a morsel of my youth

A morsel of my Youth
(Malayan Wave -- aaba bbcb ccdc dd
of Jose Rizal M. Reyes)

In a small town where I was born and grew
had happy memories with friends I knew
playing in the streets with some kids like me
and swimming along the river anew.

"Sweet Odiongan Rose" has a good harmony
a song we crooned stuck in my memory
a lovely hometown, a beautiful place
where youth was spent with excitement and glee

As we mirthfully play with sweating face
we ran and guffaw and enjoyed the race
while mother's deafening, earsplitting call
when the moon surfaced, her eyes with a gaze.

The fun, the euphoria when we were small
as I reminisce, I remember all.

Weeween 2019
3ft x 2 ft canvas
(acrylic)
from my FB friends album
(not my actual hometown)