Joseph Padilla
SONG OF THE WAITING LOVER
Jose Garcia Villa
You have come to me scattering songs from your woman-
bosom.
I have picked up your songs with the gentleness of a
bird yearning for a mate;
The little moist notes of your songs are threads of many
hues, many strengths, that I weave about me to
clothe my nakedness.
I am no longer nude: your many threads of song have
built for me a soft cocoon.
I call for you,
Let us lie together in this song-cocoon.
Scatter no more songs.
Preserve your bosom for me:
I am waiting for you in a house of song.
Source: http://www.ncca.gov.ph/culture&arts/profile/natlartists/literature/villa.htm
Carbonell, Rolando. Beloved: an anthology of Filipino love poems.
Metro Manila: Horizons Pub. House, 1963.
1 comment:
Operative imagery is this poem's vital asset. It combines the sensory details of music (song) and texture (threads) to create a comparison to the comfort and security the persona finds in his admiration. This illustrates the sense of refuge one may find in a lover. The cocoon may denote the growth in the first few steps toward a relationship. Perhaps the persona is imploring for the woman to sustain the prospective bond that he desires from her--although it's as if the persona is using the woman's strengths to make him feel whole. Love then seems to be awaited and yet celebrated at the same time.
--rachel de mesa
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