Arbin Tabao

WITNESS

I did not hear. Nothing
No knock. No scream
No struggle, shot and agony
Did not hear her fall
The thunder that have passed
Name she called out
Something to tell me
I did not hear. Silence

An old film. I saw
Her knock. Her horror
Her struggle. Gun. Death
Saw her fall. Lips mouthing
Her fading eyes on me. Silver
Danced across her throat
As fast as he's gone
I saw everything. Dark, merciless

Arbin L. Tabao is 19 years of age and at present is a fourth year Chemical Engineering student at Eastern Visayas State University here in the Philippines. He states, " I write whenever hei've got nothing productive to do and also when i'm bored out of my mind i just grab a pen and just write about everything."