Waiting's End

The lady looked beyond the banks

Where the water hits the rocks

Flowing salty tears go down

And joined the sea at once

Her sun-kissed hair flying

As her soul stared dying

Thinking that beyond this sea

Her beloved holds with no glee

The duty to save the country

And fears as she strokes her hair gently

"That he will not return to me

With the same love I used to see

In his dark beautiful eyes

A love that never dies."

Gradually he walks 

Stepping on the sand and tiny rocks

Decided to meet a deadly stop

To her endless sobs

Across the vast waters

A man lies on the ground, his mind yonder

He dies with this last breath

She drowns with this last thought, 

"Forgive me, my love

For I made you wait too long."

Original : 07/09/2001 9:22 a.m. 

This is one of my super old poems. They were written when I was in high school. When I was in college I made a Filipino version of this for a class. I would have to unearth it before I can post it. Lately, I have been wondering where all my old poetry writing self went. Maybe she is still around here somewhere. I'll find her. And maybe return the semblance of my old self once more, my realistic view of the world and the poetry that I lost in the past might just save me from going back to my old cynical self.