Poet Lang Leav dedicates poem to #AlDub on Valentine's Day

Maine Mendoza, a long-time fan of Lang Leav, gets a special gift on Valentine's Day in the form of a poem dedicated to #AlDub

Rappler.com

Published 12:05 PM, February 14, 2016

Updated 6:32 PM, February 14, 2016

'STARS IN LOVE.' Bestselling poet Lang Leav dedicates a poem to AlDub on Valentine's Day, and in a way, grants long-time fan Maine Mendoza an overdue wish. This illustration that accompanied the poem seems to be even in the likeness of Maine. Screengrab from Facebook/Lang Leav

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATED) “We are stars that fell from glittering skies, to find each other here,” writes best-selling poet Lang Leav, granting Maine Mendoza’s long-standing wish, in a poem titled "Stars in Love." What better time to give this super special present than Valentine’s Day?

In the poem, Lang writes about the popular #AlDub tandem, as if they have been destined to be together "before light was measured in years."

Hello to my friends in the Philippines. Maine Mendoza asked me if I could write a poem for AlDub so I did. ❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day! xo Lang
Posted by Lang Leav on Saturday, 13 February 2016

A long-time fan of Lang, Maine Mendoza, known by her role as Yaya Dub in Eat Bulaga’s popular kalyeserye, was elated to find a poem dedicated to #AlDub among her Valentine’s Day gifts.

Omg this means a lot to me, thank you very much! Happy Valentines to you and @MichaelFaudet! ❤️ https://t.co/1GZg5OqN1x
— Maine Mendoza (@mainedcm) February 14, 2016

Lang Leav is a writer based in Australia who has amassed a following for her poetry – with bestselling books such as Love & Misadventure and Lullabies and Memories.

Hope you like it @mainedcm ❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day! #ALDUBisLove #ALDUBHappyValentines pic.twitter.com/Fx7AzkVPiZ
— Lang Leav (@langleav) February 14, 2016

Maine posted a photo of Lang Leav’s bestselling book Love & Misadventure given to her as a present more than two years ago.

Finally!!!! Thank you so much, @paragaspat!!

A photo posted by Maine Mendoza (@mainedcm) on Nov 14, 2013 at 9:39pm PST

Earlier, Lang hinted about the poem on Twitter:

I might write a piece for #ALDUBisLove if @mainedcm asked me ☺️ I think they are so cute together! https://t.co/E1KmUxmfi7
— Lang Leav (@langleav) February 12, 2016

Aldub is a portmanteau coined after Yaya Dub's (Maine Mendoza) tandem with Alden Richards on the long-running noontime show Eat Bulaga. The so-called kalyeserye, which airs on the program segment Juan for All, All for Juan, has broken the Internet – even pulling in a record of 41 million tweets in a sold-out live event, #AlDubEBTamangPanahon. – Rappler.com