*jose Rizal Statue - Body Bleaching Poem by Rommel Mark Dominguez Marchan

My hero
oh my hero

I propose to you a body bleached, a body
which would be cleansed
its external surface

You remain standing
for countless years

seen by intriguing tourist-eyes

all weeds species
crawling from your feet

and little moss
sucking your face

rainshower is your
noon blanket
scorching sun rays
drying your lips

circlet of flowers
banquet of orchids
flashes of photographers
PMA guards trait
you as living VIP

you seem untouchable to me
then
how could I bleach your concrete cemented body?

(LUNETA PARK SETTING)