+ Shadow Of Truth Poem by Jordan Legaspi

Shadow of Truth


Along the tenet and bare horizon I saw you
Swoon figure appeared shapely and real
Make a vow of creed a portray without hue
But stroke of your face yet all was veiled
and the truth was above the clouds empty

In deadly silence I heard of creeping voice
A deep whispering harmonious musical soul
Amen, again and again I beseech from my depths
The spirited words from heavenly full of zeal
but the truth was loneliness snare my thoughts

Bone and flesh I grasp the supreme they called God
The belief from a concrete image of great making
Of blind obedience a vexation rises from the mud
Claim of godly servant the virtue for his king
yet the truth was my life all gray in poverty

In-breathe the earth the savor from the cup I tasted
The ever redolent and pure priestly wine
Upon their holy table to their saintly cave
And offering the whole formula divine
alas, the truth was all humanly design

Lo and behold the empty world came to pass
Nay horizon, no minstrel the bearer of your face
Even the thoughts painted with faith and love
Proclaimed by tongue the God yet undefined
till the age of reasoning to endless searching


(Cebu City, Philippines 2004)