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Simply

*There should be no eyes

That could travel with you, these eyes,

     Having seen home in your eyes,

Brows, your doubled moon, pronating,

Both getting a massage, and lips,

Naked like soft fruits, as I think

     Of my islanded country,

Of getting one more

For you. Hands, not

Wanting to let go of your hand,

Its creases, portending love

Or not. And there's so much

Treasure like your chest,

     Undiscovered.

 

I have been told of them, all of them,

Yet, to have been blessed

     To experience things first hand,

Is a thing of forever. Your heart

Steady things which I couldn't,

This gaze, the lightest mood,

     A ballpoint pen,

Not to mention your laughter,

Unbridled, and free, as I could only

Describe them like the hunger

Or a craving for pandesal,

     This bread of my youth.

 

You, the thought of you,

Immensity,

Too much, too deep,

Though you only reached me,

     Like a lost pup.*

 

© 2015 J.S.P.

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Written by
jspua
Filipino
Published
Nov 26, 2015
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