Who doesn't want to trend on social media?
Everyone wants their one minute of fame,
to have their opinions heard,
their photos liked,
their travels wow-ed,
their "achievements" lauded.
The goal is to have a life that your own friends
would troll your timeline to have,
a life that others would **** and steal,
slander and maim to live one minute of--
a #perfect life.
Is there no one who wants to live
for the sake of living anymore?
Mar 19, 2019
Mar 19, 2019 at 5:43 AM UTC
There are no words to describe
how much I hate you
when you hurt me.
You don't intend it;
it happens anyway.
And yet. And yet. And yet.
I love you with all that I am
even when you hurt me--
even when your darkness
attempts to engulf my light.
Because it is with you,
in you, around you,
in the darkness of the days
when I both hate and love you
That I shine.
*(c) emeraldine087
Mar 19, 2019
Mar 19, 2019 at 4:47 AM UTC
We are infinite
because our actions,
no matter how small,
create ripples through
eternity.
We are immortal
for we have the
heart that can love
without end.
We are invincible
because our spirit
has no constraints,
no boundaries,
no limits.
*(c) emeraldine087
Mar 19, 2019
Mar 19, 2019 at 3:58 AM UTC
Kung maaari lamang sana kita'ng
makita at makausap,
Yayakapin kita nang mahigpit at
magpapasalamat---
Salamat sa sakripisyo,
sa pagmamahal,
para sa iyo'ng pasensya at
paalala'ng walang pagal.
Alam ko'ng sandali lamang
tayo'ng nagkasama,
ngunit hanggang ngayon ang iyong
pagiging ina'y akin pa ri'ng dama.
Marami pa sanang gusto'ng
sabihin at iparamdam sa'yo;
Nasaan ka man, sana'y iyo
pa ri'ng natatanto:
Kung ano ma'ng mayroon ako,
ano ako at nasaan ako,
Aking Anghel, ay dahil at para sa'yo.
*(c) emeraldine087
Apr 13, 2018
Apr 13, 2018 at 2:25 AM UTC
What is the essence of a woman?
Many a beauty pageant have asked.
And which, countless have tried to define
through responses better than the last.
I am not wise, bold or old enough
to pretend to know the right answer.
But with enough imagination,
this does not have to stay a puzzle.
A woman’s essence is found in you
who’s strong-willed, kind, smart, and who inspires.
And also in me, who’s persistent,
who pursues, dreams and humbly aspires.
Together, we’re what ev’ry woman
once was, still is and always shall be…
I, who strives to leave lasting marks here,
And you, who will always inspire me.
(c) emeraldine087
Dec 5, 2017
Dec 5, 2017 at 11:11 PM UTC
In our fast-paced world, many things have become easier:
communication, information, food preparation, even study.
We have the internet, smart phones, tablets, emails,
Google, Wikipedia, fast food, and instant coffee.
But have we ever stopped to observe just how
things being easy make them seem more trivial, too?
For the things we’re after, we no longer know
how to sweat, sacrifice, aspire, wait, persist, endure…
Maybe it’s made us cease to dream as well
as everything is merely ****** upon us to take.
We have lost the values that only hard work, toiling
and fighting through insurmountable odds can make.
And even then we never seem to have enough of what we desire,
not enough sleep, time, knowledge, money, or power;
We find no contentment in what we already possess
as our seconds, minutes and days are spent wanting more.
Perhaps we need to re-examine where we’re heading,
take instruction from the numerous generations past.
That it is only that which we strive for, that which we cherish
with all our hearts and everything we have, that can last.
*(c) emeraldine087
Jul 17, 2017
Jul 17, 2017 at 2:43 AM UTC
I have never been in love before.
Perhaps I was afraid of what it would mean.
Or maybe I dreaded what it could turn me into.
Maybe I was daunted by the near-misses I've seen.
Or wary that what the others say about love was true.
But I know I am in love with you.
And I know it'll hurt when we can't make it last.
I will surely grieve -- ache and mourn, hate and yearn.
I will curse you, this wretched feeling and our past;
But 'til then, know that for this love, I will gladly burn.
*(c) emeraldine087
Jun 29, 2017
Jun 29, 2017 at 3:28 AM UTC
Nagsisimula na namang lumamig
ang dampi ng hangin sa aking pisngi,
Parating na ang panahon ng Kapaskuhan
na taun-taong ating hinihintay at tinatangi.
Palagi ko’ng hinihintay ang Disyembre
para sa kasiyahang dala ng Pasko,
Ngunit sa isang banda ri’y
pinangangambahan ko ito.
Dahil tuwing Pasko ay may kakambal na lungkot din
ako’ng nadarama sapagkat naiisip kita,
At natatandaan ko pa ang mga huling sinabi natin
sa isa’t isa nang huli tayong magkita.
Pinaghaharian tayo ng poot at panunumbat noon
kaya’t nabalot ng pait ang ating mga salita;
hindi natin napagtanto na minsan isang kahapon
marubdob nati’ng minahal ang isa’t isa.
At hindi ko mapagtanto kung bakit
tuwing magpa-Pasko, ito ang aking naaalala—
Marahil sa aking kaluluwa’y may panghihinayang pa rin
na ang malamig na hangin ang siyang nagpupunla.
(c) emeraldine087
Nov 27, 2016
Nov 27, 2016 at 10:43 PM UTC
When you had to go, I sorely regretted
every word I didn't say,
all the things I didn't do,
the debt of gratitude I didn't pay.
The years have been long and trying
and I miss you every day;
still I don't have the answer to
the question: "why couldn't you stay?"
When you left, I promised to achieve
all our plans and dreams, come what may,
and for the most part, I believe
I've fulfilled the vow that I made.
But I always think about what things
would've been like if you'd been here
to guide me, spur me on,
scold me or waylay all of my fears.
Then I realize that you are here
in every dream I live or trial I get through
for you taught me everything you could
and you always said I was the best of you.
So, really, I don't have to miss you every day,
yet I know in my heart I'll always do.
(c) emeraldine087
Sep 24, 2016
Sep 24, 2016 at 9:46 PM UTC
We are two tiny pinpricks,
burning in a galaxy so vast,
without a clue as to how long
our fires are meant to last.
You are unknown to me,
just as I am nameless for you.
Light years apart, each with our
unique sparkle and hue.
Yet to someone so faraway,
looking up towards space,
We belong together, each in
our rightful, perfect place.
(c) emeraldine087
Sep 8, 2016
Sep 8, 2016 at 3:42 AM UTC