JANET C. PASCUAL

JANET C. PASCUAL

THE FIRST TIME

The first time I met you

I knew something different

Was to be peering into my soul

And would strongly manifest itself.

I was so naive, so inexperienced

For letting my senses leave the better of me

Only to let go of this unexplainable sensation

Which I thought has died a long time ago.

If this feeling be real, if this be true

I have only one wish, for it to last a lifetime

And for it not to lift from me until I am gone

For you have consumed me, you have burned into my soul.

LETTING GO

I did contemplate, I did ponder upon it

I was wrong, I was tearful, I was wasted

I could not bear, the thought of loosing

The one who has made me whole again…

The fear of the unknown has taken its toll

The burden of losing a special someone

Who sometimes seem to have slowly drifted away

Leaving the uncertainties compound each day…

I have to shun away the pain

Lest the pain of losing remains

I have to let go, and end this longing

Which cries out in reciprocation and belonging…

ONLY FOR A WHILE, ONLY FOR NAUGHT?

I know you were simply whiling the time away

And I was an easy prey, letting off my defenses to sway

Letting go of my independence which I held so dearly.

The feeling was so new, so overwhelming, so true

It left me breathless, speechless, sleepless, this love so pure

Yearning and longing for belonging which seemed so obscure.

When realization struck, I was hooked, I was caught,

Without a shield, without an armor, without a thought

Only for a while, I was changed, only for naught?

JANET C. PASCUAL