Torn
by Rachelle Credo
Pang vanquished all my emotions
Clutching my heart causing unbearable pain
Tearing my past behind desperation
Refusing to halt its wrath leaves me forsaken.
I struggled away from the sad reality
But I ended up distraught and desperate
As I wait for the old pomp to revive with victory
I was left in an ebbing crave's state.
With poignant memories casting a light of endless gloom
The incessant mourning eventually drives me insane
Only to break in a lonely ember's doom
I find myself cowering in so much pain.
Traipsing on Bantayan Shore
by Rachelle Credo
Fresh sunbeams scald my face,
as I trot the shore
of a long forgotten past.
Waves shiver and hiss toward me
like it always had...years ago,
when he was still here
beside me, hand in hand.
On this island,
memories were carved not
on mortal minds but on the sea
who was a witness to it all.
From love's delight
to broken promises,
fate took its plight
at every turn.
Swan-necked waves
used to spring up so high
and slither back to its hub
when we first exchanged
our vows of love.
I remember the sunshine
playing with our toes
when we kicked sand and stones
to form castles in the wind.
Like little children
we were so free
on our little heaven
we thought would be forever.
I turn and watch once more
as the tide ebbs slowly
leaving the rocky sand
dry and sparkling under my feet.
It's summer once again
and thoughts of him
shattle in my head
like the ebbing waves.
It was on this island
where our love started to bloom;
but like flowers that bloom and die
so did our love...