Ulysses Cabinatan Poems

The early morning wind,
leaks through the windows,
waking me up from sleep.
It bites my skin,
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When the inner mantle of a shell gets injured,
the mollusk creates a pearl.
When human is injured,
it creates a scar or a keloid,
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If love has a thermometer
What would it be?
Can it be measured by the heat in ones arms?
The warmth in ones heart?
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Let us play with my flute
And also with your lute
Let’s make music
That soothes our inner soul
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May I have a healthy soil to grow
Enough water so I can glow
Enough sunlight and I can bloom
And the humility to accept
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Love is the courage
That casts out fear
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Don’t let our love be,
like the flower
that withers
In times of cold autumn or winter.
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The sun doesn’t complain as to why she is not the biggest star
Nor the Earth complains why she has only one moon.
Venus doesn’t envied the rings of Saturn
Nor Mars complains why he is not as big as Jupiter.
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There’s no need to get the stars
Nor for you to grab the moon
There no need to build a manse
Or a gigantic palace to be our home.
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The demons you’ve created,
From every sins you've made
Lurking in the darkness
Disguised as problems,
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