Dear Makati, My City

Dear Makati, My City

by: Trixie F. Torralba

I hear you now at the break of dawn

Waking me up from a good night's yawn

Inviting me to your sweet, sweet solace

While the rest still slumbers with a quiet embrace

The break of dawn kisses my cheek

Plans for today, I still have to seek

Calling me now, to this day I must wake

Each footstep brings, a step closer to take

With billowing shadows of skyscrapers' tease

Hunching over, watching as they please

This, but a routine, a daily partake

I must cherish each moment, each word that I seek

Oh Makati, my dear dear city

'Tis but a clear and cold morning breeze

I savor each footstep I take in your CBD

It is but a good feel that you bring to me!

Alas, the morning starts hustling

And the people are coming

Dressed in black, brown, corporate and chic

This ends my day, my morning's retreat