May 1973

Sonnet of Love


The  bond of May was deserving
As flowers bloom with life and love.
Happiness with passion burning
With the guiding light from above.

The caged parrot's noise to be free
Awakened us in our slumber. 
The birds on the trees were happy
 And we knew we were together.                                                     

 But like seaweeds our tied bodies
Floated to the edge of the earth;
A roll of passionate eddies.

And on the lovely foreign shore
We were together and in mirth                                                     
To love, to dream, and nothing more.                                                             


N.B.  On May 29, 1973,( a year after the Martial Law), at Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, Gregorio (Greg) Intas Alcala Caponong Trabanca and Evangeline (Eve) Rueles Magallanes Caermare had their marital vow, solemnized by the  Celebrant: Most Rev. Felix S. Zafra, D.D. Bishop of the diocese of Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, Con-celebrant: Msgr. Salvador Mora, a secular priest and a very good friend of the groom.
This was also the elevation of then Fr. Tuquib to the Bishop's chair thus the wedding was performed at St. Mary's Chapel, courtesy of the RVM sisters. The groom taught at Ferrer High School, Labason, ZDN which was taken over by the RVM sisters.
A day after the wedding, the bride flew for America as an immigrant. The groom followed a year later ( as he was finishing his teaching stint at Dipolog School of Fisheries in Olingan, Dipolog City, Philippines)