Ondoy: Sta. Ana

THIS, TOO, WILL PASS

By: Grace Noll Cowell

This, too, will pass

O heart, say it over and over

Out of your deepest sorrow

Out of your deepest grief

No hurt can last forever

Perhaps tomorrow will bring relief

This, too, will pass

It will spend itself

Its fury will die

As the wind dies down

with the setting sun

Assuaged and calm

You will rest again

Forgetting a thing that is done

Repeat it again and again

O heart, for your comfort

This, too, will pass

As surely as passed before

The old forgotten pain

And the other sorrows that once you bore

As certain as stars at night

Or dawn after darkness

Inherent as the lift of the blowing grass

Whatever your despair

Or your frustrations

This, too, will pass.

Note:

My classmate in high school was among those crowds. Their house was totally submerged by the flood. She was teary-eyed when I shook her hand.

(RPLAI Feeding Program, Brgy. Sta. Ana, San Mateo Rizal)