Minsan ko lang siya nasilayan, ngunit tila araw-araw na.
Alam ng hangin ang lihim kong itinatanghal sa katahimikan.
Chandelier ng gabi, siya ang ilaw sa bawat alaala.
Ewan ko ba kung bakit pangalan niya’y aking iniingatan.
Laging siya ang dulo ng bawat tulang di ko pinangalanan.

and when you said
laughter is like a foreign language
i imagined that i was
teaching you how to
speak it

Do you ever find yourself
(when beneath canvasing trees)
Standing alone in the singular comforting heat
Of the of the only illuminant rays to find
Their way through the clouds of leafy green?

Do you? I did
And it felt so immaculate to be
Warm and alone in the wooded wilds
Where I was free