No traces in the sea...

Photo by Anton Santiago.  Holy Week 2009 :D:D teehee.

I still thank the Santiagos a million for adopting my best friend and me

on that superfun two-night stay in Anilao. :) Bonfires, shooting stars, bbq-d fish,

the full moon, music, rocky beach walks, the "expedition" to the

great big rock, jumping into the water and all the exotic fishies...

Out of Town April 13, 2009

Saltwater on rocks

The sun in the sky

Stars fall, and all

Thoughts pass by

We don’t leave our footprints

We’ve no traces in the sea

But the waves that stroke the seashore leave

Their fingerprints on me

Tribute to one of my favorite places on earth

Photo from http://www.hotelsphilippines.org

Intramuros March 26, 2009

Pretty moss-grown archways from four centuries ago

Blooms blow across the entrance to where time is always slow

And atop the old stone walls stand the trees who watch us pass:

Those who linger and who walk away on the pavement and the grass

Every breeze and every sunbeam, every yellowed leaf that falls

And every drop of blood shed’s in the memories of the walls

All the scenes of forty decades in every stone there is a trace

And once I walk past these walls, they will not forget my face

One sunset, all was lonely and the stones were all ears

Just as silent and alive as they had been all the long years

The day was dying once again, and on a stone ledge by a tree

A patch of sunlight shone, breathing in the nearby sea

And in the secret twilight, the stars stare down quietly

A Gasping and a Groaning

A Gasping and a Groaning Nov. 4, 2008

There is a gasping and a groaning,

And the grinning of the cats

Can be seen from a mile away

There’s a rhythm to the rainbows

That take turns in the sky

Every other sunny day.

The gasping and the groaning

Comes from underneath our feet

And is heard from above the ground

And the pattering sweet patterns

Of the rain upon the grass

Heals this constant and terrible sound.

M.C.Estanislao™

Selena and Jacinto

Victor Florence Pollet, 'Endymion and Selene'

Selena and Jacinto Summer 2008

Selena and Jacinto have sworn to count the stars,

Sworn to watch the sky each night forever.

Selena and Jacinto will count the stars till death,

For each star is one eternity together:

For Selena and Jacinto.

M.C.E.™