| Kundiman - Filipino Love Song - Redone
kundiman
kun hindi man?
kung - if
hindi - not
man - possible
if not possible
if it isn't possible
then what is?
it's meaning
s-p-e-l-l-e-d out
in mama's tongue
the more shimmery meaning
reads like lilting feathers falling
in the air
"a love song who's beauty
sets itself to music"
in lola's era
someone who
had a beau
would sing kundimans
to catch that young girl's ears
if it isn't possible
then what is?
in my time it's all
phonetics & phonics & by ear
a sense of order
to the puzzle
of the extra sensory
listening to what I say
come full face forward
not sideways head unturned
whether I do or don't
if it isn't possible
then what is?
many seasons once shimmered
in my chest
before this time & met with the
rain of spring
do again come
do not hush
those feathery prayers
without my wings
if it isn't possible
then what is?
like a catalyst without heat
or a wave missing its capped crest
not foreign but yet foolish & absolute
the constant reunion back home
from a long ongoing longing to
a destination by deciphering bit by bit
and finally deciding
to wake-up from this dream
if it isn't possible
then what is?
man - possible
hindi - not
kung - if
kung hindi man?
possible not if
kundiman
mama's tongue
lola's era
my time
my phonics & phonetics by ear
to make sense of the extrasensory  | Currently listening: A Change Is Gonna Come By Leela James Release date: By 21 June, 2005 | |