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Homecoming
July 12, 2008Pagbalik
Ilang panahon ding
Ipinagpaliban
Itong pag-uwi;
Maraming dahilan:
Malalim at mababaw,
Kaya bantulot.
Ngunit nang sila’ y
Makita at makapiling,
Duda ay napalis–
Napagtanto na tama
Ang pasyang umuwi
At magbalik.
maynila, 2008
copyright Michael P. De Guzman
Tragedies
July 4, 2008Star-crossed
They met by chance
Some three decades ago:
A girl and a seafarer,
Young as their dreams,
And they quickly fell
In love, on a ship.
In the storm’s eye
Fate laid its hand on them:
No longer young, but still
In love, yet the waters
Quickly embraced them
To death, in a ship.
Death steals away joy, until
There is nothing left but love:
Swimming from the depths,
Towards the quivering light.
for Razel, whose parents died on the M/V Princess of the Stars,
after watching her being interviewed by Cheche Lazaro in ‘Probe’
phnom penh, 2008
copyright Michael P. De Guzman










