Ocean's Blue: Part Two Poem by Rey Benipayo

Ocean's Blue: Part Two



When I was in high school
I was famous throughout the campus
I am the number one matinee idol,
A talented one and struggling to be on top
My fellow students adore me,
I am always a teacher’s pet.

I will never forget, some has a crush on me
Throughout high school, I never knew her
She always writes me a letter everyday
And left it on my armchair each morning
I tried to catch her for many times,
But I ended up getting embarrassed.

So I always keep on a box, a special box I made
Since the day I graduate and study college,
I never open it or read each letters, I am too busy
As I go to Catanduanes, I brought it
Hoping she’ll remember each letter she wrote
I knew she’s my secret admirer, I can feel it.

I still remember, she’s always my seatmate in high school
She is my greatest competitor, my enemy
In our class and throughout the campus
We always have a clash each discussion
Sometimes, she bullies me, challenge me
That’s why I never thought she’s the one.

Love is not my priority back then
I am struggling eldest of the family
Student by day, working by night
My parent’s a rice farmer and has a low income
That’s why I never thought of love or fall in love.

The day I finally know everything
Is the day suddenly my world fall apart
She really is my secret admirer
She always writes me a letter back then
Come early in the morning at school,
Hiding and looking at distance far

She always pretends she hates me
For she’s afraid the feelings might change
She never wants to be like her parents,
She never wants a broken family like her
After her mother got married, she decides
To live with her father in Catanduanes with her stepmom

She wants to move on and forget me
She loved someone but soon realize
That all these time, her heart is still the same
The day before her wedding, she left
Went to Legaspi to find an answer
In the end she found herself.

With the help of my friends in college,
We meet without her husband’s knowledge
We meet at the city’s famous restaurant
She kept the box, crying telling me the truth
Before she leaves, she left me with a letter;
“Find someone you deserve to love, forget me.”

It is five in the morning in my watch,
Sitting at the rock near the sea at Embarcadero Legaspi
Watching the sun to rise, keep thinking of her
I am still drunk, still depress and hopeless
Now I realize, I have everything in my life
But I am not happy, I must find love.

THE END.
Characters (either dead or alive) including places and the whole story is just a composition of author’s imaginations. This literary work is just fiction.

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Rey Benipayo

Rey Benipayo

Ligao City, Philippines
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