Lahar

Lahar

Dr Abe V Rotor

Bacolor Church, Pampanga partly submerged with lahar 

flow from the eruption of Mt Pinatubo, in 1991.  

Photo taken by the author, circa 1993.

With agility and art of the boa,

you bury everything in its tomb -

even the winged or the sacred,

for you were born from anger,

a genie without a master.

When you entered the church you fell

on your knees like Attila before the arch,

regretting Cagsawa but not Clark.

If you are true to your race and faith,

stop, stop right now on your path, ~

- AV Rotor, Light in the Woods 1995, Megabooks