My grandfather's house at Maypajo
It was built in year nineteen o' five
Of the sturdy wood 'kamagong'
And for ninety long years it survived.
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A friendly word that sparks a little hope
A hand to hold when on the downward slope
Care and love expressed in warm embrace
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Title stealer and copier
When will you learn Originality?
You are worst than a habitual lier
With your habit of duplicity!
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At sixty, one will surely find
There is a very little trace
Of fleeting dreams in aging minds -
What's left is just some empty space.
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The most ardent love, although sincere
Cannot deny Fate and Destiny,
Those endless nights of lonely tears
Will not bring you here to be with me.
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One thing in life is definite
All men will turn to dust
For short is life and finite
This lesson, learn we must.
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A scar that has healed on my finger
Reminds me of it everyday
The incident as vividly I remember
Tattooed in memory, you could say.
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Open,
Like a round hand
Is lovely parasol
Of circled cover in colors
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Because he was my friend
I will not mention his name
But this brief story lends
So much mystery, just the same.
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Fences may restrict you
And those the Hunter has so much
Like prey you feel caged, that is true
And you just cannot bloom as such.
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