New Year, New Slate
It is easier to justify hurtful words
I can say I have been provoked by the cruel world
Or that I really needed to thrust the tongue’s sword
Still I cannot deny I have slashed a whip cord
How shall I connect a fallen leaf to its tree?
How shall I make a dead fish swim back to the sea?
How can I catch a caged bird that I have set free?
How can I mould whole a glass broken to three?
Whatever reason and situation might be
Whether it has not been done intentionally
Even if the offense done is not known to me
For hurting you I have to say I am sorry
The list of old year’s follies and mistakes to tear
Open heart to feel, eyes to see, and ears to hear
Awareness to make amends and set my path clear
A clean slate to celebrate the coming new year.
The King’s Star
A lone shining star in the sky
to guide three rich pious magi
they carry gifts for the king child
through different lands they travel
Of the lone star they do marvel
Centuries waiting for that star
Through times of peace and times of war
Their excitement are growing wild
Castles and king’s palace they searched
What they found their hearts greatly stretched
For the King lies in a manger
Their quest ended in amazement
Their quest ended in amazement
For the King lies in a manger.
Lilian Dipasupil Kunimasa was born January 14, 1965, in Manila Philippines. She has worked as a retired Language Instructor, interpreter, caregiver, secretary, product promotion employee, and private therapeutic masseur. Her works have been published as poems and short story anthologies in several language translations for e-magazines, monthly magazines, and books; poems for cause anthologies in a Zimbabwean newspaper; a feature article in a Philippine newspaper; and had her works posted on different poetry web and blog sites. She has been writing poems since childhood but started on Facebook only in 2014. For her, Poetry is life and life is poetry.
Lilian Kunimasa considers herself a student/teacher with the duty to learn, inspire, guide, and motivate others to contribute to changing what is seen as normal into a better world than when she steps into it. She has always considered life as an endless journey, searching for new goals, and challenges and how she can in small ways make a difference in every path she takes. She sees humanity as one family where each one must support the other and considers poets as a voice for Truth in pursuit of Equality and proper Stewardship of nature despite the hindrances of distorted information and traditions.