Emptiness

Every time I walk
In this camp of deafening silence
I always feel the very emptiness
Of my wounded heart

I want to embrace and kiss with my beloved
I want to sing and dance with my beloved
I want to play and laugh with my beloved
But I can’t for I am far from my beloved

She is in the city
I am in the hinterland
She is in the city of temptation
I am in the hinterland of belonging

I can’t endure this life of mine
I can’t resist the belonging of my heart
I can’t afford not to feel her love
For I love her deeply

This poem was written way back in the year 2000 in the camp of 141st Company of Regional Mobile Group located at Taganito, Claver, Surigao del Norte.