poetry03

The Rain - 07 - Perfect Moment (The Rain)

words of welcome

i
all the hardships that i endure,
not knowing what it may come.
yet something tells me to secure,
and continue forever more.

ii
as i recount those very times,
more vividly in my memory.
that echoes more like chimes,
i could just catch my breath.

iii
it pains me to think,
the efforts that i have to do.
yet so quickly in a blink,
all of it vanished without ado.

iv
as i recall those preparations done,
i could just then stare blankly.
yet with all that’s said and done,
all was worth it frankly.

v
the anticipation that i have to hide,
no matter what in any way i do.
still haunts me with pride,
but i am afriad to let it go.

vi
as for the moment of truth comes,
for us to met face to face.
i was choke on my own tears,
now i can see the future differently.

11 - 05 - 2000 / 2305

this poem was written at the cebu community hospital, after my wife and first child was settled in their espective rooms. that is at around 11pm. the poem expresses the very feeling that i felt when first met my two kids right after they were born.

i had a chance to hold my son when we arrived at home, i am the one holding him in my arms. i tried to touch him at the nursery section but the nurse did not allowed me. i was in a sort of way not in a very hygienic state then.

as for my daughter, i was the one to recieve her when she was brought by the nurse into her mother’s room.

on both scenario’s there is only one feeling that i felt. sorry, can’t explain it. words aren’t enough to explain it, the poem itself only scratches the mere surface.