Without You
To the girls and boys of Acoje Batch79

I’d like to make up for long lost days,
like a teen again
I regretted not having enjoyed the times
when the opportunities were
ripe to pick

I would like to make up what I missed doing then -
chasing rainbows behind the mountains,
teasing girls and laugh with boys.

I would like to recreate the moments
that I failed to see, so many of them,
like sands along the beach,
washed to the sea,
pushed back to the shore,
carried by the wind.

The sands are the memories and the sea,
the hour glass.

I am not after the past days that
were long forgotten.
I am after the times
that shouldn’t be forgotten.

I would love to chase the dreams
that mingled with realities
and put them back together.

No matter how far and hard it may be
I could endure.
Nothing could comprehend
the pain of longing and the joy of loving
because without you,
I am like the sand
washed to the sea,
carried by the wind.