Manor of Memories

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 I would love to have a home

Somewhere along the rolling hills

Overlooking the perfect cone

And the pretty port of Legazpi


Birds and insects regale

The plateau with several

Of their pulsating madrigals

That sound exceptional


As one peers over the scenery

He'll be blown away by what he sees

The azure sky and the cerulean sea

Both whisper serenity


It will be a Spanish villa

With multicolored hues

Of Psychedelia Filipina

Which enliven the milieu


One would often think

That this place is amazing

With the prairie that was slightly

And refinedly undulating


The gentle winds

From the vast Pacific

Perfected by the violins

Emit carefree music


The pencil pines,

The willows and the vines

Under the golden sunshine

Appear exalted and divine


Spanish Villa by Fratantoni Interior Designers.

But there inside

Was a simple shrine

Where images to remember

Hang to last forever


It was not the beauty

Of the manor or the setting

That makes the villa a home

Instead, the moments to reminisce


That emanate bliss

And fullness of the heart

Make the Manor of Memories

A hallowed, everlasting art...






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