To our beloved Brod Dony Joaquin’57, a Titan:
sitting full lotus
on the proverbial
himalayan mountain ledge
mudra and eyes
straight across the
crimson horizon
once more
for another setting
of the day
shimmering a haze
of a bluish universe
beyond
and yet still far
beyond in space
dark streaks
seemingly coming forward
but remain still
a black mysterious
sequins mirage
an image perceived
in solitude with the sun
day in day out now
in full focus
ah our world
our sun star
its planets of gases
of rocks
mysterious
spinning nonchalantly
eons and eons
from the chaos
big bang
like a rush hour moment
in big asphalt gardens
of the world
galaxies
running like a thief
with a precious haul
our milkyway
like a screaming newborn
just flying
and spinning
not knowing where to go
just straight out to
nowhere with precious
paradise earth
yet our mortal selves
in the tiny grain world
we live in we go around
unperturbed by the
frenzy of the outer space
the speed of light life
of the universes
the einsteins space
and time
we seemed to have
found a niche
on planet earth
focused on our
dreams our happiness
our loves adventures
our own universes
our families
matters not if only
for a slice
of a moment’s time
in space infinite
our paradise home
eons caught flitting
clustered
in the cold space
warm by a star
far away in the horizon
our father sun
the purveyor of life
now aged
itself is slowly dying
like my old
faithful friend
my aging body
slowly bidding me
goodbye
smiling it’s last smiles
like the sun sharing
the last magnificent
gift of life
my body and I
the last sunsets
we will see
in our solitude
on the sacred ledge
of the himalayas
the sun also dies
and comments from our brods...
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Beautiful poem Brod. Very fitting you posted it today when we learned of Dony’s passing. Yes Brod, the sun also dies.
A giant shadow
He cast amongst all of us
Titan forever
Passing on he leaves a void
Ache in our collective hearts
from Francisco Potato
Great poem brod Nelson. A timely tribute to our brod Dony.
Brod Dony. One of my closest ones. Sail on and we’ll meet again. Condolences to the family.
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*Brod Dony Joaquin’57*
ReplyDeleteWe will all miss Brod Dony Joaquin’57. A humble Titan Tau Alphan. So many smiling encounters I had with him laughters as well. Some silly jokes. When I told him I read a couple of Nick Joaquin’s books
(…Two Navels, Portrait of the Artist…) he laughed saying “lucky you…I have not”.
That’s him our dear Brother Dony. Good nature demeanor he carried a certain air of a very confident comfortable in his own skin personality that he’d ask question in a manner you’d also feel comfortable with him. He had nothing to prove to others. He respected his own good values and virtues. A family and community man extraordinaire he was my impression of him.
So one day he approached me and inquired about some architectural related item, about safety issues governing the design of a corridor/passage way in a condominium environment. He said he wanted to enhance the character of the corridors in his condominium and suggest to the residents in his condominium to liven them up by introducing planters in the corridors. Long story short I told him that certain safety code requirements have to be met such as clearance dimensions for emergency exits. He went to work took dimensions and sent me photos. Code wise the distances were met and he had the planters put in.
So many little things and ideas from quiet conversations with him impacted our lives as Tau Alphans. Yes we will all miss him our dear Brod Dony.