Pretty And Everlasting

by Mahal Ko Kuya Ko   Jan 27, 2014


When I was ten,
I wrote a poem about Daisies--
how they slept when your eyes
twinkled in repose.

At twelve,
I promised myself
to write an essay
in the petals
of these Daisies for you--
an essay about
how your eyes harbour
the ever flourishing moonlight.

I never knew you hated Daisies
all those times,
so I lost the chance to tell you
that you are the world to me.

And every long lost Tagalog romance
only makes these Daisies more archaic--
urging them to make offerings
to ancient Tagalog deities
that even Austronesian history
doesn't have the memory to tell
if really existed.

---

Your eyes are like Mango orchards
in Guimaras--
they house 8,000 hectares of reasons
to never let go.
(Do you remember...
it was you who told me
that the scientific name of Mango
is Mangifera Indica L.?)

---

You didn't mind
what my eyes could see...
You seemed like a Daisy to me--
innocent, and a morning person.
(But I am believing
that the moon
is beautifully reflected
in your eyes.)

I fell in love
with the way your eyes
teach those walls how to paint
abstract paintings.

Years later,
I still hope you will know
that you still appear
like a Daisy to me--

pretty and everlasting.

Bellis Perennis is the scientific name of Daisy.
Bellis is Latin for "pretty" and perennis is Latin for "everlasting".

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  • 10 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    As with Everlasting - the ending is pure poetry! Lovely, well written piece.

  • 11 years ago

    by DarkLight

    Great write

  • 11 years ago

    by Burning Angel

    Wow, this is so amazing and the imagery used here is great

  • 11 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    There is an innocence to this write as it unfolds with a young love. How that love developed and the purity.

    To have found this innocent love and still hold on to it as years rolled by is priceless. I loved the read from start to finish...lovely!

  • 11 years ago

    by Everlasting

    This is so beautiful, I don't think i'm being bias by the title lol.

    but I seriously love that ending:

    Years later,
    I still hope you will know
    that you still appear
    like a Daisy to me--

    pretty and everlasting.

    ah who I am kidding, I actually like the whole poem. I like the atmosphere how it's tint with sadness but also it has this innocent and lovely feel. I also like the memories I'm taking into as well as how you engage the reader by asking a question to the other person. It's kind of a reminiscing moment but with that someone or only with you, I'm not sure. But While I was reading, I was picturing two people having a sweet conversation. I feel that this person doesn't see exactly what you see in her, she hates daisies and you see her as one, except that by a daisy to you, means that she is pretty and everlasting. It is sweet. 5/5

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