I bask in the memory of those orange afternoons when the tires run smoothly on a sun-kissed asphalt. My heart just stared blankly at everything, unabashed, silent and roaring.
- Kimmy Bureros, 1996

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Papa

October 14, 2008

Your old hands told me

the busy years you spent

managing people and afternoons

to cut off the trees

that made one bastard filthy.

 

Your old hands told me

the quiet months you spent

in your rocking chair and pajamas

clueless of the seconds, hours,

days, months and years that passed.

 

Your old hands told me

the hurting days you spent

when your sons and daughters

grew up to be old-looking children,

lost , defeated, crying the years that wasn’t.

 

Your old hands told me

the elated hours you spent

cheering and playing with your gandchildren

as they battled personalities of giants

trapped in their small hands.

 

Tomorrow they will burry

the busy years, the quiet months,

the hurting days and the elated hours

that dawned those old hands.

I will not forget what they told me Pa.

Please be happy.

 

Posted by coriander at 10:51 am | permalink

Previous Comments

you just don’t know how this crumple me.

Posted by tinay at October 14, 2008, 2:04 pm

tin ayaw na kaguol. *tugs your cheeks*

Posted by coriander at October 14, 2008, 4:13 pm

Dingbuds, you should read this tomorrow at Papa’s service. Attend ka ba?

Posted by Skilty at October 14, 2008, 5:11 pm

Koya, hindi ako maka attend sa service kay naa ko sa Cebu. Exam ko bukas. TT_TT

Posted by coriander at October 14, 2008, 6:25 pm

i literally heard my heart crack after reading this. (ok, i admit, nihilak ko). hugs, kim.

Posted by aileen at October 14, 2008, 11:16 pm

thanks ate ai for the hug. ♥

Posted by coriander at October 14, 2008, 11:56 pm

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