Lapis Poem by Jordan Legaspi

Kite the still dream countryside
A friend- asking me why and why
Not love him after the long sigh
Watching the shore while we cried;
It flew, the ballet gray and blue
Of friendship trapped, fear trick
Between two souls brave and weak
Yesterday’s endless chase of shadow;
Held hand and feet- thought forever
Like a grim smile of a crying clown
Shared rose, blade of a lost lover
We precious stone, our kite thrown;
Authored secret of he and me
The rule to be but cannot be free.


Note:
(Dumaguete City, Phil.2008)

Lapis is a Latin word which means “stone of the kidney”.
In this poem “Lapis” is used as an image of the sickness (stone in the kidney) as the hardship man should endure just to remain alive and happy.