The Meeting At Shakey's Davao City Poem by RIC BASTASA

The Meeting At Shakey's Davao City

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i know why
you did not come
as invited
at the Shakey's

after 35 years
it would have been another
opportunity for knowing you

seeing you
and perhaps hugging you and
kissing you for another
goodbye

are you afraid for the
ugly change? we suffer the same
destiny

the wrinkled hands
the memory loss
the long sought and
chosen door in that temple
of silence


we had the courage
to be there
eating pizza and drinking
soda
and having fried chicken
and mojos
and for once not talking
about our medicine
and diseases


we have seen our ugly selves
and we are not afraid

the mirror and the glass
the crowd and the noise
we miss all these
we were once young and
we had no regrets

onward we say after that
meeting
to the great divide
we will work out for this
belief
that we shall still remember
that we still recognize each other
despite the pains....

Saturday, August 20, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: life
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