Cebu Blues #1 Poem by RIC BASTASA

It was your eyes
i am definite about it
it was like a lake

mirror-like to me
i swam there and
loved it there since
i found myself
without a difference
about who you are

if you ask me if
i love you i cannot
say yes.

it was the sameness
that created the empathy

do not say anything
it was enough for me
i do not wish to go
back there and torture
you once more
with our same past struggles.

neither do i wish
to inflict pains also to those
who really loved me.