Manila
by Rene Boy Abiva

One afternoon
I felt that
the blood of Christ
fall drop by drop
into my tormented heart
and soul;
the bitterness is full
a the truth that is painful-
temptation of creeping death
is blossoming over
the snares and breast
of the naked and dark
city of the Orient.

February 24, 2019
Quezon City, Manila

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