Poem | Princess Not

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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Back when I was young

I believed in true love

Fairytales were my stories

I was the princess

You were the prince

And like Sleeping Beauty

I woke up from a

Hundred years of sleep

Only to realize that 

there's no prince to wake me.

Several years later,

I got bored in my tower.

Unlike Rapunzel, I didn't wait 

For my prince 

I threw my hair over the edge

And chased my own freedom

My own happiness

Oh, Mama Gothel, it's okay not

To forgive me. Please don't ask for 

My forgiveness as well.

I heard the prince's car

Vroom into my driveway

He said, "Cinderella, come here

Put your feet on these glass shoes."

I thought about it and then

Replied, "Nah, it's too bothersome

And might cut my feet instead."

Prince Charming, I'll rather be in

Comfortable rubber shoes when 

Walking about. Hope you understand.

Back when I was young

I thought I was the princess

And you were the prince

But then I realized

I could live without a man

I realized I am no Cinderella,

Rapunzel, nor Sleeping Beauty

I realized that there's only

The old, little me. And

I can take care of myself just fine.

Poem | Cherry Wine

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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Don't tell me not to wait for you
I've been longing so much
For your touch, your care 

Your love.

We walk this busy road together

For three hundred years.

Each lifetime as sweet and 

Tumultuous as the last.

I gaze from afar to see you

Coming with your bamboo pole

And a straw hat. In your hands

Are the famous cherry wines.

Beside me, you sit and muddle

Our small talks turn into serious 

Chatter. The sun gradually climbs down 

And bid its farewell beyond the mountain.

You and I share lore and

Drink wine. Merry for at

Long last, after a thousand miles,

We've find each other again. 

Poem | Rainy Days

 By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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The sun's light reflects on the moon's stony

    Surface.

Cicadas' chirps echo along the empty pavement

    Sidewalk.

Sprinkles of rain water the ground

    And

The Earth's musty scent permeates the atmosphere.

I see a green frog. It leaps from the huge

    Taro leaf

Onto the big, shallow pond where colorful

    Koi fishes

The size of an arm swim. A row of

    Cattails

Dancing with the wind.

It's a moody September morning.

Poem | Pinwheels

 By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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The red, blue, and green

Pinwheels turn and turn

With the whisper of the

Cool autumn wind.

Xiao Mao, from up above her 

Perch, gazes outside and sees

Two little robins dancing on

The ginkgo's tree branch.

Xiao Mao stands and stretches

Her listless body. After a huge

Yawn, she jumps the steps and

Walks two steps forward then

Another step back. 

She does this for some time

Until the door opens. She runs

Outside, ignoring the person's call

And finds herself atop the

Tree sunbathing.

Xiao Mao is satisfied. 

*No little robins are harmed with this poem. 

Poem | Leaves

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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I found myself crying
At the ridiculousness of
this empty life... Or 

Was it me who was empty

Thus I did not appreciate 

This life given to me?

If so, my apologies.

Like a single pine tree 

Among birches, I found

Myself losing colors and

Leaves. Perhaps no chance

Will knock on my trunk

And I will remain a

Blacken dead tree.