Saturday, July 23, 2011

Of countries and continents

A year or two of lies
slowly waking,
rising
above ground;
sinking, drowning
beneath cold earth.
Specks of rain
on grey rocks:
heavens shared a sip
and hid the cup.
The barren soil reeks of
desperation.
Sarcastic nature smiles
in cracks.
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3 comments:

  1. Cheryl Yvan ChongJuly 23, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    earthquakes? hmmm.

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  2. JethJuly 23, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    more like the image of el nino and dry land. yung bitak-bitak na lupa? hahahaha. i actually wanted to write this in tagalog pero tinamad na ako. :))

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  3. Aimee CapinpuyanJuly 25, 2011 at 1:41 AM

    ikaw na ang bilingual. :'(

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