LEAFLESS TREES

By: Robert Celles

The sky was dark with melancholy,

Alone I  cried  unabashedly,

Under the shadow of the leafless trees,

Nowhere in sight to touch and see.

I sat and pondered on an empty bench,

When the rain poured down and I was drenched,

Tears from  heaven consoled my soul,

I was deeply hurting  out of control.

Gone are the days of the warm sunshine,

That enlivens our days by the hour,

No more buzzing bees and butterflies,

In a  wonderland we once called  paradise.

Where are the green leaves of summer?

The tree  trunks now being  bald and bare,

Without the bright sun that shows  its face,

Our kingdom will be a  lonesome place. 

Spring will come  we just wait and see,

Where the  sun will boost the greening trees,

And on their branches these days of spring,

All the hummingbirds again will sing.

Poem by: -RTCelles © 

February 22, 2024

BIO:

The author, Roberto T.  Celles is a Filipino- Canadian living in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada since 2005 with his family. He took up Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at National University, Manila, Philippines. To date, he has been recognized and awarded on the arts of poetry and painting from different poetry and literary groups such as, The Passion of Poetry, Rhythm of the Hearts, Pen Wonders International, Filipino Poets in Blossoms, Poetry Planet and more. He is also the current Poetry Reviewer of the Poetic Hearts group and providing good reviews from his chosen poems on a regular basis. His books “Verses from my Heart” and “The Lighthouse” were both published by Mckinley Publishing Hub last 2022 and early 2023 respectively. He is presently one of the team members behind Palette and Prose Magazine, a magazine for Bibliophiles which was launched internationally last December, 2023. He is also one of the current Advisors of the Glory Future Foundation founded by a philanthropist named Sayd Khan from Bangladesh who are helping less fortunate children with talents in arts and poetry for them to have books to read. His poem “A Child’ Plea” was included in the World Poetry for Children in their book entitled “POETRY FOR CHILDREN”. He finds solace and passion in writing poetry and enjoys acrylic painting in his free time.