Lake in a Lake

Dr Abe V Rotor

Laguna de Bay, Los Baños, Laguna

Once I asked:

why did you secede 

from the womb 

and hands 

that raised you?

As I pondered 

on Daedalus of Crete 

and the Prodigal Son;

your clear waters 

reflected a face 

no other than my own.

I threw a pebble 

and ripples broke away 

from the question.

Light in the Woods, 1995 Megabooks