Monday, September 25, 2023

Paradise is Regained with Our Children

               Paradise is Regained with Our Children

(Original Title: Oh! If only man's wisdom can bring back Paradise lost a long time ago. Dedicated to children all over the world.)

Wall Mural Dr Abe V Rotor


A wall is empty no more, it dissolves into forest and stream
running down soft under the feet, spilling onto the street;
where once a city of steel and concrete, of dust and smog
reigned, where the forces of human frailty and nature meet,
rekindling wonders and adventures of childhood little known
to the city-bred whom the Good Life in disguise would cheat!


The wall is alive in three dimensions in make-believe perspective,
progeny of primary colors - red, blue and yellow, bold and mellow,
azure sky, deep blue-green sea, prism of every dewdrop bead,
sparkle of every star at night, crystalline water Narcissus saw;
if only walls can speak to mirror human longing of a happy world,
if only man's wisdom can bring back Paradise lost a long time ago! ~

       NOTE: Kim Laurence and Sophia on Christmas Day 2017 at the author's residence
 in Barangay Greater Lagro QC, MM.

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