NiNE YEARS AGO
i STiLL REMEMBER
HOW WE MET AT THE PLAYGROUND.
iT WAS ONE SUNNY DAY IN 2008
WHEN WE FiRST RUBBED ELBOWS.
YOUR BiG, ROUND EYES, POiNTED NOSE,
AND YOUR THiCK, NATURALLY TRiMMED EYEBROWS
STUCK WITH ME LiKE A TATTOO.
WE PLAYED CHASE ALONG THE CONCRETE
UNTiL WE SCRAPED OUR POOR KNEES.
DO YOU STiLL REMEMBER HOW WE
KiCKED EACH OTHER'S BUTTS AFTER CLASS
AND COME RUNNiNG HOME SMELLiNG LiKE SWEAT?
UNTiL FATE PULLED US APART iN 2012
TO FACE THE BiTTER WORLD ALL BY OURSELVES.
WILL DESTINY BE GOOD TO US ONCE MORE AND HELP US RECONNECT?
FAST FORWARD TO NINE YEARS LATER WHEN WE FOUND EACH OTHER ONCE MORE iN THE SAME HiGH SCHooL.
¡ STOOD PARALLEL TO YOU, PARALYZED AND SPEECHLESS.
THE CRYBABY OF A BOY NOW A STRONG, YOUNG MAN.
YOU WAVED AT ME AND FLASHED THE SAME SMiLE YOU WORE AS A BOY.
GiVING A GENTLE jAB ON THE SHOULDER YOU GENTLY SAY,
"MUSTA NA? IT'S BEEN A WHiLE."
YOU ARE READING
UNTOLD STORY
PoesiaUNTOLD STORY It is based from my unspoken words, mga kwentong wala akong mapagsabihan, mga damdamin na sa tula ko naipapahayag or naipapaliwanag.
