Anticipation

You trekked past the greenery
and pursued the darkness
hiding behind the trees.

I could not dare follow you
for I was too afraid.
I knew that I adore you.

But of how much?
I do not know.
Did I really love you?

What was my perception?
My thought about love?
Do I really know how to?

All these came out,
as I stood by
waiting for you to come back.

-dyan kay ben-
06/26/09

My Ephemeral Angel

I stumbled
and you laughed at my clumsiness.
The bruises were all worth it.
When I looked up,
you lent me your hand
saying, "It's alright
Everyone has a right to stumble."

You were there
smiling in my arms through the years.
And I was never alone.
I never knew
what it was to be
alone. Without you,
I could not give a picture. Because

You were always there for me.

-dyan kay ben-
06/26/09

Paghuna

Buminuhat siya sa kinatutukawan niya
sa sirong kan kahoy sa Ateneo.
Maduros kaya tinatalbo an saiyang buhok
na nakalugay na abot sa abaga.

Kasubago pa ako naktunganga sa iya
asin nagngalas ako ta buminuhat siya
sa kinatutukawan niya.
Luway-luway siyang duminulok sa sakuya.

Sa harayo pa lang, maririsa mo na siya
huli sa kaputian niya asin aura.
Malinig paghilingon, bako maarte.
Mala ta aro-aldaw ko tinatangro.

Hinalat ko na magrani siya sakuya
asin siya luway-luway na duminulok.
Kan nasa atubangan ko na siya
sabi niya, "Mawalat man po nin bag."

-dyan kay ben-
06/24/09

Bente Uno

Padikit-dikit na nagdiklom an kalangitan
kan an dati nang harayong saldang
napuho sa kalangitan asin dagos na nawara.

Matanga na asin tuninong sa kapalibotan
pero an karampal sa daghan garo daguldol
na dae ako pinapaturog.

Kada minuto garo taon kun umagi
na sa pagal ko kahahalat
ako napapirong asin nakaturog.

Maribok pa sa hukragong an laog kan isip.
Turog ngani ako pero an kalag ko
pukaw sa kapungawan sa katuninongan.

Nagimata ako sa batok nin ayam,
sa kayas asin tilaok nin manok.
Nag-agi na man an para tinapay.

Pag muklat ko kan sakuyang malsok,
maliwanag pero dae nakakasilaw.
Arog kaini an buhay aro-aldaw.

-dyan kay ben-
06/22/09

Huring-huding

Kan suudma, nahiling ko si tiya
nakikiistoryahan duman sa kakanan.
Garo baga siya para-bareta sa radyo
na daeng untok sa kaiistorya.

Kasubago, sabi kan tugang niya
nawawara daa siya, dae aram an dinumanan.
Aban-aban, may nag-bareta sa kanto,
sa salog, naglataw-lataw si tiya.

-dyan kay ben-
06/22/09

Countryside

She bade farewell
at the strike of dawn.
The sun greeted me with a smile
but I could not respond.

In an open window,
at a country house in the fields-
I gazed at the vastness of things;
so abundant yet very empty.

Your absence alone is troublesome-
everything else can not compensate.

On foot, the track you've made
gets lost in the middle of the road.
To follow you when the path is unknown,
or to sit down and wait when time is anonymous?

On your solemn walk to bondage,
at the end of it,
someone else waits for you.
While you've turned your back against me.

But, who knows? If I stare at the moon
I hope you're staring at it too.

-dyan kay ben-
06/15/09