IN FLIGHT (Poem 1)

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago


I shall leave my cradle land soon.

I shall follow the path
Of a flight I’ll obtain
A blessed flight
Into the planet’s centers
Grandiose corners.

Let me depart!
I ought to pursue
What my heart
Has sought for.

Release!
Release!

The self that aspires
To make homes
Amongst peoples
Of the planet.


[Writ. 19 Aug. 1987, Univ. of the Philippines, Quezon City, M.Manila.]