I’m not very good at drawing. I can get by, but it’s not exactly my strong point. That being the case, to be able to look back and say, “I won a prize for my artwork,” is quite an achievement.Admittedly, it wasn’t a huge competition that provided me with my moment of glory - “Life Drawing from Nature,” 7 - 10 years category, at the local country fete, to be exact. The prizes on offer were numbered rosettes plus horse ridi...

Funny how true love prevailsEven after those dark daysBack to our life fairy-taleIn bad times, I did prayWe're both in a better placeLove is back and here to stayWe now always touch baseWe can talk and have lots to sayLaughter fills our rooms I feel I have my friend backNo more sadness or gloomOur love is back on trackSeventeen years this SeptemberI've loved you each and every dayWe met one night in NovemberNear the jukeb...

It's sunny this morning. No, really, it is. It's one of those rare spring days where the sun is managing to melt away the candy-floss haze, leaving behind glorious clear, blue skies. Coffee in hand, I'm in my garden, plopped on a bench. It's bright enough to require sunglasses and there's heat on my face. What a change from the usual chilly, British grey.The birds certainly like it. They’ve all gone loopy with squawks and...

"We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible. As for the possible, men suffice." -Leon Chestov. A maré se vai - Adrian Gabardo Sometimes the strongest knot is the weakest, when you feel like the right is certain, there is more left than you imagined. What is granted is taken away, all that is left is the things you fight to gain. When you imagine you're driving north, you are actually losing yourself down south. The...

Every Writer Needs His Muse - Adrian Gabardo It's the little things she does, the way she smiles, the way she looks at you, the emotions your heart feels every time you get a glimpse of her shiny dark hair. That warm feeling that runs through yours veins, every moment you think of her, that turn your humble words, into the majestic masterpiece they together form. Every writer needs his muse, that is true. Every writer nee...

Death and decay call for a meaningful daygathered around a hole in the groundquestions and mourning depicted from the sobspreacher says impersonal message as a goodbyeA box holding a body goes down and downif the dead could speak what would they sayhappy to see who all came to attendmaybe some choice words to those who pretendquestions of life fill everyone's mindno answers to be given only false pretensethe deceased life...

If there will ever be a time that words can finally describe how I feel, I hope it is now. Many times I wanted to write this, never had the words been so perfect, if any at all. In this world so bleak and boring, so troubling and confusing, I had hoped for someone like you.I wished many times, for an adventure, for my life to have so many dark twists and turns. Many times I had wished for someone to have good company as w...

Schism - Adrian Gabardo I typed a few words today, it was all just a mumble, just sentences of non-sense and no significance. The only way for my brain to work, is for me to hit rock bottom I guess, or else it will be just a bunch of stressful attempts at nothing, at writing something face and soulless. Pain and suffering help my own self remain, the sadness restrains my soul to this body, it keeps my mind looking for an...

Sleepy, I wake up.6 AM, my clock tells me.But I don't need it to say the time anymore,I know it already,as everyday, it's the same thing.It's the same old song,every day.It's the same old poem,being told, again and again.It's the same words coming from my mouth,until my tongue is dry,until there is no more sound.Every day,I ask myself, why?Is this even living?Or am I just alive?Surfing on the waves of shit being thrown at...

Hold the moon in your palm.Remind yourself who you really are.See darkness in the sunshine.See brightness in the dark.Swim in life's oceans, breathe in the wild breeze.Give without expectation, venture out into the world.Be brave, set out after what you want and need.Hunger for adventure, thirst for knowledge.Be adventuresome, take a chance.Inhale deeply, exhale, let go, know what it is to be free.Adventure may hurt a bit...

Christmas time brings all that’s fine, this wish I bring to you.Happiness in all you seek and love the whole year through.Strength to help you through the roughest times and light to guide your way.It’s Christmas time and it’s love you find I offer you today.Every day, just not today, these things then matter too.Find peace and joy and happiness in everything you do.Take time to tell the ones you love how much they mean t...

It suddenly occurred to meI’m feeling a clichéWhat else can possibly explainPerceiving things this way? My arms are arms, and end in handsNot wings of gossamerI walk on ground and do not floatLike lepidoptera My heart, it beatsI hear it thumpBut seems to me it singsSurely that’s a neighbor’s musicCarried on the wind? The tingles on my bodyCould the cause be thatI’ve wandered now distractedly  Into a swarm of gnats? A grin...

I see what you've becomeYou have to take shots at me I sure hope you think you wonI can finally break free It’s so easy for me to say goodbye The straw finally broke the camel's backI shall never think of you again or cry This was the last attack I wish you a very nice life I won’t dare speak to you Thankfully, I’m a wife You really have no clue I will wish you well You're now just a memory Honestly, I hope you go to hell...

I have a girlfriend who I treasure We met on a website by chance We have lots of fun adventures We’re just friends with no romanceShe’s the sweetest friend And I’m happy to know her Hopefully friends until the endSomeday, we'll drink fine wines and liqueurs She always cheers me up when I’m sad And tells me funny stories always And comforts me when I’m mad I love talking to her every dayShe has an amazing heart And is alwa...

I’m so happy that we’re still friendsI believe we will still find our wayI plan to talk with you until the endI get excited every day We have gone through so muchBut, we still trust one anotherI can feel your warm touchYou’ll always be my friend and lover I enjoy when we’re togetherAnd you always make me giggleI enjoy our adventuresI love your jokes and maybe a riddle I love to hear your storiesAnd I like to help you when...