Archive for December, 2005

two poems by maningning miclat…

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

let me send you off

leave me a poem
a little poem
so i can treasure words.

unnecessary words should be swallowed
unnecessary burden, let’s toss it away
so that i can –

be sure to leave me
a poem for a finale
so that –

i can keep the poem
as i stay behind
and treasure words.

to catch a second and turn it to forever

give me another chance
so i can count the rose petals,
let me watch the raindrops fall (on to eyeglasses),
while i sing, while i scream.

grant me another day
let wait for its return,
let me squeeze into a bus to follow.
let me guess. let me think.

grant me another second.
let me muddle through.
so i can catch that second,
and turn it to forever.

the raindrops will fall on the ground.
the crowd will disperse.
every question will have an answer.
forever will not stay.

time is running out.
my heart is throbbing.
waiting for a response.
waiting for it to become.

so grant me another second,
i will catch up with it,
i will lock it in my heart,
and turn it to forever.