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Preserving the self

February 17, 2008

Instinct

 

I can’t promise

Your freedom from pain,

For pain is a constant

In this elaborate equation

Called intimacy.

I can’t stop you

From protecting yourself:

Self-preservation is

As natural as the very air

We breathe to live.

 

I can’t guarantee

We’ll always be together;

For we all succumb to life’s

Transience, including

The emotions we feel.

I can’t help you if

You’re feeling helpless

About this. Nothing in life

Comes without even

A whiff of risk.

 

The only thing

I can share, this lesson

Taught to me long ago,

Is this desire to know

You, in spite of all that

I know now, in spite of all

The bad things that may

Happen; we’re on the same

Boat, and only our faith

Will keep us afloat.

 

manila, 1999

copyright Michael P. De Guzman 

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