The Writer to His Beloved - By Bobby Sagra

I have written you
verses of love
words of endearment
images of romance
and sealed them
with the mark
of my very own heart
with its breath
my life is offered
for you, my beloved Marl.

Our love has taken
deeper, firmer roots
in the annals,
hopes and dreams
of the past five years.
We gather the memories
of joy being together
and feel as one too
in the sorrows we shared.
Losses, transitions, adventure
marked the years gone by.

At present, we work quietly,
but few months back,
we traveled great distance
from west to east, point to point
and back, we drove 7,000 miles
and our car broke down
along the hot summer highway
and we got help
from good Samaritans
sent by God for us
to continue with our journey
till we reach our new home,
get the job we desired
and start all over again.

In the recent holidays
we spent time
visiting our relatives,
friends of old
and  new friends
and gave and got gifts,
ate lots of food,
chocolates and cakes
to cheer up our hearts
and strengthen our faith
in the love that binds
in the joy we share
in the sorrows we bear.

Now, blessed to pay our bills
and supporting our folks,
we face the new year
as we face together
it's new challenges and hopes
with strength renewed,
maintaining the humor
that lightens us up,
sharing the courage
to overcome obstacles
to transcend differences
to love and accept
each other as Christ
loved and accepted
each  of his apostles
in their humanness
weaknesses, fears
and even lack of faith.

So, my beloved
I write these words
out of love for you alone
loaded with the realities
we humbly deal with
in each new awakening
and day in and day  out
of our life's destiny now
miraculously sustained
by the grace that comes
from the Giver of gifts
who fulfills the promise
of each new dawn.

Marriage after all
is something we work out
tirelessly, patiently, lovingly
together, like sharing our time,
eating on the same table,
living under one roof,
sleeping on the same bed,
riding on our car,
holding our hands,
giving our smiles,
living our faith in God.

Love Notes

The first time in memory

I saw your face

I was mesmerized

by the the beauty

of your long black hair

and your sunshine fair skin.

That contagious presence

I wanted to be with

simply vanished for years

until one day I got your message

out of nowhere from the web

of a constellation just for us.

I thought it was just

one friendly encounter

that will just come and go

but I was ignorant of the fact

that the love that was planted

has blossomed to its fullness.

Just before this month of love

is over and gone

let me reassure

let me reecho

let me voice out

I love you Hun Marl.

While the world 

keeps spinning

in all its games

of winning and losing

in all its wars

of grief and pain, I love you!

Now I know

love is not just love

in it's ideals and principles

but love is love

in the knitty-gritty

of our life together each day.

Finding Love

"Life is filled with sweet things

Look, and you will find them!"

Out of the days of longing 

Out of the days of waiting

Here comes a call to go

Here comes the echo of hope

We let go and let God

We sold away stuff and disposed
And we just packed what we need
And loaded everything in the car
Off we hit the road one mile at a time
of our  over 3,000 mile journey

To find a place much greener

To go down from the mountains

Going through the empty desert

Passing through the rocky mountains

Pausing to rest by the serene lake

Our bones and muscles tired

after 5 long days of driving

From the middle of nowhere

We kept moving to that somewhere

By the New Jersey sea coast

overlooking New York city

To find love and a new family

To gain more respect and honor

Ah, the delight of meeting an old friend

and the joy of making new ones

Finally we are at home

This is truly God's promise land

A land of plenty and bounty

Our souls at rest, our hearts merry

Each new day, a day of wonder

Each new wonder, a sweet encounter!

September to Remember

Each time September comes

There is an air of celebration

In my life as it becomes

A new transformation

Great events of my life

happened during this time

like my first baby cry

wrapped in my mother's embrace

T'was September too

when once I got to live

a life apart and took

the way of a celibate

One September afternoon

and the rains where heavy

I got my head anointed

as a herald of the Good News!

On the same September day

while still early morning

I met in person my wife 

at Iloilo airport in Cabatuan

This year is a very special one

September comes again

and what a joy to celebrate

my birthday with my wife!

My core belief in life

is that life is meant

to be lived to the fullest

and share it with the one I love

The best thing in life

is the capacity to make

that choice and the freedom

to take full responsibility

God is love

and when two people

love each other

they too build God's Kingdom!

Being a witness

of God's love

can also be

living a life of love intensely!

Who can fathom

or uncover

God beautiful plan

in each one's life?

One can only marvel

and be awe struck

when plunged into a reality

of life's surprises in God's design!

And out of the ravages

of history and time

another story of love

is written and lived by!

Celebrate Life, Cherish Love & Capture the Moment

Life is a dance
free, spontaneous, colorful
Each life's beginning
a bursting of joy
Each life's enduring
a microcosm of faith
Each life's ending
a new beginning
in a new form
not a point of departure
but a moment of arrival
In marriage
or friendship
we cherish our love
etched in the sands of time
knifed in the barks of trees
sculptured on mountain rocks
sung by the trovadours
immortalized by poets
brushed by painters
love's eternal nature
is as fresh as the morning dew
magnificent as the sunrise
calming as the sunset
This is the moment
our best gift to each other
our loving presence
our never absent thoughtfulness
in the tiny details of giving
and sharing our love
in the beauty and splendour
of listening and attending
to each need in each moment
we grow, we become, we fulfill
the apex of our completeness
as human persons
as life's offsprings
as love's beacons of light
in our finest and greatest moment
in the edges of time and history!

Love - A Meeting in Time

Love is that meeting in time

Neither you or me ever thought of

But it was in God's mind

In all eternity for us to see each other.

Today, I thought of many years long past

You have your own story and I have mine

A puzzle to tie up, a question waiting a reply

A childhood to survive, a youth to wrestle with.

Destiny has kept us apart ever since

And destiny has allowed us to meet again

And for whatever reason and purpose it is

The beauty and wonder for us to cherish.

Many stories of many lives in many worlds

Times of war and peace, of plenty and want

Beneath the labyrinth of time and space

We have ours to write and sing aloud.

O holy bliss of love between hearts

Designed to cheer and to nurture

The very being and soul within

Until we become the best we could be.

We met and we decided to stay

No longer two but just as one

In the mystery of life's ebb and flow

We sing and dance like the ocean waves.

Like stars that shine after a winter storm

Our lives shine and rekindle the fire

Of love born in every willing heart

To take the risk to forge and merge.

So now we breathe as one

And live only one life

And walk the same path

Of a new life in peace, love and joy!

Love Bears All Things

Love bears all things

Every morning

In my silent heart

I hear the bird singing

Small clear notes

of love's endearment

to a soul awaking

to the dawning

 of a new day.

At mid day

I see the blooming

of a summer flower

by the side

of stone

I see the leaves

waving

from my windowpanes

and hear the roaring

of the highway trucks.

I see my beloved's beauty

in the petal's smile.

I see my honey's palms

in the dancing leaves.

I hear the roaring

of our strong devotion

in the sound that passed by.

In quiet rest

after and evening walk

I come home

and sit in wonder

it's been another day

of love's forebearance

in the deep recesses

of my waiting heart

where all my life

faith is rooted

hope is nortured

joy is kept!

My soul longs

my heart seeks

my mind reflects

the fulfillment of a dream

the culmination of a journey

the completion of a story

in love's safekeeping

of memories sweet and fond

the blended colors

of our canvass of love

resonates the classic art

of eternal splendor

timeless and ageless

enduring echoes

of a love that bears

whatever is worth it

and makes it beautiful

in our promise land

of love's hello forever!