Ma. Izza Ledesma Puey Poetry

You have left me behind
All alone and astray
But you’re always on my mind
I can’t make you go away

You just don’t know how I suffer
Every time I hear of you
I thought we’d last forever,
But you left without a clue

Sleepless nights, restless days
The pain surging within my soul
Just the thought of our cat-chase,
Makes it hard for me to control

The complementary feeling
Of hopelessness and helplessness inside
Because I couldn’t do anything,
But to hide the tears I’ve cried

Time passed by,
Someone new came along
Then I bade you goodbye
Because now I belong

The wound slowly healed,
Though it has left a scar
But what had happened has revealed
That I’m still longing for your heart

For such a long time I’ve waited
Even just to catch sense of you
But all my hope has faded
When I realized my dream won’t come true

Now all of a sudden you reappear—
Just as sudden as when you left
My mind’s again boggled and unclear
If I’d listen to my heart or struggle to be deaf

If I were to place my mind over my heart
I’d be happy with my someone new
But then my heart would be torn apart
Because all it’ll ever beat for is you

Poet: Ma. Izza Ledesma Puey