Junior Says Poem by STANLEY PACION

Junior Says


Honey, remember,
Remember that girl friend of yours?
She was the one, who, you said,
Had abandoned all hope of love.
A boyfriend had ditched her;
He had dropped her hard.

She felt awful, bitter, and
Whenever she referred to him,
In what amounted to a peculiarity of her despair,
She called him,
Instead of using his own real name,
She nicknamed him 'boy'.

Sadness had run her down.
Your friend confessed that
She could not imagine world without him,
That that 'boy' was all she ever wanted.

I told you, then, were you to leave,
Quit our home, break your solemn vow,
And go into world without me that
I too would desire sobriquet. I said,

I no longer could imagine life
Under my own given name.
My first name, the one you used to call me,
The one upon your lips every early morning,
Now, whenever I hear it,
Can you imagine, yes, my own forename,
It only serves to increase my anguish.

Darling, might you now call me Junior?

Junior says,
He is lonesome.
He misses you terribly.

He awaits your return to his arms.
He knows your love is right.
You remain his heart.
He can not feel a thing without you.

That you had once called him 'dear'
Makes him think himself
One of the luckiest men alive!

You alone possess his soul.
You rule his mind.
You trigger his every emotion.
You, his goddess,
You center his prayers.

He sees you as dream come true.

You are the love of his life.