LUZVIMINDA GABATO RIVERA

LUZVIMINDA GABATO RIVERA

In My Dreams

The midnight haze is in the air and

The lifeless soul void of

Feelings cannot be subdued

I fell into oblivion and got lost in dreams

Since you left,  I’ve been falling apart

I never wanted anything but your love

In my dreams, you love me

and you sustain my life

We belong to the same world

Without boundaries and limitations

Lost in space while counting a million stars

Locked in each other’s arms forever

Never go away

I hope I never wake up

I want to be with you forever

IN MY DREAMS.

Last Breath

You are the most precious gift

Life has ever given me

You have shown the world in

different perspectives

Despite my imperfections and

Limitations at times

You bring out the best in me and

Make me shine my brightest

No matter what this life would bring

Even if it continues to give silent tears—-

The fate will be forever hostile

The mind will keep on remembering

Momentous nights and memories

The heart will keep on loving you——

Till the last breath of my soul.

Missing

Through the years

the sun has stopped shining

the moon has turned lifeless

the breeze has failed to refresh the soul

and the osmophores of the flowers

have ceased to attract pollinators.

Through the years

this life has seen twilight,

ambiguities, and uncertainties

The windows to the soul

can no longer be subdued

Through the years

I’ve been looking for that missing part of me

that gives life and meaning

Until thy soul came into view and

filled the emptiness and lifeless soul.

LUZVIMINDA GABATO RIVERA

LUZVIMINDA GABATO RIVERA is an award winning and best-selling author of Amazon and from the Philippines. She is a researcher with multiple awards, excellent international research journal reviewer, external panel member of thesis and dissertation committees, presenter of researches in various national and international conferences and has published researches in journal and online proceedings. She is also a world inspirational poet and she was recently honored by Sahitya Akademi, Gujarat - India for her efforts to empower literature globally.   In addition, she is also a multi-awarded nurse by profession, a fluent speaker of six languages and member of City of Angeles Toastmasters Club (CATMC). She is also a licensed teacher and teaches research and nursing subjects on a part-time basis in a university and finished her post graduates courses with academic distinction and academic excellence award like the Doctor of Public Administration (her 6th degree) and took up units leading to a Bachelor of Law. As an excellent international research journal reviewer, she is an editorial board member of the United Kingdom’s EC Nursing and Healthcare,  India’s Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science wherein she was awarded an excellent reviewer from 2017 when she started and up to present and also maintains her standing as the top reviewer of the latter. She has also reviewed several researches for publication in Food and Nutrition Science Journal based in Kansas, USA. Currently, she was invited by the London Journal Press Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia based in India as reviewer and member of the Editorial board. – India. Furthermore, she is an external panel member in thesis and dissertation committee of Tarlac State University where she takes pride to share what she has learned in her journey as a researcher. Her poems were being published by Spillwords Press based in New York, Indian Periodical and Bharath Vison Web Magazine based in India, The Jasmins and Love Collars- First Poetry Encylopedia in Tunisia, Africa,  Poetic Galaxy Atunis Magazine based in Belgium, USA , Our Poetry Archive (OPA) based in Romania, AZAHAR Magazine based in Spain and other International E-Zines and magazines. Her books were: A Gift I and A  Gift II -Rank 1 Best Seller in Amazon with her 71 poems and translation of her poem, A Gift – 5 series into 23 local and international languages and she published Crossroads: A Poet’s Life Journey - Rank 1 Best Sellers in Amazon (An Anthology Project of Motivational Strips - The World's Most Active Forum composed of 83 World’s Best Poets.  She is also one of the contributors to the best-selling anthologies of  BREAK THE SILENCE by Brenda Mohammed based in Trinidad and Tobago and other anthologies namely: ROBAROO -Vol. II by Critical Space Journal Poetry Anthology by Evincepub Publishing based in India and CORONA- SOCIAL DISTANCING : A Poet for Humanity and the Heart of the Poet of Inner Child Press International based in USA. On April 2020, after two months of being a member of Motivational Strips – The World’s Most Active Writers Forum, she was appointed as a moderator for Philippines Office and days after she was awarded with a golden badge for her poem, “In the End.” She was also elevated to Gold Category Honour as membership.  On the same month, she was awarded by the Waheed Centre for Humanity and Humanitarian Development (WCHHD) from Ghana, Africa as WCHHD Literature Ambassador and on June 5, 2020 and the , she was awarded the ALTYN KALAM – GOLDEN PEN by World Nations Writers’ Union of Kazakhstan.  On July 6, 2020, she was awarded as the first recipient of the Waheed International Humanity and Humanitarian Cabinet of Fame and Awards as the Most influential Poet, Author and Social Advocate. Currently, she was promoted as Administrator of Motivational Strips and she is one (1) of the four (4) approving editors of Bharath Vision website magazine based in India.