23 January 2009

a red tulip

My eyes fixed at this wonderful
flora that ever graced this terrain.

Don in crimson dress, inviting,
and beaming with refined beauty.

At times I felt its stare at me.
With the sweetest smile on its face.

But I just could not decipher reality.
Fantasy was toying with emotion.

Then –
a strong instinct to pluck it.

Except I hesitated, was unsure. Afraid.
It might only wilt in my hands.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

ano to version mo ng "a red red rose" ni robert burns?hehe. actually harayo man. yun lang kasi naisip ko since rose at girl ang images na nakita ko sa poem na to.

Dagang Tinubuan said...

I love this. It's raw but very emotional. And It can be interpreted in many ways, but I find connected with unselfish love.

Dagang Tinubuan said...

*find it

Jeff said...

hehe, oo nga 'no, may poem na "a red red rose." nakalimutan ko na. high school ko yata yun nabasa.

salamat sa comment. hehe, medyo overused na ang rose, kaya tulip na lang ang ginawa kong subject.

^^ jonas, find what? hehe, raw but very emotional pala. salamat!