[poem] Lost Roses, Andoy Castellano, 19 August 2006

Lost Roses
Andoy Castellano, posted with Pinoy Poets 19 August 2006
written 2 December 1987

Days passed
I don't remember when
Though
Black roses
linger
for me
in misty dreams

Roses I see
In
every day
red and red
but I gasp
puzzled
of roses black
lost

lost and lost
in hapless
time
merciless
time

I cry

I have forgotten you

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This was written December 2, 1987. I present it as it was. "Pining"
is a tough word, but after twenty years, it's the only word I know to
describe it. Admittedly, the poem is not tight (enough). Again,
another of the poems which I cannot edit.

Regards,
--
--andoy
19 August 2006