Sunday, April 12

SA IMONG PAGLAKAW




WHEN YOU LEAVE

You just faded away
to another dimension
You are there and I am here
We both stay as we always
Have been
Meant for each other
I talk to you
Like in the old days
Without sorrow or reverence
I laugh
At our old jokes
Smile, play and think of you
Without any shadow

Death is a passage
You are always in my thoughts
Notwithstanding
That you are out of sight
For somewhere,
Very close.
Around the bend.
You wait for me.

Translated from my Cebuano poem "Sa Imong Paglakaw"