Reflection by the Fountain

Reflection by the Fountain

Dr Abe V Rotor

The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Manila,

on its quadri-centennial celebration (1611-2011)

It's a clear day, any ordinary day,

it's a Monday or a Friday;

it's time for writing, reading,

memorizing or just dreaming.

It's a place to be under the sun,

to catch the breeze before it's gone;

it's a birthplace of heroes, martyrs,

a place of laughter and tears.

It's time of the young in their hour,

like fruit and seed in their flower;

the old are done with their prime,

the essence of life and time.

And I, I see again myself here

as I had seen year after year,

on this mirror that turns pain

into a great, glorious fountain. ~