Transient

Self portrait, Beijing, China by Jojie Alcantara, 2011

transient*

 We exist upon borrowed time.

Yours.

Mine.

Under moonlit dance sublime.

Wine.

Dine.

 Fleeting life, several chances.

Giddy pain.

Blissful romances.

 Rules evolve, merely broken.

Silent pleas

Guilt unspoken.

 We survive on lovers’ boon.

You the sun,

I the moon.

 Willed as cosmic order thrives,

You  set, I rise.

This love survives.

 Fragile, sacred, butterfly wings.

Blow thy kiss.

Seal my bliss.

 This lifespan is much too soon

For moments caught

In soft cocoon.

 Beyond the time we share today,

Like butterflies,

We fly away.

Jojie Alcantara, May 18, 2001

(written for an ex-boyfriend who disappeared from my life only to resurface two years later, expecting to reconnect with open arms.  But by then, I had subconsciously transformed into the nomadic solo traveler and free spirit that I idolized in him, thereby sealing my closure and new found self-reliance today)

*transient. 1. a: passing especially quickly into and out of existence 2. not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory. 3. lasting only a short time; existing briefly; temporary: transient authority.