Yapos ng Ulan (a repost)

I used poetry to express myself to those dearest to my heart when I was in high school. I gave about six different poems to six different classmates. I know they were not much to brag about, but coming from someone like me who feels like moving mountains each time I have to make an essay or a report, six different poems were an achievement. I'm quite sure too those poems were not Palanca materials, but they were poems nonetheless that were crafted from the depths of my innocent soul.

Last year when Habagat flooded the Metro, I posted Yapos ng Ulan, which I eventually took down this year when I decided to make this blog less personal, and more educational. Now, I am reposting the poem in the aftermath of TS Maring.

Yapos ng Ulan

Niyapos ko ang luha ng langit

Nilasap ang alat ng kalikasan

Umasa akong

Matatapos din ang ulan

Niyapos ko ang ulan

Hindi naubos ang luha ng langit

Sa gitna ng hinagpis ng kalikasan

Pilit kong tinanaw ang ligaya sa lumbay

Niyapos ko ang luha ng langit

Isiningaw ng kalikasan ang init ng araw

Hindi matakasan ang daang balot sa ulan

Ako’y nagtampisaw sa lawa ng luha

Niyapos ko ang ulan

Nagpaubaya sa hampas ng hangin

Nagpabalot sa lamig

Nilimot ang hapdi ng unos

Niyapos ko ang luha ng langit

Dinama ang agos ng tubig

Niyapos ako ng kalikasan

Saka ko naintindihan

- boyetme 8/4/12