LOVERS' DUET

You speak as if all truths were your tongue,

Those words- they drown me,

Lull me,

Entice me.

And as if the language of the universe

Was the first song you sang-

A well-tuned verse

An overwhelmingly lovely curse.

Then I decided to sing with you-

Tiptoed on high pitches,

Somersaulted on the final cue,

And said losing you would be blue.

Now, I wonder, of all the things,

you told me and I told you

Which ones were true,

Who was the better liar— Me or you?

-Clarence Janna Nieva

Albay, Bicol

01.04.18