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Holding Out
Holding Out
Jinelle Anne P. Olit
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Hexagon III: Labbaga Student Entry If I am not looking back On my mind To avoid To kill Your glances These dreams of mine In your dimmed seat That I attempt to reach Glimpsing sideways Am I not listening? To catch A sight of me If I am holding back In my moonlit seat To veil Am I not looking? My selfish dreams To run and hide If I am passive in listening And not to feel To revert To deny Those words that you're saying What I really desire In disguised declarations Yet aching anyway That keeps on replaying Am I not holding out? 36
