just the end of it now.

9. WORDS OF THE  HEART

By: Paul Leo D. Lla 

Crush...

           eyes meeting

           pounding hearts

           crazy feelings

           speechless

Longing...

           cold lonely nights

           splashing waves

           warm embraces

           blazing fire

Love...

           three red roses

           valentine cards

           sweet smiles

           tender kisses

Broken love...

           dying dreams

           tearful eyes

           withered roses

           lost memories

10. Believing  

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

I believe in creation

          and we are God's children

I believe in life

          and not in death

In unity for goodness' sake

          and freedom for all man

I believe in love 

          and despise hate

In peace, hope, and faith

I  believe in justice

           but not politics

In success and learning

           from mistakes

I believe in the sea,sunshine,

           nature and songs that I sing

I believe in dreams come true

I believe in no religion

            but I know there's a GOD

who will guide me, help me to say...

" I believe in myself "

11. Love like the Waters

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

Love like the waters 

flow fast and swift

like the silence of the deep

that keeps our hearts adrift

Love like the moonlight

with it's beutiful glow

that lightens the night

as it continues to grow

Love like the rainbows

gives color and harmony,

gives joy and beauty

to every lover's heart

Love like a rose

that blooms thru the air

gives joy with it's fragrance

with moments we share

Love is everything good,

love is understood

for love  forever will remain

for love is like the waters.

12. Vain Smudge

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

What now foolish child

from a tattered cocoon

whence you besought

by time deminished...

Only to trod a deadly

existence that reveal

no truth but rather

a vague sanity

of clashes to musty blues?

We live entangled

to a rusty landscape

and shattered rainbows

that smite a mystic myth

We are but smudge

in empty spaces,

born to be heroes.

to defend...

To devour....

to struggle...

TO  P E R I S H

13. Seclusion

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

We hide

In an empty hole

Drawn from a mess

That shoved away

A days illusion…

We stared

To a dangling hall

Drifted to a reverie

That shed a moments pause

In skepticism…

 We cause

A blissful sail

To create a ruthless hell

Then banish to an escapade

To soothe a grim frustration…

We search

A solemn space

To cease an endless race

And live another tale

In seclusion.

14. Desperation

By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

Feeling down

Feeling out

As a tree unfit to grow

And a wingless bird at flight.

Is there anyone who’ll listen

To a simple guy like me?

Don’t I have the right

To say what’s on my mind?

Feeling afraid

Who’s to blame

Losing you is such hurting game

Now I’m alone

Perhaps forever

Or maybe not for long…

Feeling down

Feeling out

I’ve lost, defeated

But not that I’ve failed,

Only that I’ve had it

With LOVE.

15. SHARON( A POEM FOR  SHARON CUNETA )

 By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

She is the light

that brightens my life,

the twinkling of the stars

and the glow of the moonlight

She is the beauty 

of a goddess in heaven

the wonders of the sea

and the garden of Eden.

She is the voice

of an angel that sings  in the sky

that can make every heart fly

so high above the sky.

She is the goodness

of a heart as white as snow

that can soften a wall of stone

and bring joy to every home.

She is the reason

why I am glad 

the reason

why I am sad

and the reason 

why I must live

or the reason why I must die.

16. Plea to Zrr (to Cynthia)
By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

Despair casts a dim

To a dying shimmering hope.

Emotions barred by desperate thoughts

In stern words meant

For only to understand,

But how could you?

You did not care at all…

The angel and the dreamer

Two roles we did portray.

In a world of adult confusion

And childish realities

Where sincerity and devotion

No longer has it’s place,

You were the sheen

That lay beneath the mist

And me, the silent waiting fool.

There were voices you couldn’t hear,

Songs played with no one to listen.

All but pleadings to a downhearted soul

Causes by reasons of unseen circumstances.

And foul plays in a silly game

For which there was no rule.

He stands the stranger

Searching a way to get pass through

A barrier of selfish pride

That stood between us.

Or was it mere senseless idealism

That made you fail to distinguish

Between a paper and a wall?

The sun would rise

At break of dawn

And rest at the edge of dusk.

The sea may smash the countless sand

And someday cease to rush.

No absolute certainty is there to exist

For truth changes

With endless flow of time.

Only doubts remain to stay

In feelings freed unrelinquished

And no words left to say,

Till we meet again…

17. Bee Jay

By: (Blue Boy)  Paul Leo D. Llamas

He’s a guy…

Tall, good looks , a hippy’s hair

He’s got courage and guts

But he doesn’t care…

He’s a student…

Funny, joker, troublemaker

He’s got brains to get ninety

But he doesn’t care

He’s a teacher…

Tells you what is right

Yet doesn’t do what he preaches

And he’s not aware…

He’s a man…

Tough, fights for his rights

He’s got ideas and principles

Which he doesn’t share…

I don’t mind…

Who or what he is

Some may like him, some may not

But he’s got everything he’s got

He’s a friend

18. Lee’s Golden Ripples

(for John Lee) By: Paul Leo D. Llamas

TONG

That half Chink guy

With the unshaved smile,

Turns open the window pane

Allowing the cool evening breeze

To gush in.

With glass in hand

He reaches out for the bottle

And fills it with raging spirit

Oozing from its mouth.

In one corner stands

The fresh virgin waters

To cleanse the blazing savor

Of the hell roaring liquid

Rushing down his throat.

He yields and shrieks

For a while he pauses…

Then out of his moistened lips

Rough stories and lousy lies

Could be heard.

Silence breaks once again…

He fills the empty glass once more

With that splash of hurricane

I shivered and yackied its presence…

It’s your turn, he’d say

I – I –I I’ve had enough, I’d reply

With grimace on my face.

Then once again that unshaved face

Now steamed with a devilish grin,

Would break the short-lived silence

As I feel myself ending in a comma

Only to loose that grinning face

Slowly steadily

I find myself floating

In nothingness…