What is love? / Ano an pagkamoot by Eden A. Avila
What is love?...
A beautiful stirring
of the young heart,
a sudden glance, a smile,
a gentle touch.
The fast beating of
the heart,
the quickening
of one's gait
to see one's beloved.
It's the silence shared,
forgetting the time,
for nothing else matter
but to be with
one's beloved.
The sweet " I do's "
Oh, love so sweet
and sublime.
The voice of the first born,
the gentle hands clinging,
caressing your face,
The walks under the paling light
of the moon, the moon
in the warmth of the sunrise,
in the beckoning shadows
of the sundown,
on the soft, rough
sandy shore.
The days, years
spent together.
Until the unseen moment,
The sudden grief of parting,
The silent tears that fell.
The silence, this time
so lonesome
Moving on!
Still a decision of the heart.
It's the twinkling star
giving hope...
and strength
creating a newer
world,
a newer sound
of laughter,
a vision of
another dream.
The joy in one's heart.
That one secret
magical, mysterious,
wise, wild,
funny, foolish
longing.
An ambitious,
unstoppable,
uncaring,
hurting
void in one's heart.
The thing most beautiful,
untouched, unseen,
but felt.
That is love
The river of life.
Editor’s Note: This is an illustration of the author stressing a point in her discussion on the relevance of inclusion of poetry in the educational curriculum on Literature. Originally a shaped poem as earlier published here also written by the same author, but because of the global formatting generally applied on the poems or Rawit-dawit appearing on this section, the shape may not visually render across browsers properly as originally intended.Unless not specified, All Rawit-dawit (Poems/Poetry), Osipon (Story/ies),, and Footnotes appearing on this Section / featured channel are copyrighted by the author.
Dengay is an endearing nickname for the passionate and dedicated mentor. A busy homemaker for her family having to rely on her own for sometime now. She moonlights as Contributor for Cbanga360 - The Bicol Street Journal.
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