A repository of social and political commentaries, literary attempts in Ilokano and English. This includes notes on daily occurrences and quotations and sayings. "Abel" is the IIokano term for tapestry or woven cloth. The term tried to capture the contents of the blog.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Renata, Hold the World Together
1.
love is dead
(the wind blows lonely)
but there is a return
to moonlght on the beach
where her laughter keeps thundering
across the fragile brain
the world laughs
the sun is a fiery disc in the sky
but there is a cold cold corner
at dawn
morning is the beginning
of a thousand deaths
2.
there is order in the world:
war, famine, thirst,
death, immorality, crime against
property, all are parts indivisible
even hallucinations
and the poet asks:
will it end in fire or ice?
i say neither
the world will end
when i no longer see myself
in your eyes:
when the chain
of love snaps
in two, breaking
like brittle twig.
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