DEAR JESSE
"DEAR JESSE" (A Tribute to a Great Bicolano) Baby face why did you leave so fast? Against our wish, our flags, half mast On August 18, 2012 time grinded to a halt On a cloudless day we were wrenched apart. Like a weary eagle on a flight to her nest You were on your way home, seeking rest Beloved wife and daughters, rare gems in mind Oh, what solace, what comfort, in their embrace you'd find. Naga, " ang maogmang lugar, " the cheerful place Is stricken with grief, flooded in tears Oh, the beacon of hope, our one big pride Has laid down the torch and crossed the great divide. Like a candle whose light is snuffed out Like a pilgrim without direction Like a cub, maimed and abandoned We lost a pillar of hope, what desperation! The Son of man, once bloodied, lifeless on a tree Took the hand of a man whose plane plunged to the sea