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