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Hopes for today and plans for tomorrow
Lofty ideals and noble dreams
In an instant can turn into a day of sorrow
For Life is short and so fleeting it seems.

Time and Goals need to be early married
And the young need to focus mind and heart
Opportunity never for once tarried.
And Success can always quickly depart.

In a second, all can be out of sight
All men destined to be carcass
Like a breath, a flickering candle light
We are specks of dust, mere leaves of grass.

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'Teach us to number our days aright
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.'

PSALM 90: 12

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A Call for the Youth (Cinquain)

Wake up
Grab your future!
Never let them ruin
Country, hopes, dreams, and family
Freedom!

'Teach us to number our days aright that we may gain
a heart of wisdom.'

Psalm 90: 12

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Wishful Dreams

In dreams persistently you are
A present vision, ever haunting

At night like a brilliant distant star
The sight of you fills me with longing.

You call my name there in my dreams
Embraced I am in fleeting shadows

You hold my hand like fading moonbeams
But you're not there in my tomorrows.

If life could be lived in wishful dreams
No waking up in the brightness of sun

Together we will be forever it seems
Of days and of parting... there will be none.

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A Heart After God

A heart that looks at God above
Is always filled within
By the purest color of His love
And not by the shallowness of skin.

A heart that dwells with God all day
Has room there for His Word to keep
It always beats in Love to pray
And give to Him all due worship.

A heart that rests in God will be
In comfort filled with inner Peace
Its songs of Joy eternally
Flow from the Presence that is His.

A heart that hopes in God endures
Times of loss, or tears, or strife.
It knows His promises are sure
Here in this world and after life.

'For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you; plans to give you a hope and a future.' (Jeremiah 29: 11)

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At Sixty

At sixty, one will surely find
There is a very little trace
Of fleeting dreams in aging minds -
What's left is just some empty space.

At sixty, one finds excess time
For sadness and regrets,
For unshed tears were lost in years -
A place gray memories are set.

At sixty, there is little hope
To mend the pained and broken heart,
The failing sight now try to grope
At all the prospects that depart.

At sixty, prayers lost and said
Like ghosts now randomly returning -
Each night, as one there lays in bed
To God his peace he will be making.

'To man belong the plans of the heart,
But from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue.'

Proverbs 16: 1

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Copyright Cynthia Buhain-Baello
July 24,2009
Philippines

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Running the Race Of Life

As we run this finite race of life
To the finish line in swiftness of soul,

We undress ourselves of the baggage of strife
Take love in our steps to reach our goal.

Forgetting whatever lies behind
We set our hearts on the eternal price

Fixing our eyes on Jesus we find
His strength and power in us will arise.

As we number our days like fleeting mist
And our frailty of body declaring

The end line maybe right here in our midst
Our life may be in for a proper accounting.

For Death like a Thief always comes uninvited
And will cut through the race with his sickle

The call may come quick and be quite unexpected
Taking us suddenly out of the hurdle.

So let go of all sin and feelings of hate,
Be free of desires for material things,

Release and forgive before it's too late
The hourglass of life goes on emptying.

For the brevity of life is but a single breath
And we all will take flight as a bird

A destiny set for men to meet Death
Running only on the promise of God's Word.

'Show me, O Lord, my life's end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting is my life.

You have made my days a mere handbreath;
the span of my years mean nothing to You.

Each man's life is but a breath.'

Psalm 39: 4-5
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Copyright Cynthia Buhain-Baello
Tralac City Philippines 2008

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Change

The past is over and cannot be undone
And so to move forward I have to let go.

Thoughts of tomorrow always hinder one,
The worries and the fears only make me slow.

Today is a time that I still can mold,
Today is a good start to take a good look.

Change is still there for me to hold,
My lessons of today are tommorrow's
books.

Focus on goals for time can't be lost,
I can't just rock the boat- need to sink it too.

For change to happen, there is always a cost
I must rid of the old to create something new.

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'Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come.'
2 Corithians 5: 7

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Realize

Realize that Love
Like clouds can leave
Blown away by winds of change

Realize that Chance
Like rainbows...falling stars
Sometimes comes only once.

Realize that Time
Like fleeting mists may fade
Dissolve in memory sublime.

Realize that You
Like temporary dust remain
Tomorrow may not feel Love's pain.

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A Man Is

Shall we all go like phantoms in the night?
Drifting shadows, hollow mists of reasons vague?

Defeat and sorrow, these we have in sight
Concluding thoughts that life is just a plague?

Where now are noble virtues laid by men
Those that soared in dreams where eagles fly

Birthing Honor, Love, in Courage given
Laid Freedom's rock, in Bravery fortify?

Shall we surrender to misconceived agenda
That we are nothing and from nothing end

That all life came from the lowly amoeba
A final state where we by Death will send.

Humanity is meant for a higher purpose
And a mere existence is not truly Life

For Laughter, Love, and Friendships close
All these mundane questions and worldly strife.

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Brokenness

Unless the grain of wheat
Falls to the ground and dies

Change won't be complete
Because from there, a new growth lies.

Unless a man be broken
And shed off from his old Self

Molding cannot be given
On the jar there on Life's shelf.

On the clay there must be a crushing
For the new jar to be molded

There must be renewed pounding
For the metal to be welded.

New life can never sprout
From the seed that remains whole

And fruit cannot come out
Without brokenness of Soul.

'My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.'
(PSALM 73: 26)

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Just When I needed You

Was it the twist of Fate
Or a wink of Destiny
Or the humor of fleeting Chance
That Love brought you to me?

It was a time of sadness
And this heart had so much pain
But you came and filled it with gladness
Yes, to love again was not in vain.

The second Love they say is best
Now I believe that is really true
And all my hurts were put to rest
For you came... just when I needed you!

I love you and thank you!

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Copyright Cynthia Buhain Baello
August 16.2010
Philippines

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A Map For The Seeker

In Proverbs lie the map of life
That guides the humble in his ways
Protects him from the useless strife
And lights his path through all his days.

A wealth of treasure for the wise
Gems of golden understanding
A blessed feast for the seeking eyes
No knowledge deeper there for taking.

Absorb its lessons and daily feed
Your mind and heart with eternal food
Plant there the Truth of God's own Seed
And all your life, your fruit will be Good.

We do not live on bread alone
Man's life is not just mere possessions,
For human wisdom is frail on its own
And only in God can we find Salvation.

'Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.'

PROVERBS 3: 5-6

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Copyright Cynthia Buhain-Baello
February 18,2010
Philippines
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Too Early Her Sunset

Oh, so much of drowning regrets!
When faced with too early a sunset
Time seems to have been cheating
And the Future is just disappearing.

Life becomes fast drifting sands
We fail to hold in our weakened hands
Dreams and plans like mists are set
To fade like fog in too early a sunset.

Too early to think of sleep and rest
Too early for having Death as guest
Why does it seem that Fate forgets
Not to come early, too early for sunset?

It pains and grieves my frail heart so
Words to comfort, how? I don't know.
She hangs on there till the End is met
No choice but to go, too early her sunset.

For Eden, my friend. (Brain cancer victim at 38.)

Cynthia Buhain-Baello

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Take a Moment

Take a moment
To look into my eyes
Just before you leave
And say your last goodbye.

Take a moment
To hold me one last time
To feel the love we had
The time when you were mine.

Take a moment
To hear the beat of this heart
And know its pain in pleading
That you will not depart.

For this is time suspended
Engraved in eternity
When our Love had ended
And you are gone from me.

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A Better Fix

Today's young people want a quick fix
In those drugs and drinks that they can get
And so in much trouble they get to mix
With their lives destroyed, filled with regret.

But another alternative is there for you
It's just waiting for your daily taking
A very good fix it can assure you
And make you productive in your living.

God's Word is power for success
And from it you must not depart
Kept in your life, it will surely bless
Your soul, and Peace will fill your heart.

Unload your baggage as it' s getting late
In Life, when you fix your human eyes
On Jesus the Perfecter of your faith
You'll run with strength and be very wise.

'The fear of the Lord leads to life,
Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.'

Proverbs 19: 23

'He who walks with the wise, grows wise,
but a companion of fools suffers harm.'

Proverbs 13: 20

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Copyright Cynthia Buhain -Baello
February 18,2010
Philippines

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Crossing My Sea

I am crossing my red sea
And the waters are high
They're over and above me
And they make me cry.

The burdens are heavy
Gargantuan tasks
The challenges many
More than I can ask.

The staff that You gave me
Is this little pen
For writing is surely
What You intend.

I am crossing my red sea
And my hopes will be bright
As long as You're with me
My life is alright.

My needs You do know
As I journey across
I will trust You and so
I will not suffer loss.

Hold my hand in this sea
Many times I will stumble
Let me reach victory
For I know You are able!

'I love You, O Lord, my Strength.'
Psalm 18: 1
May 25,2009
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Philippines
February 3,2010

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Burning Words Cut Love Cords

Weighed down
By burning words

They sound
Like angry swords

Slain hearts
Now lie in discord

Depart...
And cut Love cords.

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Dear Heart

If I could have another life
I hope I'd find you there
Perhaps the love would then be right
And you'll be my answered prayer.

If I could have another life
You know that I will do my best
To reach for you and set my sight
With you, I know my heart will rest.

But life comes only once and then
All that remains is emptiness
My love has died and never given
A chance for it to gain happiness.

What matters now in eternity
Without you all is darkened pain
There is no dawn of hope to see
Your love, my dear heart, once again.

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February 25,2010

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Speech Reflects The Home

Speech reflects the Home
And a man will show his worth
What kind of family he came from
As his words of mouth come forth.

Speech reflects the Heart
And God sees what is within
If from Wrong it will depart
Or if it dwells with Verbal Sin.

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Struck At The Core

You hurt and so are angry
For I have thus struck at the core

I can read your life like poetry
And can the trace the roots of the sore.

Your childhood days reflect the source
Of your curses and your words today

And your heart is controlled by an evil force
Led your tongue and your speech astray.

The anger there reacts when naked
Exposed of the tendrils that had it bound

Releasing pangs of language wicked
Curses, profanity where it abounds.

Unless that past of bitterness healed
The tongue will never speak what's right

And only in humble surrender must yield
To focus on God and follow all sight.

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April 1,2010

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Indecision

INDECISION

by Cynthia B. Baello
July 5,2008

Annoying thing, this indecision-
Wry deceit, unjust vexation.
Waste of time and of attention,
Diverts one's thoughts,
Drains affection.

Creates a maze with one's own mind,
Directions, goals are hard to find.
Weigh the options,
And then rewind,
Not deciding
Is unkind.

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'When we aim at nothing, we hit it
every time.'

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A Call for the Youth (Cinquain)

Wishful Dreams

A Heart After God

At Sixty

Running the Race Of Life

Change

Realize

A Man Is

Brokenness

Just When I needed You

A Map For The Seeker

Too Early Her Sunset

Take a Moment

A Better Fix

Crossing My Sea

Burning Words Cut Love Cords

Dear Heart

Speech Reflects The Home

Struck At The Core

Indecision

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