Reflections

Reflections

The twilight reflects
The night to become
As people slumber
Awaken
Minds controlled
By the shadows within
While outside
There is light
Their false security takes over
And they do not see
But reflections of a life
That is not
But should be
For real freedom comes
Not from sleep
But from understanding
That shadows and reflections
Are just limits
To be crossed
In the search
For the true me
© Regis Cabral,  1 October 2016

Not Alone

Not Alone

The night air
Gives wings to thoughts
Each step
Is lighter
More focussed
As the goal sharpens
Making it easy to see
Not only the shining lights and stars
The times and the time
When I carried alone
The meanings, sufferings and victories
Of a life
Now shared
With one who can see
Who I am
Traveling with me
Beyond and above
© Regis Cabral,  30 September 2016

Night Shine

Night Shine

Good night
Say I
It is time to go
Dream another dream
Finding the way
To another day
Coming after
The shining stars
Brilliant in the night
Shining the signs
That you find in your sleep
Composed like a song
From the tunes
Of the daily lights
© Regis Cabral,  29 September 2016

Smiles in the Rain

Smiles in the Rain

It winds
It rains
The autumn days have arived
Like before
And like the after
A new morning is here
Bringing smiles
Driving away tears
Washed away
Like drops from the sky
Taken far above by smiles
Bridging the pure soul
To the center of light
© Regis Cabral,  28 September 2016

First Arrival

First Arrival

Before you were here
How could I know
The universal significance
Creation's arrival
The difference it makes
The power it takes
To change and evolve
From darkness to light
The key to understand
The true question
But not the answer
To the meaning of life
© Regis Cabral,  27 September 2016

Time and Beyond

Time and Beyond

Beyond time
Time exists not
Motions freeze
Freezing itself
Has come to a stop
How can changes change
When time it self is not
If time is not
Can I see when time
Is yet to become
Yet to be?
© Regis Cabral,  26 September 2016

Say the Word

Say the Word

Say the word
And it shall be done
Say the word
And the seas will depart
From the sandy shores
To the ones with golden hearts
Say the word
And peace will be found
For those who
Not knowing
And maybe unwillingly
Deserve it the most
Say the word
Say it but once
It will be enough
To keep life alive
For the future to come
© Regis Cabral,  25 September 2016

New Horizons

New Horizons

They look at the days to come
One quiet
One with words without stop
Both see the new horizons
Beyond hills
Mountains and streams
Lile a peaceful sight
To make the future as bright
As the smiles they bring
To children and grown ups alike
As they step into the steps
Of their daily life
© Regis Cabral,  24 September 2016

Summer Gone

Summer Gone

Somewhere in the sky
The Sun still shines
Can not see it
I know it is there
The grey and dark
Slowly takes over
The Sun shining
In the Sun of the midnight
Hope does not fade away
Somewhere in the darkness of the moment dark
Hope still shines
Like the Sun
Hidden
In the winter night
© Regis Cabral,  23 September 2016

Apples

Apples

Have you seen
The small apples
Untouched, untained
In the hidden apple tree
Behind the books
Watching the magazines
Waiting for children
Who have not yet discovered
And should not discover yet
The sour sweet taste
Of the little apple tree fruits
Hidden by the books
Smiling at
The unexpected bystanders
Who also have
A sweet bitter
Life to live
© Regis Cabral,  22 September 2016

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is a distant world
As foreign as yesterday
Predictable as today
Was yesterday
Tomorrow is a foreign culture
As distant as yesterday
Remembered not as it was
Remembered as one can remember
Selected bits
Patched out as life it allows
Tomorrow will be patched too
Becoming not what is
But what the future today
Will see
As the yesterday tomorrow

© Regis Cabral,  21 September 2016

I will be back for you

I will be back for you

Unwanted changes
Have give me no choice
No time to waist
No time to wait
I have to go
Even if I do want not
Be sure
I promiss you
At the right time
I will reappear
From the streams of time
Guided by the endless love
That no one will take from my heart
© Regis Cabral,  20 September 2016

Question

Question

Is life the all, the me, and the in between?
If I find the answer
Will there be someone
Somewhere
Who will liisten
Who will care?
Is life the all, the me, and the in between?
Or is there one out there
Who knows the answer
And with silent signs
Refuses to tell
© Regis Cabral, 19 September 2016

Cycles

Cycles

Life and waves
Into each other
Repeating, never alike
Like galaxies and suns
Going around
Each turn
Each round
Back into a place
The place wanting to be the same
And never is
The learning should guarantee
A move to a higher ground
In life and waves
But does it not
To return to the past
Changes the waves
Changes the life
And the lives are for ever
Moved into a changed ocean
Into new paths
Finding another meaning
Into a life that is not yet

© Regis Cabral, 18 September 2016

Blue Skies, Red Sun, a Life in the Stars

Blue Skies, Red Sun, a Life in the Stars

Wake up
The sky is blue
The sun is not red
As it should have been
It is another star
Another life
Still a life
To live and not to pass by
Turning clocks
Which have only a meaning
As the sun changes
From yellow to red
In the starry road
From the Earthly thoughts
To the freedom
Which only arrives
When you find your place
In the star in your heart

© Regis Cabral, 17 September 2016

The Traveller returns

The traveler returns

He is back
Changed but unchanged
Evolved into a new day
Looking at the yellow sun
Before its color fades
Soon he will soon be gone
Staying as far as the returning
Gives new colors to the moon rays
In a time when time can not fade away

Swedish Eyes

Life and Death at the Station Cafe (death, conflict and life)
Book III: Life
Poem III-6: Swedish Eyes

Even after a tiring
Long hard life
In the late hour
I wake up
Not to sounds
Not to storms
In the black darkness
You bring me back
From the fading away heart
To the beating of the wild
To birds transformed into angels
By the brilliant light
Coming from you
Stronger than stars
A dream in the night
Where the only existences
Are your
Beautifully bright
Wonderfully shinning
Swedish eyes.

© Regis Cabral, 11 March 2005

Poem III-5: Open Heart

Life and Death at the Station Cafe (death, conflict and life)
Book III: Life
Poem III-5: Open Heart

I faced everybody
Holding nobody
Sharing with none
The tears and the pains
Of the regreted words
Of the forgotten names
Of the rejected
Whose love remains

You spread your wings
Lightened the darkness
Warmed my life
Delivered happiness
To my eyes
Thus, only
And only to you
I opened my heart.

© Regis Cabral, 11 March 2005

Poem III-4: Beauty in Time

Life and Death at the Station Cafe (death, conflict and life)
Book III: Life
Poem III-4: Beauty in Time

Eternal beauty
Penetrating eyes
A changing face
Facing
The changes of my time

Internal beauty
Changing looks
An unchageable gaze
Chaging
The faces of my time

External beauty
Scratching surfaces
A wonderful memory
Confronting
The beauties of my time.

© Regis Cabral, 11 March 2005

Poem III-3:Sometimes - A Good Life

Life and Death at the Station Cafe (death, conflict and life)
Book III: Life
Poem III-3: Sometimes - A Good Life

Sometimes I loose my balance
Sometimes I loose my control
Sometimes I loose my step
And fall into a hole

Sometimes I feel like dancing
Sometimes I feel like singing
Sometimes I feel like crashing
And get my ears ringing

Sometimes I am just alone
Sometimes I am just myself
Sometimes I am just happy
And exist like no one else

What a good life!

© Regis Cabral, 11 March 2005