Cecilia Crasto

poem by Cecilia Crasto

We live our lives the way we choose We take the risks to win or lose Life is a game just a crazy game They change the rules but it's all the same. Some have ambition, others have none Life's chances are given to everyone If a... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

A twinkling star fell from high It landed on a muddy track It looked so pretty in the sky I picked it up and sent it back. I watched a spider weave and spin A delicate web for an innocent prey It's only purpose to draw within ... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

My winters have grown much longer The cold has settled in my bones Doubts overshadow all attempts to write Feelings expressed from the heart now wanes Like the iciness that chills the blood in my veins I'm looking through a cloud... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

Bombs are exploding-planes fall from the sky Women are wailing-men forget how to cry The skies are black, the trees are charred Bodies are strewn and windows are barred. The birds have flown, they no longer tweet The sounds of ... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

It's in the night that the voices speak Soft as the breath of angels Stilling our minds calming our fears And sprinkling stardust on dreams. It's in the night that the lonely bird sings As he waits for the coming of dawn A song ... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

The sweetest words I ever heard Were told to me by a little bird As I sat beneath the silver birch He came and landed on his perch. He whispered softly in my ear Little secrets I needed to hear My neighbor had stolen my garde... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

(TANKA) Small shiny shells beneath my feet Sun dappled water rushing by Kites tangle vying for supremacy Birds circling above Diving into cumulus clouds. Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

Now why can't I enter a beauty quest Win or lose it's my right to contest Age, race or gender should not hold us back We've fought for our rights so let's get on track. Woke up this morning and my hair has all gone A touch of A... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

To my distress and to others delight I awoke to find that I couldn't write My thoughts all gone like birds in flight Woe is me in my miserable plight Am I doomed to sit and stare at the clock It has it's purpose to tick and tock ... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

They'll grace my table in silk and lace Elegant ladies with impeccable taste The menu was planned with meticulous care Succulent roast beef so tender and rare Turn on the oven and it's time to start It will be a while so l take... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

I'm always the one who aims to please Never the leader I drift with the breeze Preference to others the name of the game I play so well much to my shame I'm the one with the crying heart When I see someone fall apart Prolonging ... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

We never know joy until we know pain A rainbow appears after the rain Lightning precedes a clap of thunder Streaking the sky with magical wonder Sand castles crumble and drift away Carrying the dreams of yesterday Victories em... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

I came upon a ghoulish sight Two spirits dancing in the night Twirling they were with ethereal grace A deathly pallor upon their face. The moon was entranced by what she saw Shedding her light on the vision below Trees swayed ... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

A young boy played in the garden one day Running around so happy at play The house belonged to his old aunt Mary If truth be told she was quite contrary Lying in ambush was Prince the hound A more vicious beast could not be fou... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

We too were once the young ones But time has made us old So now we tell the stories That once to us were told. We climbed many mountains we hiked in the rain With youth's exuberance we never knew pain We chased the wind and sc... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

Blood does not a brother make But one who comes your hand to take If you should stumble and when you fall He'll lift you up and stand you tall When others see the worst in you He will bring out the best in you He gives his pro... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

Today loyal friend they put you to sleep So I sit all alone and silently weep No more could be done your life to extend You fought the brave fight right to the end. I recall how I rescued you from the pound Brought you home wat... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

Mothers are crying tears of ice The children have turned to drugs and crime In despair they plead with celestial beings To mend the fragments of shattered dreams Candles burn brightly on marbled altars Incense rising in diaphano... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

He strums his guitar he sings a sad song His collar is frayed his hair too long People hurry past without a glance He'll stay awhile and take his chance. Then when his spirits begin to sag He sees the girl and she walks with sw... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

Death came and found me, Wrapped his arms around me And lay down by my side. I come he said to take you home To a place where there is peace and love I turned away from his cloying breath And ran to hide from his kiss of death ... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

With hope in his heart he crosses the seas Arriving in a country of a million dreams He has been given a second chance Embraced with love and open arms He can walk his pace at an easy stride And never run from bullets and knives ... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

I look in the mirror and a man's face I see With masculine pride looking back at me On close inspection I perceive a MO A single hair sprouts on my chin below We know Adam's rib did fashion Eve But why set out us girls to decei... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

He stakes his corner on a busy street His meager possessions strewn at his feet Lines of suffering etched deep in his face Alone he sits in his small confined space. A homeless man a forgotten soul Reduced to nothing with a beg... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

She howls with the wind and dances with fire She kindles the flames on the funeral pyre With ribbons of gold she streaks the sky And sheds her tears on land that is dry She tramples the wheat so lush in the field And nurtures t... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

When sleep eludes me I stumble from bed Escape to the garden to clear my head Surround myself with night time wonder Still my heart and cast worries asunder. To gaze upon a star spangled sky In their twinkling light to see God'... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

As I delve into the archives of my mind What do I seek what will I find Must I forever bring to the surface Things of the past that have no purpose Tomorrow the present will become the past So we seize the moment and will it to l... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

The thoughts keep spinning around in my brain Like raindrops lashing the window pane I'm spiraling down to an empty space Slowly descending to a darker place. Like a symphony with a sweet refrain The lilting movements the momen... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

It's bright and early and he's on the beach A lesson in kite flying he begins to teach Come he calls to those passing by And watch me fly my kite so high He raises his hands he dances around His feet are barely touching the gro... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

There comes a time in a young man's life When he might consider taking a wife Modern technology will help him decide To make the decision in choosing a bride Dating sites they say is the way to go He'll take his chance and go w... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

Alone and in pain she whispered your name Help me dear Jesus but no one came Robbed of her innocence a child in despair Crying out in vain for someone to care. They did what they did because they could Evil men cloaked in the g... Read more

poem by Cecilia Crasto

Limerick: If my friend needed a brain Like a drought needs the rain Without a whinge or a whine He can have half of mine Even though I am insane. PS. Written especially for my good friend Frank Hornby!! Read more