Poetry from Lilian Dipasupil Kunimasa

Light skinned Filipina woman with reddish hair, a green and yellow necklace, and a floral pink and yellow and green blouse.
Lilian Dipasupil Kunimasa

Wet Puppy

Too young for love to have known

Yet pleasures to him have shown

First time, passion in vein has flown

His once innocent mind overblown

Why can they all not understand

Besides her, he will always stand

All rules, family, and gang disband

Follow only her sweet command

His fat purse, to her, he handed over

Not enough, expenses he has to cover

Stole for her avarice, he went further

Lies and disrespect, with her hover

Hurting the ones who truly cares

Reject all the advises anyone shares

Insulting remarks, to put on his airs

Disappointments of his new self bears

Ah! such a lose of a great child

Puppy love has made him so wild

Wet behind ears, no words mind filed

Deaf he became to discipline mild

And all that’s left in his parent’s mind

When will he, the enlightenment find

So Much Better

It is better to have a dream born

Than lived in ignorance of mourn

A dream that purity in heart sworn

Yet the limits of reality did not scorn

It is better a river crossing a desert

Than remained forever pond inert

Heart and soul in journey’s risk exert

Travelled routes though not expert

It is better to be a moon in the night

In darkness the only source of light

Though sky may overwhelm it tight

Who else’s seen such beautiful sight

It is better to be a childish dreamer

When all desires in the night gather

In midst of storm a warmth for cover

Dreams where one’s Hope can hover

Counted be as a naive heart’s illusion

Speechless be one before such vision

A heart filled with love and devotion

Living water revitalizes one’s mission

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.

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