Vaampyrae

Vaampyrae Jul 2020

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the silence is louder than we think
try our best to avoid it
it listens
just waiting to be heard
at the very last moment

embrace it
‘til it becomes a comforting tune

to know that one day
we’ll get there

there is no escape
from the
silence.

embrace the silence up ahead, but do not let it deafen you.

Vaampyrae Jul 2020

Who am I?

I am who I make myself to be, and nothing else.
The strange voices tell me otherwise,
but I know that they're not real -
they never have.

No one is born liking themselves,
nor is anyone born hating themselves either.

I understand this better now.

I am.

#schooloflife #inspired #selflove #philosophy #selfidentity

Vaampyrae Jul 2020

Marriage

The person I have to marry before anyone else -
is myself
"To love and to hold"
"In sickness and in health"
'Til death do us part"
All of these are concepts that come short
If we do not learn to love ourselves completely

We cannot give what we do not have
We only yearn to have what we cannot give
We always fail to realize that the love
We've been looking for was right there all along
Inside us
Waiting for the oath it needed to hear long ago —

"Today, I forgive myself
Today, I trust myself
Today, I accept myself no matter what
And I'll never ever leave myself alone,
'Til my very last breath.

This, my solemn vow."

I'm learning to love myself better than ever
And though I fall, I shall try all over again
And remind myself as much as I have to
Until it becomes real.

Love is really a journey you take with yourself -
You just need to be brave enough to see it.

Inspired by a Ted-Ed talk by Tracy McMillan.

"We are beginners at truly loving ourselves."
- Reese Lansangan

#selflove

Vaampyrae Jul 2020

A book I hold close to my heart (sonnet)

A story none may mention years from now
But a story that has left its true mark —
The story we continue to take part
One we have made possible, you and I
Two weird specks unexpectedly collide
All possibilities, this one we choose
A beautiful chapter begins with you
As co-authors, this pen I shall entrust
To hold and keep safe, 'til we turn to dust
Whatever reality brings, I know
This love will overcome all the sorrow
No matter what kind of moments we'll spend
Every day’s a page I don’t want to end
With you, there’s something new to comprehend

Cheese on cheese - my first sonnet!

#sonnet #heart #books #love #story

Vaampyrae Jul 2020

Love

Entails a lot of risk
When we love, we hand over our fragile hearts
For others to take care of
And I have to admit
That is a frightful thought
The possibility of losing someone
Of hurting someone
And of being hurt ourselves

Yet at the same time
Love entails a lot of hope
When we love, someone’s name begins
To sound familiar through the years
That they begin to become part of our routines
Yet every “I love you” sounds quite new
And no matter how unclear the path may be
And how broken we were and will be
We still manage to love again and move forward
So we can spend a lifetime
Uncovering the enigma
That is this person
Who may be composed of the same matter
As eight billion specimens
But contains a story
Far more known
Far more beautiful than anyone else’s

They can try, but either science nor philosophy nor literature (I admit) can ever truly explain it.

To understand the incomprehensible
To risk when we never expected to
To take a leap of faith and take the chance
To bring ourselves a warmth
We thought we had already lost long ago
Showing us the way to a
Home we thought we never had
Beautiful, I say
I could get used to this.

“Yo. How’d your day go?”
“So - ”

This, is home.

You are home.

"Home is where the heart is."

A poem for the one who holds my heart.

#home #love