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Maliit Paruparo
July 27, 2015
Unnoticed,
unseen,
unheard.
Yet I noticed you.
I know how you feel,
little butterfly
flying on the shores
of the beach,
of the lake
that I'm facing;
I know how you feel.
To be seemingly stuck
in the middle
of feet walking on sands;
Silver in the gold light,
and small
as you fly under feet.
It's what I've felt as a child.
You seem to be stuck
in the middle;
I know that familiar feeling.
Yet you fly,
despite people
walking on top of you.
I need to fly,
fly even when
people walk on top of me.
I need to be like you.
Tall,
seen,
and heard;
flying
and not stuck.
© Belinda M., Biddeford, ME
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This article has 4 comments.
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 3 2015 at 4:28 pm
Thank you so much, @Guise. I have only started writing a little bit in Tagalog, so you telling me this helps me very much. I will remember what you said. Thank you for helping me, and thank you for reading my poem and commenting. :)
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 3 2015 at 4:25 pm
Thank you, @Nightingale74. Thank you so much for it means a lot. :)
Nightingale74 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 3 2015 at 11:08 am
Beautiful poem Emily! I loved reading it, and I felt that I could relate quite a bit. I always love seeing your work up on Teen Ink! :)
Just a friendly note on the title: In Tagalog, depending on the last letter of the modifier, you ought to attach either a "-ng" or insert a "na" between the modifier and the element it modifies. In this case, a "na" between "maliit" and "paru-paro" is required, thus making it "Maliit na paru-paro". If the modifier ended in a vowel, then we would add a -ng, e.g. "Griyego(ng) manunulat" (Greek writer) A pleasant read nonetheless! :)
{Written on July 27, 2015}
"I see souls, so many souls at so many times. What I don't know is if someone sees my soul. Sometimes I feel as if my soul is unnoticed, unseen and unheard, when I notice and see and hear others' souls.
I'm frightened that no-one will see notice, see, hear my soul. All in all, I'm a little frightened that no-one will see and hear my soul.
But I shouldn't be frightened of that. Such a silly fear that is. Fear is silly, haha; but not true fear.
Not true fear."