Restraint

RESTRAINT

(Eleuterio’s poem # 3)

 by Marciano Paroy Jr.

Like a sudden summer rain

you dropped into my world,

threat’ning to sooth away each dry corner;

But I am hesitant

to open up

and fully let you in,

my fears enveloping me again;

So I remain stiff

and only think of you

as a mere intrusion

into this emptiness;

one, whose hold on me

will eventually weaken;

So I wait

for what happens next.

– June 4, 2001