Not Taking It Off

By: Ronel L. Alijado

He goes to a mall

To see its display

 Black and white clothes

He looks at them

But does not touch and hold

Their colors, designs, sizes, and scents

Not attractive nor ugly, not excessive nor dull

Not too big nor too small, not sweet nor foul

He does not buy

He has only one garment

It has all what he had looked for

It hates to shop

For what?

Is this what true love does?

He answers

“I am not taking it off”

      What a shirt!

Not taking it off