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FIGHTING TO FORGET THE DAYS GONE BY...BUT IN VAIN!
All praise to God Almighty
It's a beautiful sunny morning
Revives memories
Of childhood and youth --
Those wonderfully poignant years
When laughter ruled over tears
And fears, scoldings and jeers...
The girl in her striking "green and white"
Coming to school in the morning light:
Eyes beaming with joy as she smiles
At me and makes my world even bright!
How can I ever forget her
I can't...says a whispering tear,
As it slowly rolls down my face...
Do I possess a dominating power
Of a far greater loving shower
Pouring like much-needed rain
And filling the stark and hidden
Recesses of my heart's veers?
Of course my beloved woman of today
Loves me more and more each day
And I am ever grateful to God and her
For making me forget that Daphne's still near...
I owe a lot to my beloved woman of today
For everything she gives me with full cheer
Expecting nothing in return -- a complete lover
Of a guy she rescued from the past's spear.
Yet memories still do not let go of me
When a June morning dances with glee
Recounting a deep and stubborn story
Of my first love's "green and white" glory....
The morning also takes me back fastly
To the days when my dear Pa was with me
Surfing on the clear and blue summer sea
As my mom and siblings laughed carefree.
O my beloved woman, you truly love me,
Without a doubt do I believe in thee.
Yet pardon me when a sudden memory,
Shines and comes running at me
Over the years in her green and white dress
And takes me back to the realm where she
Lovingly haunts me quite compellingly
And tripping and dancing like a houri*
And winking somewhat joyfully
That she is still my first love and uncannily
The horizon too appears green and white
As if paying homage to sweetest Daphne.
