“I still look for her

In the forests

In empty fields

Through the sky

Beside the horizon

On barren rocks

And falling stars

I wonder where

She could be now

I still don’t know

Her name

Time has passed

But I know she is there

I can hear her whisper

In the trees and the rivers

I can feel her breath

In the scent of flowers

For these long years

I have learned to live

Without

I will see her again

In the bloom of the forest

In the cries of beasts

And ask

For her forgiveness”

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Written by Karl Gaverza
Copyright © Karl Gaverza

Inspired by the Idlivun description in Philippine Folk Literature:The Epics. Eugenio. 2001.

Idlivun Illustration by Florence Alcantara
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