LILIA LOPEZ-CHUA
SONG OF THE KABUKI PLAYER
There is a pain aimless in the air tonight
and it finds me
as I am thinking of you
I tighten my robe a bit
thinking this way I shall be closer
to what I suffer
closer still to all that shame
that once gathered arms against me
then I hum to myself the odd song
of the beggar maid to the storm
knowing that something terribly old and ancient
has been passed on to us by way of this air
we breathe
and it is not saying anything
DARK
What will I do with a fountain
of time
my silence
is a well without a drop of water
I can weep in the dark
weep and its silence will hear me
but it will close its eyes
it will not speak
the evening will tread on
quietly an old man
it will walk on without looking back
without seeing where its shadow
sleeps
and I can say wait where
are you going
and I can think of all the places I can think of
I can think of walls walls walls
of walls behind which anything lurks
I can lock myself
in a closet full of clothes not my size
fill my pockets with dust
or take off my clothes and imagine
my skin is ice
and I will be standing here
where I am standing stepping on moments
that sharpen into hours like thorns
into my feet
the wound in my heart is deep
the pain does not answer to any name
where is the door
the window the door
CHANCE
I do not remember who you are
everything escapes from my hand
through the spaces between my fingers
into this nameless land
My life is woven out of water
noting stays and everything goes
my memory is a river
forever running its way out of history
I am nothing desired
I am nothing stopped
I come and go any time and any way
alone and ten times alone
I do not have a single breath to mourn for
And always I give out myself for souvenirs
each time passing for something else
for you and those like you
and what I am will be
what I will be for each one of you
hello, Lilia. Ric Bastasa gave me your URL. This is a neat site. I had a fine time reading your poems. =)
genica said this on October 27, 2008 at 10:19 am |
hello? why don’t you post your Open-end Quality poem? it’s nice… =)
cheen said this on February 18, 2010 at 3:35 pm |
OPEN AND QUALITY
lilia lopez-chua said this on April 24, 2011 at 11:13 am |
hi! can you post your poem open-end quality because we need it in our literature subject.
kleine ines said this on November 24, 2011 at 11:58 am |
better if you include the poem open-end quality.
so much time and effort finding for that poem.
much appreciated if you’ll post it. thanks
Marwill David Ramiro Cocson said this on November 24, 2011 at 6:33 pm |
hi Lilia? can you post your open-end quality? Cause’ i need it in my literature subject. Thanks. and God Bless
ave rose antiquin said this on December 13, 2012 at 2:28 pm |
hi Ms. Chua!! can we ask for your open-end quality poem here? if it’s just ok to you… we just need it for our literature subject….
thanks in advance!!! π GOD BLESS…
Benjo Marie said this on December 2, 2013 at 6:05 pm |
hi! Lilia can we have your open end quality poem? We just really need it for our literature subject. Thank you π
lady lee sibonga said this on January 13, 2014 at 5:01 pm |
Yeah, Open and Equality pleeeaassse. I need it in my Literature assignment
Fane said this on January 13, 2014 at 5:42 pm |
we really need it.. please… where can we find it.. it is our literature assignment also.. thank you
rayra said this on January 13, 2014 at 6:28 pm |
Hello miss Lilian can I ask what is the meaning of your poem open-end quality?pls …. I badly need it bcoz my report it’s all about your poem
Chai said this on January 14, 2014 at 3:25 pm |
hi! Lilia can we have your open end quality poem? We just really need it for our literature subject. Thank you π
John Gerald Cantancio said this on January 15, 2014 at 10:35 am |
Lilia, do you remember me? MaryAnn? I was living in So California (Santa Monica), when I started corresponding with you. I drove up to SF to visit you and your sister once, in the late 1980’s, before I moved to Hawaii, where I live now. I would love to hear from you again. My email AWriterWithGuts@gmail.com
Aloha MA
MaryAnn said this on August 22, 2015 at 3:12 am |
Hi. Can I have a copy of your poem Open-ended Quality. I need it for my report in literature. Thank you. π
Desserie said this on September 2, 2017 at 4:38 pm |