FANCY THE
MINSTREL
and Other
Love Poems

HOPE ETERNAL

Jose Antonio Cangco

Let me say goodbye
Before the sun goes down,
Daubed light in the sky
Falls on the thistledown.

In these last moments,
I could smell the perfume
And the spicy scents
Of flowers abloom;

What makes the day long
When patience is not sweet?
The hearth I belong
Is empty with defeat:

Let me find my way
Where the lush violets grow,
And hope that someday
The road leads back to you.


Copyright by the Author.
Reprinted from Gulf Weekly, 8-11-94