Saturday, June 16, 2007

Downpour


A child has soared the pale blue sky-
to his family, kisses of goodbye.

In the heavens, he then transforms
embracing the promises of fluid mold.

Captivated, the youth forgets
soils that have been his foster parents.

Man assumes a denser phase:
heaviness - has now prevailed.

The sudden shifts of cold and tension
beget him towards state of depression.

Palls of nimbus saturate;
darkness consumes strands of bliss.

Overwhelmed with august ambition,
tears have burst in all direction.

Hence, with this, a realization seen:
down, he plunges the bottomless pit.

The height of climb, the depth of fall-
a fact to be learned by one and all.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Kung Bakit Naging Yagit


Bawa’t luha’y pumatak
sa kanya kanyang titik-
‘di mapigilan, marahil
bugso ng damdamin.

Hindi namalayan
paglipas ng hapon-
gaya ng alala
at nasirang pangako.

Nilisan ang tahanan
nang walang pasubali,
simpleng pamamaalam
‘di man lamang sinambit.

Ang tanging hudyat
na kanyang natanggap:
ay mga pahiwatig,
nakasaad sa isang sulat.

Ngayon, tanging anino
ang kanyang kanlungan,
lawislis ng hangin
ang siyang duduyan.

Tunay na kay saklap
tadhanang nakamit…
hanggang kailan tatangis
ang ulilang paslit?