SENTIMENTS FROM EROS

SENTIMENTS FROM EROS

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Sentiments from Eros’ royal house

Here it lies within my being.

A chasm it shall try to bridge

And warm up your cold heart a-glow.

It will grow, it will merge

From the shadows of the iceberg’s underneath.

It will seek its proper moorings

In your heart it is wont

To nestle; only in your heart or nevermore.

[Writ. 24 July 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila.]

WISH SHE COMES O! COCONUT TREE!

WISH SHE COMES O! COCONUT TREE!

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Wish for me O! Coconut Tree!

Of benign Filipinas that She comes in beauty

Her luggage filled to the brims

With love and tenderness. Let her caress

My longing heart. I shall meet her

Under your secure shade O! Coconut Tree!

Where we shall pledge the vow

Of eternal sharing of trust and care;

A bnd you’ll judge with favors

One stroke like a million devoted caretakers’.

[Writ. 19 June 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila]

JUAN’S NIGHTMARE

JUAN’S NIGHTMARE

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Sleeping while inner rage brews

Inside one’s cognitive vat does not make

A sleep the fulfillment of a day’s toil.

Not for Juan the unlettered and dispossessed

Whose wretchedness is a correlate of wealth

Amassed by his other brothers whose

Purses and stocks do bulge ad infinitum.

Not for Juan. Reserved inner rage

Sooner unfolds into a thousand nightmares:

Spoiled is the timeless joy of dream’s utopia.

[Writ. 19 June 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila]

FAREWELL TO A DECEASED KIN

FAREWELL TO A DECEASED KIN

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

 

History is Judge and Witness

to the truth that my heart is ne’er

A nest of

Resentment

for you o! deceased kin

You were never a

Creator of terror and trouble

nor villain are you for the anguish

you’d upon me outpoured from time to time

No resentment!

Be in peace as the Dove that is now

your fulfilled state.

Farewell!

[Writ. 11 June 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila]