The night was dark, for the moon was young
And the stars were asleep and rare;
The clouds were thick, yet Youth went out
To see his Maiden fair.
***
'Ballad of a Mother's Heart?'
Lilith thought, as she felt that she was half-asleep, half-awake. She heard Amon's voice, reading the poem aloud beside her.
Lilith for some reason, didn't want to wake, for she thinks that maybe Amon is reading to her, and waking up now would feel somehow awkward.
***
"Dear One," he pleaded as he knelt
Before her feet, in tears,
"My love is true; why have you kept
Me waiting all these years?"
***
Lilith felt calm, hearing Amon's voice this way. With a smile creeping on her face as her eyes were still closed, she continued listening to him, already knowing the poem "Ballad of a Mother's Heart" written by Jose La Villa Tierra, a Filipino author.
***
The maiden looked at him unmoved,
