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    na, mula noong 24 Enero, 2006, ang nakitambay dito
Born by the River
Tuesday, July 07, 2009



Or was it a Lake

I was born by the river,
sang Sam, and so was I.
Or was it a lake in summer
as it moved towards dryness,
crabs and catfish snuggling
up the banks? I know how it is
to fear the monsoon months,
to hum to the rain's sad refrain.
Ask me how it is to be a man
and I will say, Unyielding,
like a lake. Ask the water
about the many names for yielding
and it will answer in the voice of a fist,
unclenching. Or was it an eye,
leaning towards rain, filling
like a puddle on those monsoon months,
mud blurring the edges, a ripple
throbbing, then stilling itself?
I was born by a lake,
and I know how it is
to carry water with me.
Even now I can hear its song.
Let go, be still, let go.

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