A LETTER

John,

I will definitely go home
To our house
Where we can see the clouds
Through the roof.

I'm fed up
With the twinkling neon lights,
But I have not yet paid
For the earrings that I got
From Mama San.
I need them so my tinkling
Will be louder and my hips
Will be heavier.

Don't worry, John,
This Christmas
You and I will create a moon
And through the roof
We two alone
Will grasp its light.

Ana

He is the author of Ham-at Madueom Ro Gabii? (Bakit Madilim ang Gabi?, a collection of Aklanon poems with Filipino translation and senior editor of Aklanon Haiku, Luwa and Other Poems Written by Aklanons.