Angel's Call

Between the twilight of the stars
Resounds the musical notes and bars
Which dance beside the moon that beams?
Reflections of rainbows caressing our dreams

Oh, how the cover of fleeting dusk
Opens the shadows of this trust
Collected in a collage of words
Sonnets of a lesser purge

What lies in our earthly passage?
Inside our souls is there a message
For time moves in a ghastly haste
We seek to find just what we chase

Is reality the quicken of our fate
Do we travel this road for our sake?
Does destiny resides in the falling sands
Can death be the drummer of the band?

The hopes to a much better life
Away from misery and much strife
Will cascade towards a somber end
To those who die with mortal sins

I feel that justice has a price
It comes in the roll of the dice
Moving in flows of wishful might
Brings a sparkle to the night

In the rainbows of pure delight
Lives the saving grace so bright
It’s given free to one and all
Who listens to the Angel’s call?

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
October 05, 2010

Sweet Dreams

Dedicated: My Far Away Friend

If I could lead you by the hand

Towards the summit of this land

What marvels the eye would see?

In their glance towards serenity

For in this range of snow and ice

Lay valleys of love that do entice

One to a different kind of life

An aroma of much lesser strife

Inside the shadows of our homes

Grow the gardens soon to loom

With seeding flowers and singing birds

A sure sign that spring will soon emerge

As we transverse the ice blue lakes

We’ll walk along smooth sands that date

To a calm and kinder time of fate

Where souls contrive and hold no hate

Along the grassy plains which crest

Upon the base of mountains we’ll test

The inner strength of nature’s best

In retaining the spirit of this quest

We’ll forge together always as friends

For in the end our thoughts will trend

From special feelings we shall beam

Beyond the cosmos of sweet dreams

Written by Roland R. Ruiz

September 10, 2010

Darken Dens

Way down deep within my soul

A howling wind is blowing
Sending chills ever so cold
I try to keep from showing

Knowing not where I'm going
makes it feel surreal totally unknowing
Towards the center of something glowing
My heart seems to be flowing

Wondering if all my thoughts are shallow
I'll thread lightly hoping all to be mellow
Marching to a tune not sure how to follow
On a road so callous and hallow

As I seek what lies around the bend
I pray and hope a kindness will lend
A helping hand to a man whose sinned
Upon wilderness filled with darkened dens

I've hurt those I love I want to make amends
Before time runs its course my soul commends
To a brightness within a never ending light
For I am ready to meet this glorious sight

I have set my house in order
At the river's end I'll cross that border
Into a grace so lined with peace
I'll dine at the table of a new feast

The sting of death I once thought I feared
I know embrace with joyful tears
My time at hand has been blessed
By the Master's shield and his regal crest

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
October 17,2010

Entangled

Within the elegance of time

Lay the whispers inside the lines

Holding memories ever so fine

Some that hurt some that binds

As one rides the current of air

Life strides by sometimes unfair

Can be compared to a spider’s lair

Traversing the web will we dare?

Many get caught, and entangled

Within the lies hate will strangle

Leaving some to struggle and dangle

What’s left been completely mangled?

Those with goodness in the heart

Will fare better in their start

Avoiding the traps as they dart

Between the madness inside the dark

Dodging the pitfalls along their plight

Still struggling in this fight

The Tempter tries to steal the night

For truly he is a blight

Once the web is left behind

We’ll reach a land so ever kind

On golden tables we shall dine

In wait of the Son, voice divine

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz

September 9, 2010

Begin the Beguine

In memory of my Mother & her favorite song

Upon this face where lines so grace
Are bright patterns that do interlace?
The good, the bad, the in between
Some parts I wish had never been

Open hearts can be cold and chilling
Accepting thoughts deep and willing
Mostly holding sweet memories
At times containing calamities
Ones span can be short, or even long

Much like an uncompleted song
If short, our notes will be diminished
If long our music will reach a finish
Time and age go hand in hand

Must like the players in a band
Marching robustly upon the sands
Heading towards a unknown land
In reaching that point of time
Questions will form within the mind
Why is life suddenly speeding up?
Like a runaway lurching truck

Racing on pavement soon to end
Upon a road so straight not even a bend
Fears linger as the hourglass empties
Can my tunes be reaching finality?

So I will follow the winds that blow
Leading to musical notes that flow
Across the golden sands of time
In search of a place richly sublime

Wishing my words begin the beguine?
Will that be the last of all I see?
What lies beyond the unbent road?
The start of a new song about to explode

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
August 28, 2010

Second Time Around

Does one sleep within a dwelling
That's locked with a sacred key
Can a soul lie open and ever so willing?
To share sweet memories

Can one hear the call of transgressions?
Which echoes inside sad sorrows?
Or do we ignore the tell tale lessons
The warnings which quell silent morals

I've tasted the chill of all we lost
Arriving at night in howling winds that bay
The different ways I made you cross
Accounts for the errors from my ways

I hear the call of loneliness
From dreams shared from this bed
I'll prepare a better closeness
To this man I came to wed

Upon the swells so well tossed
I'll rid myself of this veil
Regretting the passion I somehow lost
Now found again on this ship we sail

From a man who's been ever so sound
I hope to discover that very thought
Is love better the second time around
By renewing a vow I'll never doubt

Tenderness resides in remaining years
Tightly held our hands will enlace
The passing of time amid flowing tears
Signals togetherness as our hearts embrace

Written by Roland R. Ruiz
August 23, 2010

A Spider's Behind

Roland kisses a spider’s behind

To the Beacons Gals he owes this line
Due to the words he leaves as rhymes
Now this photo will be the sign

He’s a true Texan not mad but kind
Doreen and Norma he treats unjust
Sometimes he puts himself in a bind
But others think he is a plus

To the Na Sayers who I’ve let astray
I ask forgiveness for my terrible ways
It’s just the style of the way I play
I mean no harm in all I say

Even to my wife I act this way
Craziness seems to be a part of me
At times I do make her day
Even when I run to the loo to pee

It seems I put my foot in my mouth
Every time I open my trap
Many will think I’m a louse
But in the end I’m caught like a rat

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
August 23, 2010

Webs of Time

What lurks inside a breathless thought?
Which conjures regrets so keenly sought?
Of love we’ve shaped but somehow lost
Leaving pains of remorse at a priceless cost

It seems I’ve kept a life condensed
Filled with mistrust and much offense
Enough to drive us far apart
Creating a hate within our hearts

Sparked by a painful lustful past
Much like the members of a cast
I’ve come to realize just how far
We’ve sunk into this dismal mire

Now destiny has come to right the wrong
Committed together we’ll create a new song
Of love once known but lost in the dew
Cleared by the winds from the mist that blew

For in the meandering webs of time
United in love we shall find
What is hoped to be divine
From this song we will shine

A tune to a much brighter day
Richness abounds in words we’ll say
Renewed by passion we begin anew
Into a domain with skies so blue

Where reality is filtered no blemishes roam
With endearing love readily installed
All spirits united acting enthroned
We walk to the cadence where love is enthralled

Written by Roland R. Ruiz
August 9, 2010

Texas Teddy Bear

There lies inside this Texas frame

A mind that loves to play
Within my thoughts it’s mostly jest
In all that I convey

Never one to shy away
From all that I do say
Bringing laughs, maybe a smile
Becomes me that’s my style

At times do tend to get carried away
Going a bit too far
Others may think my thoughts are frayed
Deserving to be barred

No disrespect will be marred
In the forum few participate
Meaning no harm in what is sparred
In the games Alan create

For I’m a big Texas Teddy Bear
A push over you might say
One who’ll never take a dare?
Or ever asked for a raise in pay

The lessons in life I’ve come to see
Noticed by family and valued peers
For age has finally caught up with me
Changing my rhymes to tearful jeers

If by chance I skip a dance
Slowing down a little bit
My fears may make me prance
Maybe it’s best I sit

Deep down within this Texas heart
Beats a goodness true and blue
I’ll share all I can before I part
Into the madness of the dew

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
August 01, 2010

Mr. Lucky & Miss Norma

For Norma, a nurse I tease to no end

Look out Mr. Lucky watch out where you’re going
Stop scaring me do you know what you’re doing
Getting tired of all this roaming and moving
It’s time to settle down and start a life of honest loving

I’m tired and fed up with being treated like a dog
You act towards me as if I’m a dumb clog
We’ve been shacking up for nearly two years
It’s time to put a ring on my paw, no reason to fear

I want to have a family, a couple of puppies will do
All the birth control pills have been thrown down the loo
So beware when you want to get close and be near
Buy a gold ring, and I’ll treat you so special and dear

The time for free loving has gone out the door
Miss Norma wants a husband, could care less if we’re poor
So now you know how I have come to feel
You want to sleep with me tonight a ring will seal the deal

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz July 8, 2010

Grains of Sand

I feel the falling grains of sand
Will bring an end that’s near
I see the time is close at hand
Just moments left I fear

Feelings I have learned to hide
From those who I are my kin
Causing hurt to those I’ve sinned
From one who’s filled with pride?

I fear that I have seen the last
Of memories from the past
The canyons of lost happiness
Contain a barren hollowness

A life of dread I have concealed
From those with broken hearts
I asked dear God as I kneel
To make this hurt depart

I trust in Jesus name I pray
Light the dark within this cave
Heal the pains from the past
Forgive the sins I have cast

Through your Son I asked forgiveness
Within his eyes resides the brightness
From his touch is felt your grace
The tears he shed embrace my face

Now the hour glass has drained
No grains of sand will flow
Inside a soul once filled with pain
Now binds a heart that glows

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
July 21, 2010

Runaways

Now it’s time to leave I fear, I am a runaway
I’ve packed my case, with my Teddy I’m ready to fade away
Into the English countryside
We’ll seek a place to hide

We’ll find a spot set the rules, and break them if we choose
After all what else is there to loose?
We’re brave me and my Teddy no one to tell us what to do
If only Mum and Dad would know the outdoors is my loo

But now the day has grown so short, the light begins to dim
We’re in the middle of a forest we need to find a limb
Big enough to hold us both above the ground that’s cold
I’m beginning to think we made a mistake in acting ever bold

I hear the sounds of the forest they seem to be all around
What chance has we to stand our ground if lucky we’ll be found
Who would think the woodlands would get so dark and scary
How I wish we were in our room under the covers well buried

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
June 19, 2010

Golden Crescent

The day will come when Mother Nature will face the test of time

It seems the hour has arrived carrying a hurt that blinds the mind
It preys atop the ocean waves, spreading its evil webs
The blacken ooze coats the sea beneath in silence flows the ebbs

For beauty once adorned this golden crescent known as the Gulf of Mexico
It’s tarnished to the point of no return as the wind emits sad echoes
What once we took as so pristine unmarked by human hands
Now is marred by greedy excuses black tides will mark our precious sands

Is it too late to change our fate can we control our destiny
Are we to witness an ocean’s demise before our very eyes?
Every day this well remains uncapped brings death a little closer
Time is slowly running out our Gulf Coast needs a closure

If by the grace of God we’re able to stop the flow of oil
Years will be needed to clean our shores to again become unspoiled
Not to mention the loss of life atop the shoreline beneath the ocean
Even know the cessations of life stirs lively commotions

From those who live along the coast, making a honest living
They will suffer untold damage from their lively way of giving
Caused soulfully by man’s stupidity in drilling so terribly deep
Now Mother Nature will decide when to stop the tears she weeps

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
June 18, 2010

Vanishing Bees

(Camellias from Norma’s backyard)

I am a flower in Norma’s garden
If only the bees would beg my pardon
They steal from me my golden harvest
Then they buzz into the forest

I remember when they were many
Now you hardly see any
What’s causing this disappearance?
For they're magnificence in their appearance

I fear there is something amidst
The bees have gone their is no bless
Is Mother Nature at a lost?
For the bees are needed at all cost

They take the nectar I impart
Spreading it around as they dart
The shame will be when they're no longer here
In defiance spring time will jeer

When the bees vanish one less will share
The nectar of life I give with care
But time moves on, and so will I
Mother Nature will see that I survive

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
June 01, 2010

Oozy Black

In the gibes we employ
Contain the glib we enjoy
In our tease to no end
To bring a smile or a grin

We spoke fun in our jest
In this spar of social unrest
Caressing a calm ever pleading
To a world sadly bleeding

Times of fun seems misgiving, even lost
Bringing heartaches at great cost
To the aftermath of misguided care
From this globe we all do share

Wouldn't it be nice if we could change
Towards a highway with super lanes
Keeping us on the straight and narrows
Without the pains from flying arrows

Such life would bring laughter back
Tears would dry our cries would lack
The Gulf of Mexico would be intact
but life and greed has become the fact

In this sordid mess of oozy black
Above, beneath the sea that's tracked
Lies God's critters his gift to all
Slowly dying has we no gall

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
June 7, 2010

Author's Note

As I type this poem on my computer, the TV is showing
the damage done to God's creatures due too our
greed and stupidity. May God forgive us for our sins?
Speaking as an American so ashamed of this travesty

Inner Shell

To touch our lips with a kiss
Brings a feeling of total bliss
Sweetness felt between the sheets
As the morn arrives a new day we great

But not before passion uncurls
We take our time in love we swirl
We merged our bodies into one
Matching the rhythms of the rising sun

Lurching together, we shudder, explode
Falling back into a slumbering mode
Regaining our strength from intimates of love
Preparing ourselves we coo like flying doves

Awakening to feelings we hope will last
Due to the destiny of the past
Regales the reality of this glorious union
Dedicated to the powers so unassuming

We surge towards the winding bend
Together united we begin to blend
Into a form that will shape our end
Coming together we gather to mend

Lustful desires amid a burning flame
Continued thru the years the flicker remains
I feel as if I've grown into
The inner shell that belongs to you

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
May 28, 2010

Sordid Lies

(A last grasp at togetherness)

What lurks inside a breathless thought?
Aroused by regrets so keenly sought?
Of love we've shared but somehow lost
The pain so conjures a priceless coast

If only the feelings we once did save
Return to us like the waves which crave
That special mood we nurtured and paved
Reflections of thoughts now ever so grave

Desires of love I wished returned
I know you feel you've been spurned
I've acted totally unconcerned
Is our bridge forever burned?

Such feelings are worth another try
I see your tears I hear you cry
I feel you want to say goodbye
From the many sordid lies

So now the rest is up to you
My promise for you is to be true
Forgiveness comes with many hues
From shames inflicted reside the dues

In this last grasp at togetherness
I ask to put aside the bitterness
From the visions of my roving ways
Will you turn the dark to the light of day?

For I'm a frail and weakened man
Who's seen the errors of this sham?
I want so much to keep this bank
You placed so lovely upon my hand

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
May 20, 2010

Caring Friendship

Dedicated: Mystic Bluebell

In our walk upon this destiny that exists between two souls
Is heard a calling of sweet nature that is yet to unfold
It rings of caring friendship that has lasted thru the years
Bringing more often laughs, a few times it brought some tears

What makes this ever special is the gift we've come to share
A present from our Creator that shows how much he cares
Here lately you have written such words of golden hues
Like a rainbow from a gentle rain, that sweeps away the blues

How often have I wondered the world your eyes do see?
The beauty of your country which lies beyond the sea
To me it's like a rainbow arching above a mountain top
Conveying colors to my view in hope they'll never stop

I know it's not been easy on the road you both do walk
Hand in hand you stroll together in love you always talk
So hang in their my friend, you have many words to write
Hold on to your beloved I know he holds you tight

Soon it will be your birthday, you will turn another year
This presence in words I sent you is not to bring you tears
It's meant to make you happy, for we shared a common gift
Happy Birthday dearest Ursula, may my thoughts give you a lift

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
May 16, 2010