Devil's Blight

In Memory: The late Hollywood actor Vincent Price & Pop Star legend Michael Jackson

From the darkness of the night

Lies a secret place of fright

Known to us as the devil’s blight

Wakes us to an ugly sight

In dreams we tend to fight

But in the end it flares and bites

Wakes us to a ghastly site

Wishing we could find the light

To make this evil a lesser mite

To send to hell what’s comes tonight

To bring us back too pure delight

I pray to God with all my might

To bring me home and hold me tight

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz

Oct. 18, 2009

Four Winds

Dedicated:
To a special Lady who paints rainbows with her words

The greatest gift a poet could give

Is the shatter the darkness with written words
Compassionate memories which makes us want to live
Touching thoughts within our destiny we try so hard to purge

Dwelling deep within ourselves letters begin to merge
A gathering of cries as mellowing minds begin a lofty surge
Bringing forth calmness in synonyms not meant to mar
Placed into stanzas they reveal just who we are

As the four winds blow across a sea so ever blue
The banter of friendship resides in rainbow's imbues
Stirring a warmth within our hearts
Spreading a glow in the smiles we impart

So take heed to all who share this special gift
It's given to those who compose with tender loving care
From the shadowy vestige of the highest mountain cliff
We'll caress ones heart and soul in the words we write to share

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
October 7, 2007

Lost Forgotten Rhyme

Woven into the patterns of a lost forgotten rhyme
Resides the answer to a riddle half hidden in my mind
Secrets hashed between the seams of never ending schemes
Of the passion dearly held within the darkness of my dreams

Enticing fragments from sad memories to soothe an aching heart
Releasing the rapture of true light as I watch our love depart
Thinking if by changing would our hands entwine again
Like it did when we were courting, when slowly our love began

Will the specter of our yesterdays be the embodiment of drifting ways?
As we soar towards new goals without each other to have a say
So I'll take the unanswered riddle which is wrapped around my soul
As we leave in separate directions on a lonely road so cold

Remember well my dearest the passions we once embraced
For I hope you'll find the answer to what we left unlaced
As I seek an unknown territory without a clue to what I'll find
Knowing so well the sadness, from a lost forgotten rhyme

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
October 4, 2009

The Realms of Time

Dedicated: To those who have lost a partner thru death, and trying to cope with a new reality

There are nights which brings the sweetness of long forgotten love
They come when I'm feeling low, lost in a moonlit cove
Like the colors of a fading rainbow, dissolving into tears
I track a lonely shoreline with just my hidden fears

Which echoes to the waves of a lost forgotten chime?
A place of peace along with calm inside the realms of time
Within the twilight lies the nectar of what we held so close
Caressingly touching the rapture, we strike a handsome pose

Hand in hand we thread the sands with memories to guide the way
Of all we've shared between the years what love we did display
I take you in my arms my dear before you fade away
To kiss your tender lips with care, in our walk along the bay

I wake to a sunlit morning facing an empty pillow
Struggling with my life which seems to be so hollow?
For I'll face another day without you waiting for the night
To take me to your loving arms, where the dark turns into light

Written by: Roland R. Ruiz
September 23, 2009