They are both orange or gingers, as in my dreams
both crazy and funny, like you and me
and in our faces, in the morning, they won't scream.

In the apartment we'll never split rent together,
between the rooms we'll never kiss in
the kitchen we'll never cook in, not for each other.

The litter boxes we won't take turns to clean
the food bowls we won't refill, like you and I never did
wiping mirrors until they glisten and gleam
and looking back now, it's a relief indeed

The bills we won't compute, pay and solve,
the fights that we'll never have.
I find comfort in our inexistent marital issues
and the divorce that we'll never have to encounter.

I used to read your poems
but lately you don't write
you're silent and aloof
you know that isn't right.
You can't close a door once opened
you can't abolish all your dreams
you're a poet of the heart
mustn't fall apart at the seams.
Say what you can in words
they speak the message true
spoken from the heart
the poems will see you through.
A hermit's not your style
a recluse, you are not
never give up writing
of things that you've been taught.
I used to read your poems
I'd read them once again
if you would send them out
(this one's from a poet friend)

If there were prizes
For not winning any prizes,
I would have all of them.

I will wake
very soon or later
blue in the water or sky
sleep in downy feathers
plummet, I fall or fly
what is real, speak and feel
awaken from sleep
now the time
before
I die.

I want your touch
Your laugh
Your love
Your hug

I want your soul
Your eyes
Your skin
Your grin

I want your kiss
Your breath
Your lips
Your hips

I want your worst
Your hurts
Your tears
Your fears

I want your anger
Your discomfort
Your bad
Your sad

I want your stress
Your dismay
Your sick
Your ticks

And most of all
I want all of you
Here.

Matagal-tagal na rin
simula nang magkasama tayo sa upuang ito,
nagkukwentuhan sa mga bagay-bagay
na mas lalong nagpalapit sa akin sa'yo.

Mas nakilala natin ang bawat isa
at mas lumubo ang ating pagkakaibigan,
at dahil sa mga pagsubok
ay mas lalo pang tumibay ang ating samahan.

Minsan ma'y di ako kumikibo
at kung minsan ma'y di ako nagsasalita,
pero di mo lang alam na sa puso ko
ay minamahal na kita.

Madalas man ako'y dumidistansya
at kung minsan nakaupo na nga ako sa dulo,
ngunit sana'y mapatawad, ganito talaga ako e,
nandito lang naman ako palagi sa tabi mo.

Matagal-tagal na rin
simula nang nakasama kita sa upuang ito,
naghihintay sa pagkakataong makitang muli
ang iyong matatamis na mga ngiti.

Teka lang!
Maiba nga,
yung mga paa ko nangangalay na...


Pwede bang tayo na?

In my attempt to be clever and witty I have written you a poem.
For you to read and pick apart.
It will start with a catchy title that will then bring you to the opening sentence.
In my attempt to be clever and witty I have written you a poem.
If this poem catches your eye,
you will read Michelle Rose
to figure out worthiness of a follow or a like.
If this is uninteresting you won’t even bother to finish reading.
It will end with a clever remark that could be considered sarcasm,
just as the rest of the poem could have been.
You will then wonder to yourself, why did I just read that,
and what the hell is that second to last stanza supposed to mean?
Or maybe you won’t do any of this because you’re a normal person.
Did I just call you abnormal?

Sometimes I like to read in the dark too…

a clever remark that could be considered sarcasm,
Just as the rest of the poem could have been.