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And He said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.

Because of this, I am pleased in my infirmity: in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am powerful.

I have become foolish; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you. For I have been nothing less than those who claim to be above the measure of Apostles, even though I am nothing.

For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury.

Behold, this is the third time I have prepared to come to you, and yet I will not be a burden to you. For I am seeking not the things that are yours, but you yourselves. And neither should the children store up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

And so, very willingly, I will spend and exhaust myself for the sake of your souls, loving you more, while being loved less.

My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.
On this earth, nonetheless to desire
A love unequal to the moon and the stars
And dreams which descend upon me in the night
Lift me to the Heavens and bring me before God
Intense pain, bitterness, sleeplessness and sighs,
Sickness, moans, Lamentations and sorrows,
Incessant tears, food and the strength of sorrow,
Fate destined me, yes, you turned against me, and deafness unto me, O Heaven!

I would prefer Death which is far more sweet;
Embrace it
O! My suffering soul,
Express your desire, show your tangled hair,
Call for the Beauty, the Beauty most cruel.

Someone came with a broken wing;
I thought it was Death and I fell...
Yet it was not Death who came to succor me, nor was it Love, The Beauty,
Who I adore,
But was Hope itself smiling full of joy!

**** me now for I am none
And Death itself would find to hide its head
And dear sorrow brings to lament upon my death
Goodbye, love...farewell
My Mother do not worry...

In my heart
Is a song that builds
A silent church
Lighted by stout arms
Of candles,
In my lips is a bell that spreads
All the sounds of love.

Reaching beyond the heavens;
In my eyes is a star chipped from
The halo of sun
And embedded as diamond on that queenly
Brow; in my veins are chords that hum a thousands melodies in awaited
Moments; in my breath is fragrant as the flowers veiling your absence.

A butterfly to these sighing leaves;
In my fingers in touch,
Spread out to revered doubts in chamber
Of approaching darkness, sun, rain, wind
And bird are one
Earth and moistened seeds
From my fragrant soul;
All worldly gifts have I
If only you're here beside me,
My beloved, jewel and part of my poetic gifts.

My Mother do not worry...I am still here with you.
Miss na miss na kita
Ang aking minamahal
Nang parang ito'y sugat
Basag na salamin sa sa aking paa

Nang nawawala ka
Ay dinulot ng tuwa
Kalungkutan, mabigat na bulsa
At notebook na puno ng tula at minsan pera

Noon ubos ang pera sa aking bulsa
Piso, rosaryo, medalyo at picture mo
Ngunit ngayon ay idinulot mo ang sakit sa bewang
Parang may UTI o palo ang iyong dala

Bulsa, pantalon at zipper
Kinalimutan mo na ba?
Kung gaano katagal na tayo magkasama?
O minamahal ano pa ba?

Mamatay lang ako huwag lang mahulog ang aking pantalon
Buhat ang labing limang taon ng pagsasama
Sinturon, nasaan ka na?

(DEDICATED SA AKING ITIM NA SINTURON)

MAY YOU REST IN PEACE KAHIT SAAN KA MAN
I was quiet
And found that she left me with sorrow
And that of lamentations bring
And that smiles that even bring sorrow that even now would not even     show its head

I cried for her dear face that it may shine
And grace that succored my time has vanished
Into atoms and the particles that float in eternal space
These no more

I was alone and that which saw to my own doing
Killed my heart and shattered my soul
And found nothing to ponder upon but myself
And that sadness left me alone forever

And now rosas and sampaguitas bloom in the garden
For I am the unworthy soil beneath such beauty
Left untouched and now exists as it was
THORNS
Consummatum Est. Amor Mortis.
Requiem in pacis, Lara.
You cannot judge me, dear fellow
For I was and am to be
Like the moon, stars and sun in the meadow
Here in the great world of dreams.

Yet when I slept, I saw Him beside me
When I had awaken, I was alone
And when I had died no more

Ego sum dominus fati mei...
*Ego sum dominus anima et fati mei...

— The End —