Through It All

By Joshua A. Apolonio

Yes, you’re a woman, stand up and be proud.

Through it all, full of pride, shout it out loud.

Walk, run, do whatever you want to do

And do all the things, woman, push it through!

You’re not a prisoner, fight for your life

And be a real grown up, a full-time wife.

Cold Summer Day (Petrarchan sonnet)

By Joshua A. Apolonio

I’m so lonely and I need a backup

Alone like in the middle of desert

Middle of nowhere, smile without effort

Sun’s blazing heat kills, I need a teacup.

Be Real

Be Real

By Joshua A. Apolonio

Be real, as you may do whatever you want.

You’ll be happier if you don’t just flaunt.

Be you, as you can do everything

As you may see and feel that you are flying.

Be real, you can express your thoughts, ideas;

Without limits, free from any bias.

Nostalgic Throwback

By Joshua A. Apolonio

Whenever I reminisce my past times,

I wonder how these poems had their own rhymes.

Remembering a long lost idea;

I just felt a pang of nostalgia.

Recall, recollect, remember past life.

Tears just fell, like my heart was on a knife.

Hail Thee

By Joshua A. Apolonio

Hail thee; hail thee, you are, divinely hail!

Holiness you have, you will never fail.

Pray for us. Holy hail, this is our wish!

Knowing that your answer is not sluggish.

Divine grace, your sacredness gives us life.

Godliness I hail; Purity of life!

Our Sudden Hilarity

By Joshua A. Apolonio

Yes, yes, I really laughed around with him.

Even just a while with a sparkling smile;

Laughter and joy, like a musical hymn,

And seemed like a smile, long as River Nile.

Chit-chatting, silent whispers as they say

Million words have been shared for some hours.

His Unreasonable Doubt

By Joshua A. Apolonio

I don’t know why he is like that.

Maybe he believes that all is a fact.

Is that so? How foolish can he be?

He had given a doubt, unreasonable thee.

Honestly, I don’t know what has happened.

Believing that all he sees is true in this land.