POSTCARD PARA KAY BENNY   

Disclaimer: This piece has been written solely for the enjoyment of the
 readers (and the author). No infringement on copyrights intended.
 
 Thanks to Kathy Martin, whose very vivid account of that "postcard" scene
in
 BDTH, was partly the source of inspiration for this poem. 
 
 I was thinking that Ray's postcard message ("It's cold out here; heat me
 up") probably meant "this". 
 
 The poem comes in Tagalog (one of the Philippines' dialects) and English.


The translation is almost entirely the same, line per line. 
 
 I hope you like it.
 
  POSTCARD PARA KAY BENNY 

 ni Renny Ramos
 
 Nakatira sa mundong hindi ko kilala.
 
  

Kumikilos, gumagalaw
 
 sa buhay na hindi ko pag-aari.
 
  

Hanggang kailan iindahin
 
 ang lamig ng pag-iisa,
 
 ang pait na dulot
 
 ng ating paglalayo?
 
  

Hanggang kailan yayakapin
 
 ang takot at pangamba sa puso,
 
 na walang bukas na maghihintay
 
 sa ating dalawa?
 
  

Naghihintay, umaasa.
 
 Nanghihina ang loob.
 
  

Humahawak na lamang 
 
 sa natitirang pangarap.
 
  

Na balang araw ay 
 
 maimulat ang mata.
 
  

Buhay, 
 
 ligtas,
 
 sa kalinga ng iyong pagmamahal.
 
 - Katapusan - 
  

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