she can be water
GENTLE, or wine, SPIRITED
— here I am, THIRSTY

the cold wind whispers
there's nothing left for you here
so I struck a match

it started raining
so I put on my raincoat
and the sun said, SIKED!

searching for something
or someone, through train windows
that's when I was found

kung pagod ka na
'di kailangang umalis
— magpahinga ka

my head hurts so bad
tired of explaining myself
thought you'd understand

when you are driving
don't slow down when the light's green
do so when it's orange

yeah, I'm twenty-eight
next year I'll be twenty-nine
— nasa'n ka na ba?

endless summer day
hoping by the end of it
you'll come home to me

someone's calling me
I look around thinking — did
I forgot to pay?

I'm gravitated
like rain from a thundercloud
falling to the earth

high noon, I waited
for you at the torii
night came, you did not ⛩

don't ask me to stop
we've been loving, and hurting
so long, it's the same

flowers and dried leaves —
these GRAVESTONES neatly ALIGNED
  just like office desks
    and cars stuck in traffic jams
      and spreadsheets with empty cells

lights on or lights off —
does it really matter, when
either way we'll smash

I step to my right
approaching girl hesitates
she steps to her left

wrong sh_t all the time
a fish is caught in its mouth
I'M the f_cking fish

ghosts do not forget
— they haunt where it seems quite
just like past lovers

boy ran to the fields
his brother rose to meet him
finally, they're home

eight hours of sleep
eight to work and to hustle
eight to love yourself

the alarm goes off
I'm fighting a war in bed
it's against myself

you speak with your eyes
and love with your hands and mouth
can't help but listen

boy ran to the fields
and saw how big the sky is
brother didn't see

boy ran to the fields
and fell towards the big sky
brother longs for him

boy ran to the fields
his brother chased after him
they ran forever

summer sun, high noon
little boy tied to a tree
it's midnight, full moon

tonight I'm awake
so I can spend tomorrow
feeling so sleepy

can you trust me like
you trust gravity to pull
you back to the ground

restless, these long nights
looking for you in the stars
found you — I found rest

quickly does the road
get stained by the rain that fell
fast from somewhere else

the night — swift and loud
crying of the long day's sun
about the full moon

right hand seeks the lamp
left arm — numb with you in it
I wake up alone

bamboos sway and bend
in the moon's last summer light
we say our goodbyes
                                  門
                            ­      さ
                                  よ
                     ­             う
                                  な
              ­                    ら

talking in the dark
speaking only with our hands
I found warmth and light

inside the tunnel
the clown made you cry again
I promise not to

ᴵ the wind kissed your hair
just like sakura petals
I can't look away

ᴵᴵ sakuras fall five
centimeters per second
I'm falling faster

ᴵᴵᴵ you're a sakura
and I'm a cobblestone path
waiting for autumn

ᴵⱽ I left home armored
and soon I will be back home
as a sakura⠀

桜

leaves fall like ashes
touching the ground like tancho
flowers spring from it

you make the sun rise
so I look across the sea
the sun sets on me

perpendicular
short hand at 3, I waited
now there's just 1 hand

waves rush towards her
sand slipping between her toes
I am letting go