This Too Shall Pass Poem by Ulysses Cabinatan

This Too Shall Pass
I said the mantra
Repeated it again and again,
This too shall pass,
This too shall pass.

In every defeat,
I know that this too shall pass.
In every victory,
I know that this too shall pass.

but this longing for your presence,
I don’t know when this will pass
Will I forever suffer like this?
This longing I don’t know
It seems it will never wither or last

In every waking state
I feel like this,
Imagining your face,
Not knowing if in your heart I still exist

Even in dreams
It’s you I want to be with
Enjoying the moment
Enjoying every triumph and happiness

Storms pass
Cyclones pass
but this feeling I have with you never fades
still so strong and never elapse

Though I learned to accept
To live alone
away from the comfort
of being your companion

Winter has passed
Summer has passed
Repeating its cycle
Still it’s you whom my heart longs,
languishing in an invisible dungeon.