For a friend

Bienvenido, My Friend

My dear friend, you have not left her
On the watch, you are on a respite
With pure love there's eternity
And you vanish in the thin air.

My friend, you found yourselves thirsty
You drank life's sustaining water
Moments were felt weak and hungry
You go on to seek, to gather.

Back home the trend is to go South
Over here, it is to go West
From the Mid-west  you found the route
Ultimately your place to rest.

Hasta luego, Bienvenido
La familia y el mundo
Hasta luego, mi amigo.


Adios!

(10/08/2012) Written by Greg In Trabanca dedicated to a friend,
Bienvenido Rosero, Jr. who passed away in California, USA.
The Rosero family lived a long time in Chicago. When this tribute poem was
e-mailed to Angie Rosero, his wife, she replied, "Greg, thank you,
ikaw pala ay makata. Ang ganda. Nagustohan ko. " (You are also a poet.Very nice, I like it !!! )