Love was all to me

There was a time when love was all to me

a tangerine, the taste in my mouth 

such a heat, a fret in a hug

or the thought of this all.

Today?! Why talk of what is yet to go?

May there be a lover, a surprise in me.

Of out there no word is left to say

nor strength to listen, if the wind tossed a word. 

Onaldo

Small hours

small hours in a garden the size of my sight

walking slow not to miss a thing

a bud, a bird, another walker

garden so dandy as his face

almost open gates, broken old walls

close your yes once more, please

Onaldo

Community

Those who believe in community should not expect to receive it from others, but be willing to show what is means by offering it to all.

Onaldo

Green Manifesto

I suffer a strong lobby of worms eating me up the roots

they want me to say amen to their delight  and join in 

as my atoms give up being me and dream of becoming trees

"no groans, no tears" they say in their green manifesto 

for a while I understand, but its only half me left to plug in

and as I finish this, there may be only the remembrance of ...

Onaldo A Pereira

My destiny!

Boring for the day, no qualms, I dive

touring the sky as a star to be

deep where diamonds are common  matter

and I, a rare one to see.

My destiny!

Onaldo

We are not to expect the world to be good to us, we are the goodness of God to the world, starting with small things and with those we know and like the least!

Onaldo

The "jesus disease"

These days, our side of the world suffers from the "jesus disease"  and is spiritually dyeing from it. Unless we recover Jesus from the easy religion of the majority, Christianity here will soon be but a bad joke.

Onaldo