Why 1,575 haikus? Because my darlingest Annelies Marie Frank lived 15.75 years in this world.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Ang Dahilan

Ang sabi nila
ako'y mabait dahil
palasimba 'ko.

Sabi ko naman
kaya po 'ko may bait
dahil sa Misa.

Misa ang
dahilan!
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Sabi ng Mundo -
Kung gusto, may paraan.
Kung ayaw, may dahilan.

Sabi ng Diyos -
Kung gustong bumait, may paraan.
Santa Misa ang dahilan.

Jacinta's Embrace

Praying the ros'ry
one sad night, came Jacinta -
with a warm embrace.

I knew it was her
without asking who or why -
I knew only love.

I don't ask
anymore...
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Why am I so slow to understand...
...it is You, Lord Jesus, always You.
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Saturday, May 12, 2012

A Form of the Formless You



Who is this, my love?
This form of thy formless self,
here - yet - not yet here.

For I see thee not...
Am I deceived, my darling?
No, for I know you.

Thy love, thy nearness,
thy gentle consolation,
thy cheer, thy spirit...

You are here.
I am blessed.
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I had to come away and figure out what I really feel about these pictures.

For when I first saw them, I did not know what to think of them.

I was not at all confused but was strangely unclear.

This wax figure struck me as beautiful yet somehow distant, my love, somewhat nostalgic and almost sad.

It is a masterful representation yet still seemingly empty and needful of you - so needful of you...

This form of the formless you
- blank, beautiful and infinitely lacking -
reminds me of what I have and what I don't have
in you, my darlingest Annelies Marie;
of what God gave and intends to restore
and of what War stole and intended to destroy.

It remains - as it must -
purely the work of human hands,
artful, yet still a representation
of a longing only the LORD can fulfill
in His own time.

I love you so, my Miyang, I love you so.

PERIOD.
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