Natatakot ako
Na ipakiusap sa yo
Na pagsabihan at kagalitan
Ang hamog
Na huwag na sisiksik
Sa ating kwarto.
Mainggitin pa naman ito
Kaya pinanunuotan
N’ya talaga tayo.
Kasi baka pag sinaway mo ‘to
Bigla kang hablutin nito
At biglang mawala
Ka na lang.
Titiisin ko na lang
Ang lamig
Kasi mas natatakot talaga ako
Sa lamig kung mag-iisa
Na lang ako.
Pero mas takot din ako
Ipakiusap sa’yo
Na sana yakapin mo ‘ko ng mahigpit
Kasi baka hablutin mo din bigla
Ang aking puso
At mawawala ako
Sa aking sarili.
Sanay naman ako
Sa lamig.
Marcel MilliamMarcel L. Milliam (Luis Batchoy) from Iloilo City, Philippines writes in Hiligaynon, Filipino, and English. His works have been published in various publications in the country and he has enjoyed numerous writing workshop fellowships. He has received awards for his writings including the International Meritage Press Prize for his poetry and a Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature for his short story in Hiligaynon. He is a member of writing groups in the region, including the Dagyang Pulong Writer’s Group, and is a founding Chairman of the Yanggaw: The Capiz Writer’s Circle, also sitting as the Chair for the Committee on Literary Arts of the Capiz Council for Culture and Arts. He is a freelance theater actor and an LGBT Advocate. On off times, he likes sipping brewed coffee and puffing cigarettes with or without the company of his good friends.
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