Maricris Duran Cabrera, Community Owner, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Phiippines

Marcescent

One day

when all that glittered

prim and pampered

are gone.

When the wind

has shaken off the nerves

almost bent, withered in the hot

summer sun.

Beautiful stories

always start with ruins

all the broken pieces glimmer

even when the lights pale

one by one.

© 2019 Maricris Cabrera