IN फ्लिघ्त (Poem 6)

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

I shall cross the oceans soon.

I shall bear the basking

Powers of the rain and moisture

Along the cruise

My inner self

Shall be cleansed.

I shall soar high to catch

The warm photons of the Sun

I shall then be assured

Of bright tomorrows.

My spirit will be endowed with boon

As I cross the oceans soon!

As I

Shall cross the oceans,

Cross the oceans

Soon! I

Shall!

[Writ. 22 Aug. 1987, Univ. of the Philippines, Quezon City, M.Manila.]