Category Archives: sentimentalism

Tuesday Evening

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Virgilio Gavia

Snow is falling silently while I think of my friend, alone in a coffee shop, misty-eyed. It is 10:03 pm, Tuesday.

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I Wish the Leaves Will Tell You

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Virgilio Gavia

I do not know what to say. I just wish that the leaves on the ground can talk and tell you that even in the depth of winter it still feels like Autumn.

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How We Fall In Love

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Virgilio Gavia

Beauty speaks through the crunching sound of dried leaves. Alone and lonely on a long walk, it makes so much sense. I think this is how we fall in love.

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A Meditation on Time

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Virgilio Gavia

Sometimes time travels life a floating leaf.

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Reduced to Tears

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Virgilio Gavia

The nerve of silence quivers in the intense longing of the heart and everything is reduced to an expression of tears. And I rediscover compassion, intimacy, and serenity. It is, after all, a contemplative expedition in the depths of my … Continue reading →

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Pathos

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Virgilio Gavia

It is achingly beautiful when the golden shaft of sunlight hits the leaves and make them glow that I just stand in silence. And yet it is fleeting and sad.

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He Knows, He Understands, He Remembers

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Virgilio Gavia

He lives his life the way it used to be and a little bit more. There are times when he is so quiet and he knows why, and he understands and then…he remembers the deep resonance and distant echoes of … Continue reading →

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Forever In The Light

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Virgilio Gavia

The sun is up, scattering pale light, and I sense a stirring in my inner being, a joyful presence of renewal, working, progressing, promising, unrelenting. And it validates an ancient promise written in blood. It is an expression of love that … Continue reading →

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Weaving Dreams

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Virgilio Gavia

I know how it feels to look out the window and see a grey sky and naked trees on a quiet Saturday of a cold February afternoon. I do not see any birds. But I am fully aware of a … Continue reading →