Poesias,

[Eduardo]

Let us Compare Boooks.

For Brother Alaf.

A humble request,

am sure you will agree.

You already have read all that I have,

in your request.

Simply,

climb unto the altar,

as a child pushes a seat to a table to reach its top.

Look through the windows of the soul,

and ask again,

of the essence within,

what do you wish to compare.

Lives need not comparisons,

but the wisdom gleaned, and compassion.

From my elders,

have read so many books,

and continue to read,

not books,

but life.

Your dad's shared views are from a giant.

What does an ant have to contribute,

in beauty,

to a Monarch butterfly?

Within your reach,

you have all of the answers.

Copyright, Dec. 28, 2007

Eduardo A. Cong.

Poet and playwright,

Dancing on the waves of this Pacific Ocean,

connecting all nations she touches,

so does this poet and playwright. . .

[Eduardo]

In Turmoil,

For Benazir B. and the Pakistani people.

was Pakistan.

In celebration of awareness,

for all who know we are,

a shell.

Essence,

speaking to all who are cognizant of their true nature.

This nature,

manifested in turmoil

will prevail,

until the shock subsides.

Mere symptoms they were,

of a righteous indignation.

As the sun's right is to shine upon all,

in its course.

A dad's favorite child,

rose from unknown horizons to many,

the world over.

A people's choice was in the making.

Stifled by forces of darkness was a bright soul

in quest of the well being of the neediest of her people.

This idea,

once birthed,

cannot be destroyed.

A soul that was to manifest its gentile presence

in the halls of Harvard School Government,

and Oxford University.

Benazir,

to you,

from an initiate,

that embraced that Celestine flame within.

It will remain an enduring legacy through your people.

A nation's pride and joy,

that was sadly

and literally kicked to the curbside

by ignorance.

For generations,

symbols of the flame you embraced will endure,

the world over.

Copyright, Dec. 29, 2007.

Eduardo A. Cong

Poet and playwright,

San Diego, CA.

USA.

Post Scriptum: The only Islamic Nation with nuclear capability, its neighbor with equal power, India. This observation ends with, Arundathi Roi,

"ANOTHER WORLD IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE, SHE IS ON HER WAY.

ON A QUIET DAY,

I CAN HEAR HER BREATHING. "

[Eduardo]

2 Champa,

Ocean Beach has not been the same,

since the last time had seen her.

One year ago,

still remembered her in an absolute silence,

bright eyes,

joining me, as the pen lay on top of a car.

Between intermittent gaps of her friends talking,

feeling the breath of a poetess,

on my ears,

on some starlit heavens,

she was slowly whispering,

[Eduardo]

Apr

[Eduardo]

[Eduardo]

"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way.

On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."

Arundhati Roi

"Sometimes"

read somewhere,

"stepping up to the plate"

has nothing to do with baseball.

It is, in reality,

"doing the right thing."

Spain is the nation with more entries by the UNESCO, with cities of the "Patrimony of the Mankind."

It has been the cross roads into ancient Europe.

Ancient Egypt,

was to bridge the Mediterranean Sea with its ancient mariners. . .

Through migrations, historically, we can see her signature in the populating of the planet,

even in the Philippines Islands.

We know

and call these mountain people, "Igorotes."