leonor rivera

i never really knew her
so i searched
her, him and him & her
then i read what she did
what she did to the letters that Rizal gave her
they say she burned them
hem the ashes to her wedding gown
or her burial gown
as a reminder of a love that can't be
tricked to marry a man
who's a stranger to her heart
mother of two
died young
i paused
overwhelmed by her story
then sadness
they said she was his great love
so the question is, to be or not to be leonor rivera?
i choose. . .