Presence

We talk without hearing each other's voices
Sit together unaware of each other's presence
Sleep together not minding the other
Laugh and wonder why we did

Give it time and we will find ourselves
desperately seeking for space

space that has always been there
just wanting a concrete definition

and when it is over
you might ask
to what do we attribute all these
then maybe we will remember
how it all started

or maybe we will choose to forget

Remembering Well

I mourn the loss of a great man, a friend and a personal idol. I do not consider myself a devout Catholic considering my track record in the recent years. I have been missant of my church obligations and I have succumbed into temptation. Of course, that goes for almost every body else around me. But I read about the the pope and his death and I know that in my deepest of heart, the Roman Catholic in me mourns the loss of the man who devoted his life to the welfare of the church.

I pause and pray.