Paalam

I was ecstatic to have found my poem notebook while our library was being re-arranged. This notebook was given by my mother because I frequented writing poetry when I was younger, can you believe it!?!

After flipping through the pages, I encountered one of the poems I wrote on June 14, 1999; and which was featured in our high school newspaper.

"Paalam"

"Mahal kita," ang sabi mo
Naniwala ako sa'yo
Dahil ika'y mahal ko rin
Sana'y ako'y 'di mo lisanin.

Nagtagal ang ating pagsasamahan,
Iyong mukha'y nasa aking isipan.
Akala ko'y ikaw na talaga
Ang inisip ko'y, "sana nga."

Ilang taon din ang nakalipas
Tunay na kulay ay lumabas
'Di ko akalaing magagawa mo,
Ang maging mapang-abuso sa tiwala ko.

Paalam sa'yo, ika'y mahal pa rin
Ang mga pinagdaana'y wag sanang limutin.
Sana'y maging masaya kang totoo,
sa bagong kasintahang kaibigan ko...

I actually wrote this for my girl best friend who lost her boyfriend because of another girl; who was also our batchmate in school.