+ To Lady Rhona Poem by Jordan Legaspi

To Lady Rhona


Shh! I heard someone calling
In you I trust that was the saying
But sorry I know I failed
Fear maybe or shyness this I’m holding
Song of time I thought I could dine
Shh! But anyway I’m still fine

Shh! I remember some days
That sailing takes me away
To the place I though it was happy
A dream for not ‘cause everything is clay
But it’s only a wind that carries me
Shh! Away, away, away from me

Shh! Just keep your time
The memories of that sign
Maybe dancing and singing
At last life is moving
Going out, going in for a venture I mean
Shh! I heard it again

Shh! in you I must trust
But in my thoughts a thing
Oh, Shh! the only you I like to dream
Yes many turning into a dead ring
But I beg you to staying
Shh! let anybody heard it not my refrain


(City of Mati, Philippines 1998)