ulan

pinong halik ng ulan
sa lupang tuyot –
lunting ngiti ng uhay.

  rain

  soft trickles of rain
  kissing the arid rice field –
  green smile of grain.


kamatayan

bakas-kutib ng uod
sa talulot ng rosas;
lahat may wakas.


  death

  a trail of worm’s teeth
  etched upon the rose petal –
  everything departs.