Ulan

Tatakasan ba kita?
Parang alaalang bumabagsak
Ang pilit na paghabol
sa dadampian

Saksi ang langit
ang malamig na simoy
Ikaw din ba, patak,
ang sumalamin sa ligaya?

Panandalian
Paglaho pagdating sa paroroonan
Babalik din sa langit
Hahanap ng aambunan

- 26 june 2005

Craving

It is not the brightness of morning
Nor the freshness of air
Not a hearty breakfast
Not the blue skies ahead

It is not the cheery atmosphere
Nor peals of laughter
Not the sweetness of sweets
Not the cool breeze that kisses my face

It is the absence of your presence
The cold your warmth left
The loving gaze of a ghost
It's you...

-9 june 2005