Ernesto P. Santiago Poet Lyric

One Heart, Two Lives

O, Pearl of the Orient! The island
Of the islands in the Far East---
How nostalgic 
The humming wind and the sea, the sunset
And the mountains, the rice fields and the people 
The Boleros and the Jeepneys
Don’t you worry, Inay, your beauty 
Is still within me

O, Athena! The babysitter 
Of my lonely soul 
I tiptoed, like a fog, into your beloved fortress 
And sit on the ruins 
Of your pasts, daydreaming
I, the poet, crowned with rhyme and verse
And well-adorned, with pearled barong 
From the islands of the sea

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Steven Cooke August 1, 2011 at 5:55 AM you paint a lovely picture, a very good poem , well written i loke a lot Ernesto P. Santiago August 1, 2011 at 6:06 AM thanks, steven! glad you like it, gbu.