jesus james llorico (paco, manila)

the stillness of the wind
is all around
as I walk along
this stretch of sand

Oh, how I am amazed
a beauty so grand
as I stood and gazed
this majestic land

I knelt and picked
a leaf in hand
and it was simply luck
that it's here I find

As I stood and think
of her somewhere
in this leaf, it sinks
my true feelings for her

if I can write truly
a poem in this leaf
what a bonfire of poetry!
I can send, lovingly

as I turn around
and the leaf I threw
it was left to the wind
and to nature's foe

a leaf that brings
the really best in me
and in my heart I knew
she's a past but oh so true