Thursday, June 28, 2007

Ever Beautiful She Was

 

by Caesar and Gititi, 18 and 20

 

EVER BEAUTIFUL SHE WAS

 

Ever beautiful she was

The young and optimistic teenager

From the villages to the cities

Everyone had his or her eye on her

The old and the young

Praised her beauty.

 

Both the old and the young

Whoever felt thirsty in this journey of life

Asked for some water whose source was her

The old and the young

Praised her beauty.

 

And there she was

Ready to quench anyone with her water

Be it the old and the young

The old and the young

Praised her beauty.

 

This sudden chilly morning

Disillusionment filled the village

For there lay her skinny corpse

With the spirit already gone

The old and the young claimed

She was once beautiful.

 

A fortnight was not over

Cries of the affected filled the air

From morning to evening, day after the other

Funeral ceremonies conducted

All weak and dying said

She was once beautiful.

 

Why this suffering and afflictions?

Was the cry of the few left

The cry of the lucky survivors

And innocent children.

 

Just a minute's warmth, changed

A family and a village to a pool

Of orphans, widows and widowers.

A signal of the foreseeable poverty

As all weak and dying said

She was once beautiful.

 

Weak and dying cursed the once beautiful

But where was she?

Far beyond the beautiful white clouds

Only to be followed by

The ignorant and the innocent.

 

By Caesar & Gititi.

8 Comments:

Blogger T-Bone said...

This poem is very powerful. Really, it is extremely moving. Is it about HIV/AIDS?

June 29, 2007 at 9:22 AM  
Blogger Bill C said...

Strong, sad verses these. I wonder was this someone you knew, or an image of how one might be?

Either way this is fine writing.

July 4, 2007 at 4:15 AM  
Blogger Katie Fitch said...

Wonderful poem guys!

Gititi- Stephanie told me you got into Daystar! Congratulations. Hope moving in and starting classes goes well in August!

Katie Fitch

July 10, 2007 at 10:40 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

An awe-inspiringly beautiful poem that deserves wider publication.

August 2, 2007 at 7:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is Evil stalking Manila and it goes in ther form of a Woman
her name is Julia Duncan she shakes up with a Mr Francis Lumen, World Pray for us ! She is the SHE DEVIL..
World Pray for Us!
This I will Post everywhere I can /FOR I SEE THROUGH HER EVIL AND WHAT SHE HAS DONE to my friend/and friends. I LOVE THE POEm but yes using this to beg for PRAYERS! World Hear O- Our need for Prayers

August 14, 2007 at 2:11 AM  
Blogger sarah mac said...

Beautiful and moving poem!

August 14, 2007 at 4:47 AM  
Blogger Candice said...

WOW! I am speechless. That was beautifully written, it flows like honey. I know people that were once beautiful - now only beautiful in my memories.

I look forward to reading more of your work.

C

October 26, 2007 at 2:13 AM  
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