April 1999 Poems

For the week of April 5-11, 1999
 
 

                                                    visited Ilocos Sur churches
                                                prayed for you
                                                in all of them

                                                for Him to Keep you
                                                in His Care
 
 
 


 For the week of April 12-18, 1999
 
 

                                                love creeps
                                                into one's being

                                                as silently
                                                and as steadily

                                                as the cadena de amor
                                                that now blankets the ground
 
 


For the week of April 19-25, 1999. The sampalok tree has given way to a driveway of the supermart warehouse.
 
 

                                                            muli
                                                namumulaklak ang puno ng sampalok
                                                sa tabi ng aking durungawan

                                                masaya
                                                at ubod nang i-ingay
                                                ang mga ibon
                                                na laging naglalaro
                                                sa mga sanga

                                                naiinggit ako
                                                sa mga ibong iyan

                                                sila ay malayang-malaya.

                                                ako'y naninimdim pa rin.
 
 


 Old poem, surprisingly timely now.  For the week of April  26-May 2, 1999.
 

                                                            why do i have this
                                                strong sense of duty?

                                                didn't ask for all these shoulds
                                                would rather
                                                what would i rather have?

                                                don't know
                                                i only know
                                                i do not want
                                                all these
                                                that i'm getting now
 
 
 
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