Small World of Words

One Beautiful starry night Set me adrift on the bay tonight, Tonight when the gray winds blow Over the waves to the western stars My banca and I must go You would have built me an altar here Where lingers the wave born dew And I would have taken the silver dusk To gather young dreams for you But the western lagoons and the lonely stars -  They whisper across the sea And I must go to a misty shore  That calls through the dark to me. Then set me adrift on the bay tonight, Tonight when the sad winds blow And over the wave to the western stars Evening and I will go The poem entitled "But The Western Stars" is a classic Filipino poem that was written by Angela Manalang - Gloria, a Filipina poet in English Language. The story that was describe by the poem is pretty sad, but that was one of those factors that make the poem beautiful and nostalgic.  Traditionally, this poem is read as a meditation on death. In traditional...

My very first day towards eternity; But it seems very unfriendly. I don't know if its me, Or was it because of my hostility. The room was very silent; I was trying to be patient. I was so out of place; Lost in the silence that I can't replace. They are all smiling; But I guess that means nothing. Nothing in the sense of nonsense; I saw it through their pretenses of indifference I don't know what to do; Aren't they suppose to teach me though? But no, they just look; Just like they are reading a book.