You and I piled words like how
we did with floral cut-outs
on a sanded surface.
One word after another,
clever
uncensored
raw
iterations of
revelation,
concealment,
– or bits of both.
What was it that glued
them together – our words?
When I look back,
I see exquisite words-art,
stunning in its
inscrutability.
Jearvy R. Lanohan teaches literature and writing at the Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus. She was a fellow to the 2011 Davao Writers Workshop.