For Lola (For Grandma)

"Lola" is a filipino word for Grandma. She's gone for almost two(2) decades but she's not forgotten. She is an Inspiration...

“FOR LOLA”

(For Grandma)

 

LIFE IS LIKE A BOOK

IT OPENS FOR US TO LOOK

THE HUMBLE TALES THEY TELL

THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD AS WELL

 

PAGES TURNED AND LIFE PROCEED

TIMES WERE GREAT WHEN WE SUCCEED

SOME GET FAR AND SOME FALL SHORT

THE PRICE IS HIGH, IT BIDS YOUR WORTH

 

COURAGE IS NOT ALL YOU NEED

IT TAKES MORE TO CONTINUE TO READ

SUNSET'S FACE IS WHAT WE FEARED

WHEN LIGHT IS OUT, THE VISION’S DEAD

 

JUST LIKE A BOOK, A LIFE BEGINS

AND JUST LIKE A BOOK, A LIFE WILL END

TAKE IT NOT, IT’S ALL THE SAME

MUST GO THROUGH PAIN, SO ONE SHALL WIN

 

WORDS WILL FADE AND LIFE ESCAPES

TO GREAT SOMEWHERE THAT NO MAN RAPES

BE BRAVE THEN AND HAVE ALL FAITH

TO HIM OUR LORD WHO NEVER FORGETS

 

THE GREATEST BOOK THAT WE HAVE READ

WILL CARVE A PIECE INSIDE ONE’S HEAD

THAT TIME ITSELF COULD NOT ERASE

BUT LINGERS ALWAYS IN OUR MEMORIES

 

NIGHT SHALL COME AND IT SHALL GO

FOR HOW LONG NO ONE WOULD KNOW

BUT IN TIME A LIGHT WILL GLOW

AND A BETTER BOOK WE SHALL SEE THROUGH

 

This poem is inspired by and especially dedicated to my Grandmother Pilar Abasolo Estoconing of Cebu.  We will not forget you through all our days.  For so great a life as yours, will always be Cherished . . .

Also dedicated to all Grandparents in the world.

By: FredO 1991

 

Reviews

[Hyacinth]

nice...very beautiful....