Messages Hum in the Mouths of Angels
by Yvette Prada Rejuso
I. First Day
Sent at 10:40 PM
“I need not know what fear is,
Without the scent of the rose,
The filament of bewitching passion,
And the gentle honey brown of your eyes fixated on me.
I fear none
But the absence of your presence.
Dearest, I cannot claim this desperate need alone.”
Such extreme emotion…
It seeks thirst and heat
Oh, how I wish to feel the happiness
In loving someone.
I have the patience of a raging sea
Yet my gazes bear the weight of longing
If the sun, moon, and sky consent
I have my hands drawn to his lips
Time will dissolve
Into the fraction of a kiss
Love is a road of agony;
It is but tortured ecstasy
And you cannot bear
Consciously knowing,
it can all be tossed aside.
You could weep and weep,
And yearn for empty skies.
Just to feel the kiss in the harshest light
The devotion of another soul meant to diverge
Of bygone days,
I adore women that
present themselves in writing
No barrier seizes the delicate words
Sharing the pleasure of madness.
“The breath of your heart,
Reached the depth of mine too.
Fear not and fear none, I am yearning too.”
Received at 10:42 PM
II. Second Day
Sent at 9:34 AM
“Ephemerality is a concept
I want to touch,
To exist briefly, would my soul ask for more or
Knowingly place myself in a room
To stretch myself
And be taken for granted?”
It’s a unique beauty, here and now
The intentional fracture and ambiguity of ideas
Just one day to breathe…
To cradle what I am,
Perhaps buy your own receptacle
I desire something cooler,
A soft white stillness
Listen, the heart shall wonder,
She will seek a sultry and affable companion
The sensation, it’s exhilarating!
Whether you find something to circulate your life,
You shall not be excused,
Unheard, and unmanned.
The dear image of her thoughts
Both wrap and detest despair,
I see the brief flame of her existence!
Forget not, the descent of the sorrow
Her body was crying,
Cradling nothing except wanton death
We heard the prayers for her
Her mother, friends, and the house sparrows
That heard the barrenness of her air
Her feet will drag dust
Like everyone else
And her body will be taken away
Only if and only if…
She had the chance to know
Her body as her own.
III. Third Day
Received at 7:55 PM
“This portrayal of rich polyglot
Splits my tongue in two.
One must assimilate or pursue, right?”
No further chance, cadence fails!
I detest standing inside unresolved hybrids of thought
Such heights make your wings useless
Complexity becomes gravity,
Let earth flatten diversity
Or let the weight of thought challenge you woman
Time does not walk beside mortals.
And she’ll perish, perish greatly
Mistaken for depth.
She talks about her French friend
Revolutionary thoughts,
Full of spirits.
It is…interesting.
It can help her get through an awful night
It won’t overwhelm reality
Mind unbound,
Towering mountains with distinct characters
From above,
Let clouds strike the ground,
Their faith briefly adorned
Yes, in his light,
She will be forever honored.
“I am pleased to hear this.
We ought to chase complex variables
That live among us.
Truly…it gave space in my mind”
Sent at 8:01 PM
IV. Fourth Day
Sent at 7:40 AM
“My obsession with cinema is real.
Of all the things that don’t change,
You are drawn to the serious aesthetic experience
It’s luxury, and art
In its chaotic splendor.
Miss not the Victorian rivals!”
I fear this is a poetical habit
Such qualities
Like a meteor whispering to heavenly maidens
Remember Yorkshire;
The short silent motion picture
Four people, walking, and laughing
Magnificent! Hueless but crucial breakthrough
And through single-lens camera, outstanding!
When the first core premise is secluded
The pristine forest, the changing seasons
Featuring minimal dialogue
And the painting like cinematography
A treasure, constant and luminous
Paranoia in films
Simply sensationally revolting
Anna Karenina’s friction, ambition, isolation,
And the deteriorating mental state
How brave!
A psychological tapestry of folly.
Words alone seek motion
We above, cushion the rise
Of this magnificent erudition
Impure, and exploitation, however…
Shall not leave a strand of hair or echo of his thumb
At the fore of His presence
The being shall know of death estranged by mercy
The same soul that intervenes the lenience of heaven
“Jackman and Bale,
And the amalgamation of death and magic!
Off we go to London.”
Received at 7:52 AM
V. Fifth Day
Received at 2:46 PM
“My sweet Elie, the heavens have taken something
Beyond the city that we respect,
Where balmy sweet beams of light loved her skin
Bearing memories of a thousand-year-old tree…
She looked up in perfect tranquility at the wanning crescent
She was never done
But today, she had fallen unfearingly cold
The bluebells mourned the change of wind
And last night was the darkest evening of the year.
My dearest, come home…
Your mother needs you.”
No…
(The word was screeching,
Gasping to be filled.)
Seen at 2: 48 PM
“Great Aunt, to fathom the sweetest floweret
Have lost its petals
Even carefully watered
The boat we sailed with is truly unfair.
My heart wails for her hands
And its heavy…just heavy
Tomorrow, I shall seek for your shadow.”
Sent at 3:01 PM
About the Author
At twenty-one, Filipino author Yvette Prado Rejuso is an English major at Aklan Catholic College from Malay, Aklan, Philippines and a BREW Poetry Award winner. Her writing explores grief and memory, inspired by icons like Lang Leav, Virginia Woolf, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. A dedicated advocate, Yvette uses literature to champion social change, feminist theory, and environmental sustainability.