You brought me flowers
But what does it mean?
I can ponder for hours
But I still want you to leave

And this wine is my favorite
I'm surprised you remembered,
I don't know what you expect of it
The man I once loved, you almost resembled

But you haven't been him for a long while
And I know you'll never be him again
Sure, these gestures make me smile
But to say I still love you would be pretend

Little bits
A Lego, a crayon
The small reminders
Of how I let you down

You'll never read this.
That's what makes it
so easy to write.

Count your fingers, count

the little raindrops and wait --


if love is coming?

Shadows of summer
Leave a mark upon my heart
As they grow longer

Tama nga sila
na sa simula lang masaya,

Kasi simula nung nakilala kita,
lagi na akong masaya.

Akala ko ako'y kanyang pahinga,

Pero yun pala,

Isa ako sa mga bagaheng pinapasan nya.

some
float
up

slowly

the wind taking his hair
the wind blowing through him
skin and bone
the wind whistling through his teeth

some ride into the abyss

some are bounded
to cling to the earth,
rock and soil

some hang on to the edge

some ride the wild wind
into the Abyss

some see the river and fish

some rise up
when the lonely one asks for the them

does the abyss wait for you,
or did an angel come for you, brother

and if the earth is but a grain of sand
in the vastness of all the grains of sand
on all the beaches of an unfolding soul
drifting into the ripples of time,

I need to know, Lord?

the box

my brother on the dining room table.
ashes and memories.

Afraid to let go
I still remember falling
From your arms before

Fed by summer heat
The foolish spring garden grew
far beyond its plot
So frightening its bounty
the harvest rots on the vine