For Celine and JB

JB's poem for Celine

One day I will disappear completely

The letters will mean nothing

The world will get tired of me

You will get tired of me

I will get tired of myself, and die

But I will never get tired of you

For you, there will be no endings

I will say your name over and over, like a refrain

My prayer to no one

Then i'll be a flower, the one you'll never pick

And will endure the breathless waiting till boundaries disappear

With nothing to do, I make new constellations

Images of you as I remember - dancing, sitting, walking

There are stars from a different view

But still, I see nothing but you

Unfurling like a flower

Swiveling like a leaf...

I once watched you sleep beside me

It was dark then, but the darkness is deeper now

Tonight in my dreams I will see you, my lady, clothed only in light...

Like a kite, I've given my self up to the wind

I made friends with the sun

Confused the birds with strange and distant voyages

But it is you that ties the thread and hauls me down

Like a kite, I will forever hold your hand

And with a burning human longing, in your hands, I surrender

I will never get tired of you

For you there will be no endings

I will say your name over and over...

Celine... Celine... like a refrain

My prayer to no one

You know I will never get far

And there is no need for my return

I've never been a traveler

For I have never left

I am lost, simply

Wanting to be in a place I've never been, and will never be

Of all destinations,

I long to be lost in the fields of your hair,

lost among your thoughts as you are already in mine

You are my imperative to live

My life started when I loved you

And that's how I want it to end

Original poem written by Juan Miguel Severo

This is my tribute to the love story of Celine and JB, in the beautifully written Filipino soap opera Maging Sino Ka Man (Whoever You Are). I will write about the soap opera in a later blog, but for now this entry is simply for Celine and JB.