In Memoriam, Cirilo F. Bautista (1914-2018)
May lumbay ang Mayo na ito—
Naglilimas, unti-unti, ng búhay
Upang igiit yata ang likás
Na panglaw ng mabuhay.
Ano pa ba'ng dapat...
1.
kagabi ay hinimayhimay ko
ang bawat taludtud ng aking tula
binaybay ang mga malalalim na kataga
hanggang sa dumugo ang pahina
noon ko lang unang natikman
ang tamis at...
when a writer dies
maybe the silence grows
just that bit longer
or darkness fattens
one globule more
as it turns in its
sleep, eyes closed
yet tearing
up in happiness
moist smile...
They say you slipped away
In the glorious morning sun.
Yet even the quietest leave-taking
Is beyond you who are now purest light.
All that you held
Barely contained
Burst...
Poet, fictionist, essayist and National Artist for Literature Cirilo F. Bautista has passed away after a long battle with muscular dystrophy. Cirilo was 76,...