..To Love....... Poem by RIC BASTASA

ang paghigugma
sa wala nahigugma kanimo
balaanon
dili mo matawag nga
paghikog ang
sama sa ingon

to love someone who does
not love you
is sacred
you cannot say that there
you are
committing suicide

ang paghigugma sa
dili angayan nga higugmaon
usa ka pagsukod
sa kalawmon sa gugma

to love someone who does not deserved
to be loved
is to measure the depth of love

higugmaon mo ang
nahigugma nimo
kasagaran maoy makalumos
nimo sa kahaw-ang
kay mao man god kini ang
kasagarang naandan

to love someone who loves you
most of the times is the one
that drowns you into emptiness
because this is usual this is
traditional
most likely as they all say

usa ka gamayng kalibotan
napuno sa kabulakan
bug-at, makalanag na ang
pangalimyon
pagkadaghan sa mga buyog
nga mamaak
naglibotlibot kamong duha
dayog kalilong

a small world
full of flowers
heavy on its scent which
has become toxic
there will be so many
bees
circling to take a bite
and there you are
too close and crowded
drowsy and tired