Chapter 7 : EVEN WINE GETS DRUNK

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I loved you once and still I do,

but I have done a great mistake;

your scents have gone as well's the dew,

I was now like a swanless lake.

Each sip of wine's a memory,

I couldn't help but cry;

each bitter sting that rule my tongue,

I'm always asking "why?".

My Princess, oh, where is your Prince?

here he is, sad and alone;

if only I have all the means,

the distance should have not been born.

I’m standing now stooping low,

ashamed of all that I have done;

I hope a chance will do a tow,

so that my hope will not be gone.

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(A Prince’s Sorrow)

---Arnel T. Lanorio---

Samantala, doon sa munti nilang dampa sa Laguna, kagaya ng nakagawian na niya mula nang hindi matupad ang isang pangako sa asawa, pag-inom na naman ng alak ang inaatupag ni Enrico. Malaki na ang ibinagsak ng pangangatawan niya dahil sa labis na pag-iintindi sa mga problemang binabalikat na lang mag-isa sa buhay sim