Marites C. Cayetano Poems

His visitors call him boss
and they bow their heads on him.

He's the boss
but the only thing he can do now
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Namimiss ko ang dating ikaw
makuwento't mapagbiro
mapag-alala
at kasalo ko sa pangarap.
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Isang maharlikang palaka
nagsawa sa pagiging maharlika
dati niyang kokak kokak
ngayo'y naging kakok kakok.
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Kung pag-ibig mo'y naging akin
hindi ka sana lumuluha ngayon
dahil pag-ibig mo'y hindi akin
ako ma'y lumuluha ngayon.
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For the sun
that rises from the east
is also the sun
that goes down to the west
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forgive me my dear
I cannot love you forever
forgive me my dear
I can only love you till the end
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Winter deep
I know you'll be home
soon.
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If you go away
you need not promise me
to come back.
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I am an ordinary man
living an ordinary life
doing ordinary things
to ordinary people.
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