+ Broken Shadow Poem by Jordan Legaspi

Broken Shadow


Rush to empty my heart
the poverty to love
the end captured by lust
veiled with the holy dove;
Swiftly I dropped my heart
from the richness of hate
shining like a gem, oh pride
hidden like in-rage fate;
Am “me” without a face
drinking this earthen cup
like a “man” of no trace
neither below nor to the top.
Land of Adam and Eve
Cult carved inside the cave.


(Cebu City, Philippines 2004)