Tuesday, October 29, 2024

"The Grinning One."

 "The Grinning One."

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD



I

Just why do you smile I asked myself

when all that is bleak is unfolding

when there is nothing but death that leaves comforting

Just why do you smile?


II

In that grin that bears no malice

Holding the sweetness of the innocent

and the longing of the pure from within

there is reason to hope still


III

And there is sweetness in that last embrace

The warmth lingering in the parting

A silent kiss in the darkness

And the cold of the following morning.


Quezon City, October 15,2024. 3:24am

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