EAST





OTHER POEMS

To a sister

Monochromes

Third World

Transition

Departure
      i hold nature
      in my palm
      and gaze
      a long, long time.
      i cannot leave yet -
      i have not gazed
      long enough
      nor trekked far.

      the summer
      still intense
      in its heat
      yet
      my heart
      is already full;
      memories
      without pain
      as in a poem
      rendered in april,
      as in a life
      promised in a poem,
      as in a people's struggle
      etched in history -
      my heart lingers
      my soul waits.




      Estrella Consolacion




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