Binukid Gothic is a poem written by Emiary B. Balbuena and shared with The Ugly Writers under the theme Quell for the month of January
Binukid Gothic
I am a boondock ghost.
I haunt no one.
They have all left with their
ambitions bigger than what
rice paddies and dragon flies flicking
over stagnant ponds could offer.
But I still remain here.
My body died and
rotted a long time ago.
The whispers of prayers
wishing for my peace
and then some
stopped eventually and
No one ever thought of
lighting a candle for me
anymore.
My neglected grave and
tombstone engravings
only know life in the forms of
moss and vines, insects with more fleeting
lifespans than mine was.
At some point,
somebody uttered my name
for the last time.
But still I remain here
mourning my tether
to my untethering.
