To Lady Amor Poem by Jordan Legaspi

In the midst of loneliness bear it no more
No sight of my friends yet you came my Amor
Seeking for comfort the value the need
To have my consult from the fate I bid

Lady I thought in my dreams will pass
The solitude of this feeling that was
Then one or two the moment I know you
The feeling is the same friendship of no clue

Well, I may say Amor my emptiness sway
Moment by moment we share but anyway
I knew I couldn’t have you forbidden love maybe
For the emotion trapped day by day

Yes the truth is I admire you there and then
When the world is asleep I gain it from heaven
The feeling left from that acquaintance
Dreaming of you my Amor I guess the best romance

Yet friendship that’s what to me you can offer
Though to see you the pain I can’t bear
For thy thoughtfulness I was healed
From the secret tears of thee my love can’t reveal

A friend of you my heart I ought
Sharing intimate moment expectant I was caught
Will leave, I mean destiny that is written
In my hand to accept both of you is only in vein

Amor the lady in my reverie my fantasy yet the reality
Amor the friend in my heart ‘twas thee day after day
Amor my happiness in the morning after the sun down
Amor the lady in my dreams but cannot be mine


(Camiguin Island, Philippines 2003)