YAON KA
(July 25, 2005)
Yaon ka
Sa birtud kan mga rawitdait
Nagtatagdo, arog kan tagiti
Sa banging kinukugos niya an diklom
An hararom mong tingog
Nag-aawit kan harana sa lati
Dinadara an sakong kalag
Sa kinaban nin duwang katotohanan:
an magayon asin makanos
an maogma asin mamundo
an harayo asin harani
an yaon ka asin mayo ka
An saimong mata
Duwang misteryosong bituon
Na hararom ladupon
Alagad sa sakong isip minapatadom
Nalalamos ako sa hinangos
Kan masarig mong daghan
Sa kada minutong minamate ko
An hiwas kan takyag mong
Gusto akong pugulan
Yaon ka
Sa gabos na bagay
Na matoninong
Na may buhay
Yaon ka
Sa sakong pangiturugan
Linalakaw ta
an lipot kan doros
an tonok sa dalan
an gabos na nagsasabi
kun siisay ka, siisay ako
siisay kita
Sa aga
Aantabayanan ko guiraray
An himbong kan saimong
Mga kamot
Sa aga
Yaon ka.
YOU ARE EVERYTHING
(March 1, 2004)
You are everything in this universe:
Earth, rain, water,
Fire, sun, and moon.
I ask the sea to touch my spirit
Hoping between darkened sunlight
The eyes of your dream will suspend
The fever engulfing your fingertips.
I wish not to reclaim your body
As a personal terrain nor lament
Unto a mesh of scapular as badge
Of cloistered piety.
You are everything in this universe:
Earth, rain, water,
Fire, sun, and moon.
But on mornings like this
Let me invade your subliminal foliage
Where I can feast with supple
Feminine grace called Nurture.
Go, if you must.
Perambulate the reggae of pristine rain
Where the saccharine shall tingle
And lull you
Not in my dreams,
Not in my arms,
But on the montage of where
We have been.
*Roja Mujer is an educator, activist, feminist, humanist, poet, mother, sister, lover…
