Some Notes In My Early Morning Travel.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

it is good to hear
that there is rain in Australia.
the bush fire is finally solved.
this early morning
i got the news that Mt. Taal just
erupted sending ashes
a kilometer upto the white skies.
i just took the flight from Pagadian
to manila and the Mindanao twilight
is peaceful and soft with a certain
sadness somehow that i feel.
the ash fall is horrible
hurting everyone's noses with such
a sulfuric smell.
I opened Facebook with everyone
saying,
Keep Safe,

asking for
prayers.

it is the start of 2020 and here
we are in Shalom Hotel served with
sweet-sour pork, steaming white rice,
and a small bowl of fruit salad.

i love most the smell of newly baked
wheat bread and this brewed coffee with
cream less sugar for my pre-diabetic
status.

Meanwhile, i watch BBC news on TV

Iran shot Ukraine Airline and
Trump, for the first time,
with this brewing war, is keeping his
mouth shut.

I sent a GIF to a friend who is
stranded in Tagaytay, where the
road is slippery with ash
with her car bathed in ash
and with the advice from authorities
to just stay indoors,

a greeting witha bouquet of
flowers,
for her birthday greetings.

I posted in my wall, while sipping arabica
coffee
with me in the picture in black shirt
and reading eyeglasses,

writing, It is a beautiful world.

Manila's pan de sal is very
delicious and the bacon too crispy
for a non-traffic morning since
work is suspended.

I added, "This world is delicious too! "

Love life, Live it, i assured another
panicky friend
somewhere in Cavite.