***************** Lonesome Passion, Economic Desire (For Cris Mendoza Caguintuan, Dubai) Poem by Rommel Mark Dominguez Marchan

I had supposed to
publish this piece a week ago
but my dark mood and miserable thoughts
ate up my time until today........

I am alone and lonely
but I am not lonely
of being alone

lonely in thinking of
lonesome memories
lonely
in thinking of that too much
idealism becomes you weak
and leads in the path of stupidity
beyond reality

verse makers are born beggars
golden verses uttered from their golden minds
are nothing but a poor supplement
for economic turmoil

therefore, what benefits to have
a brilliant minds
whose ideas is as wide as the open seas
but his life is ruined by economic misery

learn how to work and toil
my friend
myself
even if it is not our burning desire

but be cautious
mostly our heart in doing
rebels to our hand in moving

an inner struggle of mine
i find hardly to resist


till when?
I do not know