The White Lady Of Balete Drive Poem by Cynthia Buhain-baello

In my country there's a frightening story
Called the white lady of Balete Drive
And though the witnesses there have been many
The story is a legend that's still alive.

They say there was a beautiful young lady
Who went riding a taxi quite late
Alone in that taxi and the driver took a fancy
She met rape and murder as her fate.

Although there was no proof of a body
The mystery had for years eluded ending,
The street Balete Drive became eerie
For a white lady there was appearing.

Some say she would flag down a taxi and ride
Through the same route, the drivers say.
But from the rearview mirror, there's no one inside
And the drivers, in horror, would run away.

Those who now ply this Balete Drive
Will speed through the street at night
They will not stop, for the dead or alive
And certainly not for that lady in white!







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Copyright Cynthia Buhain-Baello
February 17,2010
Philippines