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People come and go
Moving away
To new places
Looking for conformity

I am here
Allured by the sweet scent
Of sampaguita

On this mountain
Of tranquility

And like the tender
Flowers of Dove Orchids

Clinging to
The barks tenaciously

I have decided
To stay.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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