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Nakulob na ata ako
Anong silbi ng mga patlang at espasyo?
Nagagalit tayo sa tono ng pangungusap
Ngunit kung may kuwit nama'y
Magtataka tayo bakit may paghinto --
Baka kasunod na'y pagkitil ng talata.

Hindi natin alam ang takbo --
Kung saan hihinto ang nasimulan na.
Pero nakikipagsabayan pa rin tayo.
Hindi natin alam ang takbo
Eh baka naman kinaligtaan lang talaga
Tapos, nakaalis na pala
Tapos, tapos na pala.

Bibigyan kita ng blangkong papel
Di para dungisan mo ng tinta
Di para guhitan mo ng sari't saring parirala
Hayaan **** magkusa ito
Na parang pagpipinta sa napakalawak na pader
Na parang wala kang nais gawin
Kundi maging isang malayang sining at katha.

Hindi sya makasarili
Pero mabubuhay siya nang kanya.


I'll plant a kiss in your lips,
So that a smile will grow in it,
Then its roots will reach into your heart and soul,
And that love will be its fruit.


© Earl Jane
♥ E.J.C.S.
For Brandon ❤❤



***. Lol. I didn't realize this became the daily poem ON MY BIRTHDAY. Hahaha.. Lots stuff are happening today and I am really happy. Thank you everyone
030317

Oo, totoo --
Hindi mo na kailangang ipagsigawang mahal mo ako,
Na aakyat pa sa tuktok ng bundok
Para isigaw ang pangalan ko,
At doo'y ihayag ang nilalaman
Ng damdaming nagsisidhi,
Sapat na sa akin ang ibulong mo ang mga salitang ‘yan.

Mahal kita --
Sabi nila, lahat ng panimula ay may pangwakas
Pero hindi ko mahagilap sa anumang libro
Kung may katapusan nga ba ang mga salitang yan.

Sa bawat letrang namumutawi sa aking bibig,
Hindi ko alam kung matatapos ba
Ang pagkatha ng puso ng sarili nitong lenggwahe ng "mahal kita"
Pagkat hindi ito isang antigong alahas
Na susuotin lamang sa mga piling okasyon,
Pagkatapos ay itatago sa kahon,
At kakainin ng alikabok sa lilipas na mga taon.

Sabi sa kanta,
"Walang sagot sa tanong kung bakit ka mahalaga"
Pero ang sabi ko nama'y
Tirik man ang araw sa pagtawa
O kulimlim man ang gabi sa pag-iyak,
Hindi ako mauubusan ng dahilan
Para mas mahalin ka pa.
Mahal, kaya ka pala mahalaga
At kaya pala mahalaga --
Ngayon, ngayo'y alam mo na.

Kukunin ko ang mga agiw
Sayong mga lumang gunita,
Pilit kong wawasakin ang mga pader
Na hindi akmang pumagitna sa'ting dal'wa.

Sa paulit-ulit **** pagsambit,
Noo'y natakot akong maglaho ang halaga nito
Natakot akong bawiin ng bukas ang bawat sinasambit mo
Pero ngayon, mas pinili ko nang masanay --
Masanay sa bawat pagbigkas mo
Kahit pa sabi ko noo'y ayoko
Kahit pa gusto kong itanggi
Kahit pa gusto kong limutin.

Pero oo, sapat na sakin ang tiwala mo
Sapat na sakin ang pag-intindi mo
Minsa'y di ko maintindihan sa telepono,
Minsa'y di ko malinaw sa pandinig ko
Pero alam ng puso ko:
Narinig ko.

Sa mga kamaliang pilit nating binabayo,
Mga pagkukulang na pilit nating pinupunan,
At sa mga araw na kahit luha ang nalalasap,
Doon ko nakitang kaya pala --
Kaya pala nating magpatuloy
Sa paghawak sa kamay ng bawat isa
At kahit pa malayo sa isa't isa'y
Ikaw at ikaw pa rin ang pagsinta.

Minsan di'y nagtanong ako,
Ba't hindi ka na lang naunang masilayan ang mundo?
Bakit kailangang hintayin pa kita?
Bakit kailangang masaktan muna bago matugunan ang pagmamahal?
Ba't nga ba minamahal kita?

Mapupuno ako ng bakit
Pero itatapon ko ang mga ito,
Ayoko nang malunod sa pangambang
Paggising ko'y baka muli ka na namang maglaho
O baka malimot ng isa sa atin
Ang iniingatang "mahal kita"
Tatalon ako sa walang kasiguraduhan
Tatalon ako --
Oo, alam kong nahuhulog ako
Nahuhulog sa walang katapusang
"Mahal kita."

Hindi ko gamay ang misteryo nito
Hindi ko mabatid ang mga nakasulat,
Mga nakalimbag sa bawat pahina ng aking isip:
Pero ililibot kita,
Sa aking nakaraan,
Sa aking ngayon
At sa aking bukas --
Pagkat hindi tayo nabigo
Ayokong biguin ka.

Kailanman hindi mabubura,
Hindi maglalaho
Para sa nag-iisang ikaw.
Sana magkusa ang araw sa pagbangon,
At bukas makalawa'y maririnig ko na
Ang hinihintay kong "Mahal kita."
030317

When you choose to, you can never undo it
When you're hurt, it becomes part of your history
When you rise, love must be reborn.
Confession.
I miss you.

The first thing I professed
was not the warm feeling I had whenever I saw her
Nor was it that it was I who had sent her flowers
And signed it
"your admirer”


The first thing I admitted
Was my fear
That everything I touched
broke

I remember what you did,
Just like it was yesterday.

Your eyes brimmed with tears,
And you smiled a sad smile.
I smiled back.
-
The first time we were together
It was at your house
You showed me your dearly loved piano
And played me my favorite song
“Clair de Lune”

Wringing the keys dry of passion
I remember thinking
If I poured my soul out like you had
Maybe,
Just maybe,
you’d fall for me.

You showed me
The spines of books you read countlessly
Finger fluttering over every title,
Tracing each word
Like I would your stomach
Each night you spent in my bed
You told me that I
“was like the ocean.”
I didn’t know what that meant at the time.
-
Moon
Moon moon moon moon
The word I engraved in your ribs
every time I touched you.
Moon
My moon.
My lovely moon with sky blue eyes,
That never stopped moving.

I wish you could stare at me like I had you
Maybe you could have seen
That every moment I spent
My gaze was on yours.
But perhaps it was better that way.

-

I was bitter.
You told me not to be.
and so I wasn’t

-

Christmas Eve I came over for dinner
And I bought your mother chocolates
In hopes she would learn to savor you
Like the box she held in her hand.

I never told you how jealous I was
That you had your mother
Despite her flaws


That night I saw you cry for the first time.
When I held you in my arms
You shook because of your father.
You asked me why god would do this to you.

I had no answer
Other than
“I don’t know.”

I should’ve told you
How I had wished I was in your place
That I would take the pain for you.
But I didn’t.
I know you never would have wanted it that way.
-
When your birthday came
I gave you a jadestone bracelet I had crafted myself
I did not tell you the time I took,
Or what it had cost.
I had hoped you would treasure it
Like I to you.
-
A month ago I saw my loving jade
On your best friend’s wrist.

I did not tell you how much that had hurt.
-
You gravitated towards him
And grew closer with others
I drifted
Oh like the sea
-
That March I went to California to see my ma.
I don’t recall if I told you
That every night
I watched that sun sink into the coast.
And it reminded me
The way your hand held mine.

When I came back you spoke of nothing but sadness
I tried endlessly
To tie a knot in that poison-filled vein.
But the sickness spread.
I wish I could’ve been your cure.

You were sand slipping between my fingers
And I did not know how to tell you
That my waves had lost purpose
If there was no shore.
Come Back
-

“Captain O’ Captain,
The eye of the sea
Was the bottom of her heart.”


-
Summer had come
We had spent one tired night watching fields of fireflies
At 1:49 am

I couldn’t find words
To tell you my heart had danced
Like every one of those little lights
When someone even breathed your name.
I wish I had
Summer had gone

-

When fall had struck
You left me.

-

My thoughts clammered in disbelief

You told me it was because it was you and not me.
Just some sort of cliché I suppose.
-
Months later when I asked
You said it was because you thought I had feelings for another.
How foolish I was for letting you believe that
For even a second.

I should have told you
Your soul had sunk a hole in my chest
that beated to the sound of your voice.


My heart sang a sick melody*
-
Two years have past
Last week you told me you left
Because you didn’t feel loved.
You never saw the way my eyes traced up and down your body
but always pulled back to your face

I remember what you did,
Just like it was yesterday.
-
When I confessed
You kissed every one of my fingertips,
And said that you did
so that everything I touched
would feel loved.

Oh, how I wish those words were true.
My Captain O' Captain,
I know not where the moon dips from the sky,
Nor where she sunk in the sapphire sea.
Some call it bi-polar
I prefer manic-depression
It fits us better with adequate expression
We live our life in swooping loops
We strive at our peak then it droops
And the doleful drudge is destitute
Until all progress stops and stoops
To a halt, face down in mud and roots

And then we rise
Called back to life by a guiding light held deep inside
Sorely self-aware, we work until we burst
Droll desperation, at our best when at our worst
"Wow you got your **** together you lost and soulless ruffian."
Then we hit our peak and it all starts back up again
To call you
is to see you
That you’ll knock
on my door
then undress me
to the bedroom floor

To touch you
is to feel you
As you lay your fingers
on my skin
so gently
it makes my head spin

To kiss you
is to taste you
Kiss me through the night
and let you
hold me tight

To taste you
is to lick you
You kiss me fiercely
as I close my eyes
and lick the gap
between my thighs

To lick you
is to pleasure you
As you continue
to flick your tongue
Hear me moan
like a song unsung

To pleasure you
is to please you
*But you’ll just spend the night
in my bed
and leave me there
when you go ahead

— The End —