2024/Patricia-

I am from the Manila Cathedral,

from hot mornings and lots of rain.

I am from the jade green rainforests under the clear blue skies.

Soaring cliffs, it tasted like adobo.

I am from the turquoise waters,

The white sand beaches

Whose islands i remember

As if they were my own

I from rice terraces and fishing boats

From Chief and Stay-at-Home.

I'm from the Yongsan and the

Koi pond,

From photographs and family!

I'm from the violin

With a rosined bow

And ten melodies I can play myself.

I'm from animating and soccer,

Nature and friends.

From the eagles lost to the PCS

Used to keep me delighted.

Under my bed was a antique chess board

Spilling stoic kings and queens,

A bounty of strategies

To drift beneath my dreams.

I am from those moments-

A purple dandelion before I became a Cougar.

Phenomenal lavender attached to the family tree.