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XIII Nov 2015
Let me drown with codes
Like it's the only language I know
Colorful paragraphs
Tab within a tab

Let me drown with installation windows
Full of "Next" buttons
To click
And wait

Let me drown with email, online and phone supports
Along with "How can one person be so stupid?" questions
And curses to bossy clients
With evil wishes of their servers' deaths

Let me drown with corny jokes
Thrown to friends to make them laugh more
Pretending that there's nothing wrong
'Cause I'm the joker - I'm the clown

Let me drown with songs
From a noise-cancelling earphone
Full of memories
Of where I want to be

Let me drown with poem ideas
Unwritten words so vast
Crowded in the back of my head
Shouting when everything around me is silent

Let me drown with other things
So that I do not drown
With my own tears
Because, now, you're gone
XIII Jun 2015
There will be no shadow if there is no light.
XIII Jul 2023
i should’ve shouted your name
i should’ve followed you to the ends of the earth
i should’ve disregarded your fame
i should’ve known that that was just a once in a lifetime feat—

that I could’ve taken
your hands—i should’ve taken
our picture—i should’ve taken
a moment that i could’ve stolen

i should’ve been selfish
i should’ve seized it

even if it meant of war,
of zombie-swarm,
of everybody recognizing your star,
of revelation of your sanctuary,
of chaos of thee,
so, it shall be

i should’ve seized it
asked for a drop of ink of your handprint

i should’ve seized it
but i didn’t

maybe it was cowardice
but hell, i gave you peace
like how your name was supposed to mean
at my own peace's expense
because ****, you couldn’t spell this lingering regret
without the letters IRENE
I met Red Velvet's Irene and instead of approaching her, I gave her peace.
XIII Apr 2015
Cannot bring the dead back.
Make the most while alive.
"No magic, no alchemy, no power can bring dead people back."
What I learned from Anime Series I watched.
XIII Sep 2017
Your curves
Your lines
Every strokes
I wish it's mine

Your portrait
Your stern trait
When it melts
Huge urge is felt

Jaw opened
To the point of drooling
Lips bit
Sends me imagining

I hold my breath
I grit my teeth
I wet my lips
As my body shakes

Black or white
Or colored in sight
Your beauty seems alive
You're the epitome of my desire

And so I close this book
Put it on a stack of volumes
For this is the painful truth
You're just a character inside **Citrus
To Aihara Mei of Citrus manga.
XIII Nov 2017
It's so easy
to judge what you see,
to mock other's decisions,
when you don't actually know what's going on,
when you don't feel the same emotions,
when you're not in that exact same situation.

But, oh well,
it is human's expertise
to always throw judgment.
You're not wearing the same shoes as we are.
XIII May 2015
I love
falling in love
with love.
XIII Nov 2019
Just for the record
Once, I used to write love poems
Yep, I did, before

Fluttering feelings of euphoria
Used to be my genre
Cause I'm a natural Casanova
Keeping you feeling loved is my number one agenda

Yet you broke me
Of all people, really
Understandably, I'm now unable to write sweet poems about what took my sanity
"'Cause you fvcked me."
© Cepheus August 10, 2018
XIII Aug 2013
A cat?
I never trusted a cat
Betrayal will only befall to those who do
That’s why I swore to myself not to

I will never trust a cat again
Because I once did
And it only led me to vain
Goodbye to you stupid cat, I bid

That cat was cute
Or so I thought
It acted sweet to me
Making me fall wounded on my knee

I never would have thought
That the first time it called
What it wanted all along was food
Ah, I was fooled

When it was hungry
I generously fed it
But when I can’t give any
It didn’t even doubt to bit

This is now my perspective
Trust is not an option to give
Not to an ungrateful being
That only costs pain and suffering

A lot thinks I’m so bitter
But like in medicines, bitter is better
I’m not closing any doors
I’m just creating a solid wall

Maybe someday something will pass through
Impossibly by crashing ‘because it’ll be hard to do
Climbing it is an option, **** I gave a clue
But what will be willing? Did I just heard a ‘boo’?

I hate what I just found out
Psychologically I was reversing myself, and that
Whatever happened to my wall? Well guess what
Climbing was an easy task for a very exceptional cat
XIII Jun 2015
i love you
in every
love sense
you can think of
Palindrome poem
XIII Jun 2015
My name is JP
And I'm 23
I live somewhere in the Philippines
Where tropical birds are singing

I finished a Computer Science degree
And I currently work in an I.T. Company
As a Spiderman
Developing web programs

I earn about fourteen thousand pesos per month
Depending on the deductions my employers' cut
And the expenses I have to pay
Because I have to support my family everyday

My objective for sending you my résumé
Is to apply for a position, if I may
I am applying as your forever, if that's not too cliche
I am very serious, don't think of it as a play

I am not that hardworking, but I can work smart
I'll make your every mornings a great start
You cook and I'll go wash the dishes
I'll hug you from behind, and shower you with kisses

I am a good singer, I'll always serenade you
I am a good dancer, let's sway and dance tango
I am a poet, I'll dedicate poems for you
I am a dreamer, let's wake up our dreams for two

I'll let you indulge with wanderlust and see the world
I'll keep surprising you with small gifts tied with a ribbon
I'll keep my vow that there will be no one but you
I'll pledge with full loyalty that I'll always be true

I can list down more if you'd like to
But that'll be too many, so I'll stop with these few
These are my assets, things I'm good at
I'm introducing you to what I have and what I got

So, please carefully review my application
This won't be enough proof, I know
But as our relationship grows as lovers
You'll see I'm worth your forever

For character reference, here's my number
Let's go to dinner, I'll give you a call
Sincerely yours,
Your soon-to-be future
Applying for someone's forever. I hope I'll be hired.
XIII Nov 2017
You’re the reason of my existence, the one first love that makes me alive
The love that even so many years couldn’t erase
Come back and find the place that’s yours
By my side

You’re my own breath, my open wound
You know I still remain even in your heart, right?
Do not turn away from your own truth
Come to me

From the moment I saw you, everything was transformed
Just whispering your name and my world shakes
Our bond is beyond time, we’re destined to be together
Come back to me once again
Dance with me towards dawn

You’re the only one for me
The only light of my vain existence
Only you makes me complete, my love

From the moment I saw you, even breathing… I can’t even breathe
Just whispering your name and my world shakes

Our bond is beyond time, we’re destined to be together
Now come back to me
Let’s dance together towards dawn
© Loving You Keeps Me Alive by Kim Junsu & Jung Sunah lyrics translation
Dracula The Musical OST
XIII Nov 2019
As the earth gets in between the sun and the moon
The heart that was frozen blue, thaws
Before that sweet blood shatters
In that split-second darkness
"Go along with the 152-year-spectacle."
Prisoners should be freed from their cell
© Cepheus February 1, 2018
XIII Nov 2019
'Di ikaw ang tipo kong laro
Umayaw na kasi ako
Sinubukan ko na kasi dati
Ayon, talo lang lagi

Pero heto na naman ako
Parang tanga ang loko
'Di mapigil ang ngiti
T'wing naiisip nang ang balat mo'y dumampi

Pucha, totoo ba?
Na-SS mo nga ba?
Taena, mukhang ako'y na-stun
Ng walang kalaban-laban

Langya, GG
Hindi good game, kundi gagi
Diba humindi na tayo sa sakit?
Ano na naman 'to? Wooh bakit?

Noob na 'ko eh
Weak, walang silbi
'Pag eto sa wala na naman nauwi
Sarili ko lang pwede ko masisi

'Pag in-game
Please wag mo na ko buhatin
Aasa pa sa GM ang tanso na manok
Pa'no, marupok

Mabel, pasensya ka na
Hayaan mo, ang 2019 ay papasok na
Baka lumipas din
'Pag hindi, patay, "I have been slained."
"07"
© Cepheus November 9, 2018
XIII Jun 2015
To all the poets, we have all made our marks.
Our poems will go down the history even after we're gone.
XIII Sep 2017
Did you know?

That if you tried to resurrect
someone who's already dead,
you'll create a homunculus
human transmute,
the same person but with its humanity already lost.
Inspired by Fullmetal Alchemist anime series.
XIII May 2015
I'll be leaving you my cocoon
It is time for me to bloom
And soar on my own
It is time for my beauty to be shown
It is time to leave my comfort zone
I'll be leaving you soon

You have imprisoned me for a while
You didn't know you nourished me inside
With bruises and pain, I actually died
I am resurrecting, no need to hide
Your rules, I will not abide
Goodbye my cocoon, goodbye
XIII Sep 2015
Please help me find her!

Name: Her name is the sweetest ever.
Age: She looks very beautiful at her teen age.
Eyes: Her tantalizing black eyes leads you to the depth of forever.
Hair: Her silky black hair will make queens dazed.

Height: She stands enough for my arms to wrap around her shoulders.
Weight: It is my dream to someday honeymoon-lift her.
Distinguishable mark: Seeing her will make you fall to your knees.
Last seen: She's in front of me, but she's not here.

Circumstance: She was oh so sweet
She tells me she loves me even if everyone is listening
She holds my hand, hugs me from behind
Even if others are looking, she wouldn't mind

But that was the story before
Now, she's like that no more
It seems I have spoiled her too much
All the sweet little gestures for her now seemed awkward

Those changes made me stop and step back
"Where are you?", I always quietly ask
I seem to be looking at a stranger's back
Where is she? That someone I love?

So please! Please help me find her!
If you ever see her, contact me immediately
I wish to see the old her again
Not only for her, but to also set myself free
Just missing how she used to be.
XIII Apr 2015
I miss you.
I wonder if you miss me too.
Just missing someone.
XIII Nov 2019
Sometimes the brightest sun
That shows gleeful colors at its best
Can be covered with clouds
Gray and ugly like a beast

But even so, even so you're like the gray sunset
If it means anything, just a little thing
I still find you beautiful
Whether monochrome or colorful
© Cepheus June 5, 2019
XIII Nov 2019
Tinanong ako ng palubog na araw,
"Bakit narito kang muli?
Sa sampung beses mo akong dinalaw,
isa lamang doon ang may dala kang ngiti."

Natawa ako sa katotohanan
Oo nga, hindi ko maikakaila
"Ika'y aking tinititigan,
kaya lamang mukhang may luha ang aking mga mata."

Tila nanginig ito sa halakhak
Alam n'ya ang kasinungalingan
Na kinumpirma ng isang patak,
dalawa, tatlo... hanggang 'di na mapigilan

Binigyan n'ya ako ng maraming kulay bilang sagot
Pilit pinapakita ang ganda sa kabila ng lungkot
Ngunit ang tanging nakikita ay ang lungkot sa likod ng ganda
Ganoon nga siguro talaga kapag nasasaktan ka

Lumisan ako nung lumubog na s'ya
Ngunit iniwan n'ya ang kasiguraduhan
Na naroon lamang s'ya
Upang aking balikan

Umaasang sa aking muling pagbabalik
Ang isa sa sampung beses ay maging dalawa
At madagdagan pang hitik
"Oh haring araw, nawa'y magdilang anghel ka."
© Cepheus June 4, 2019
XIII Jun 2015
Oh my darling, you are the beauty in the darkness.
Beauty Part II
XIII Aug 2013
My mind’s blank
I know, that’s what they call a writer’s block
There’s nothing more in stock
If only I can withdraw some words from a bank

I lied
The processing hasn’t died
I know this is something I should hide
What should I do, maybe just take a deep sigh

My mind is full
To the extent that I’m losing my cool
Ah, I’m such a fool
I feel like I’m using myself as a tool

So much for a writer’s block
Wrong, I’m hitting my head with a rock
With the character I made, I fell in love
This is so stupid, can I go back?
M&S
XIII Jun 2015
M&S
On my pale white skin
Resides the colors black and blue
Those are the colors of your feelings
They're telling me, *I love you
In anime terms, M stands for *******, and S for sadist.
XIII Apr 2016
The human brain has it.
He keeps on blaming the heart,
though he knows he's the only culprit.
Like how Chuck created and named Wilson.
XIII Apr 2015
If not writing codes,
I am writing poems.

If not writing the language of computer,
I am writing the language of literature.

If not writing the language of the mind,
I am writing the language of the heart.
XIII Nov 2015
A human's heart is a muscle.
So please my heart,
stop acting so fragile and stop breaking.
XIII Mar 2015
You make me strong and bold
Yet you leave me trembling in cold
You boost my confidence
Yet you are my greatest weakness

You bring out the best in me
Along with my worst for everyone to see
You lift me high up
And then to gravity I succumb

I don't know if you're a friend or a foe
But somehow you managed to be both
A friend to lean on
A foe to challenge upon

You're a blessing and a curse
Oh I'm so blessed to be yours
You cast to me a roller coaster of emotions to burst
And only you hold the spell to break this oath

But please, don't get me wrong
Because I really do love this confusion
Turn me off, turn me on
If it's you, keep it coming, I want more
XIII Jul 2014
It all started with a handshake
Looking back it didn't really matter
One moment I wish to take
Vague to clear so that I can remember
Even words can't express
Just how a simple smile can change
One's life to know what happiness is
Y*et hearts can fully comprehend it's range
A poem to commemorate her arrival to my life. :)
XIII Sep 2017
Oh my creeping melancholia
It was seven o'clock
The night is getting deadly
With regrets, fears and sins so eerie

Sloth! Lust! Gluttony!
Wrath! Pride! Envy! and Greed!
I stared at the river that reflects
My beautiful face

If being a hypocrite will clean me
I'd rather be *****
I have to be free
From the judgments your eyes see

If I have to hate myself to deserve your love
No thanks, I pass
Because I love myself more than anyone now
And that's the sin I'm willing to carry 'til I'm gone
XIII Nov 2017
I've already lost a lot
I've already lost count
A few more losses won't make any difference,
would it?
—too many that it's already negative.
XIII May 2015
Ang pag-ibig
Para yang negosyo
Namumuhunan ka
Investment kumbaga

Ang pag-ibig
Para yang lotto
Tumataya ka
Sumusugal sa walang kasiguraduhan

Ang pag-ibig
Parang negosyo
Minsan nalulugi
Kaya minsan, kailangan magsara

Ang pag-ibig
Parang lotto
Madalas talo
Pero muli ka pa ring tataya
XIII Nov 2019
It will always be a possible "no"
unless you ask.
But it will never be a certain "no"
if you don't ask.
© Cepheus February 26, 2019
XIII Nov 2019
Even if I love, nobody knows,
The footsteps that conceal you,
As you watch the curtain of tonight approach,
We want each other endlessly, crazily,
Without anybody knowing the liberation of one’s sigh

With this, we will be able to embrace the scent of crime and meet,
Excuses, such as not being able to sleep due to a fever, does not matter

Pushing you to the wall, baby checkmate,
The situation where we can’t help but melt into one other,
What are you still afraid of?
I’m next to you; in the depths of your body, baby

Even the satisfying fate,
Even the beautiful eternity,
It doesn’t matter anymore; you’re everything,
Getting drawn into your mesmerizing eyes,
Without anybody knowing my daily life

If you don’t want to tell a lie,
Don’t say anything until I open my eyes,
Only I know the truth; that this is not a nightmare but love

The bitter and sad black chocolate,
The communication we send by our mouths,
Because you promised that tears meant the end,
Now we are feeling each other on the next level

I want to see the blue sky with you in the future,
Can I dream of that? Secretly in my heart, without you knowing,
Nobody knows the words that are carried through this melody,
As I play the piano behind your back while you sleep,

I’m next to you; in the depths of your body, baby

Even if I love, nobody knows,
The footsteps that conceal you,
As you watch the curtain of tonight approach,
We want each other endlessly, crazily,
Without anybody knowing the liberation of one’s sigh

Even the satisfying fate,
Even the beautiful eternity,
It doesn’t matter anymore; you’re everything,
Getting drawn into your mesmerizing eyes,
Without anybody knowing my daily life
"© Nobody Knows by Tohoshinki English Translation"
© Cepheus February 26, 2018
XIII Jul 2014
I stopped writing stories
Before, writing one was such a bliss
I am lazy, so I hardly finish
But I won't even think of bidding it a goodbye kiss

Now, I realized I want to play God no more
Creating characters just to have it experience an emotional gore
What is it for?
For mine and my readers' pleasure?

Because I know how it feels to be a character
Here is my resignation to render
I don't know if I won't write stories ever
But for now, I'll keep my status as a novel reader
Being a novelist is the same as being God.
XIII Apr 2015
Did you hear that?
The sound of my breaking heart?
Just a joke I always throw whenever we have sweet arguments. ;)
XIII Jun 2015
Love is learning how to give second chances, for the nth time.
Forgive and forgive and forgive.
XIII Sep 2017
You're the one who gave birth;
You're not the victim;
You're the culprit;
Take a good look at your offspring.

*"Now, aren't you proud, Mama?"
XIII Nov 2019
Oh Glenda
Have you received your karma?
I sure hope you already did
'Cause if not, I'd give it myself

I was reminded of what you did
So subtle, it took me three years
You probably don't even remember
But to me it still lingers

If you think about it
The beginning of the end all started with you
Sure it could've happened either way
But the finger who pulled the trigger was yours

Oh no, don't worry
It's not only you who's to blame
I still find her the most guilty
Oh you won't mind joining my little hate-game

Remember your seemingly innocent teasing?
Like you were so fond of us back then
But at the back of your mind you find me so naive
The truth is, you were really disgusted

That's why you had to step up
You felt the need to save
Oh yes, 'cause a fully-consensual-same-***-relationship is a no-no to you, no, not on your watch
Who knows, I might've gotten her enslaved

And so you had to evangelize
Just in case she had forgotten hell
Shove the grisly details into her mind
She's fragile, so she kissed-and-tell...

Goodbye to me
She won't fight for a love if it'd deny her an entrance to the pearly gates of course
Who'd trade an eternal happiness for a mere human being like me
So much for a "loving god", huh, go figure

Anyways, I am holding you accountable
For one soul was apparently being saved,
is equivalent to one soul to fall
How are you going to own up to this, babe?

You know you didn't have the right
IT WAS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
I would've tore your nose apart
For rudely sticking itself to what was clearly NOT YOUR MESS

But then you were instantly gone
I couldn't even shot you a deathly glare
You just went AWOL, over and done
Oh dear, do you fvcking think that was fair?

And so you two left me in despair
Desperately wishing that karma's really an evil *****
Giving my faith to it that you two'll eventually get what you deserve
For making a perfectly loving person turn into an insane world-hating ****** who with just the mention of the word L-O-V-E, in anger and sorrow, cringe and twitch

Don't even try to wash your hands, no, no
No matter what you say I've made up my mind, I sing blah blah blah
Dareka no sei ni shitai yo
Tsurai na iya iya


For your weak brains to understand, in other words
Listen, or rather, read:
I want to make it someone else's fault
It hurts so much. I hate it. I hate it.


If you didn't know
Love + pain = hatred
Oh, of course you won't
I forgot you two are saints

Well, wait 'til you experience the same judgments and emotional torture I did
I just have a few last words to bid
Like what's in your surname, ABOGA-something, memory's not that sharp, aye
The letters I'm sure in it is, **DIE
"Throwback hatred Thursday. "
© Cepheus August 9, 2018
XIII Nov 2019
You stopped me from writing
You said wait until 2018
Then assess my feelings
If I still feel the same
Before I go publishing
The poem I've written
During that time when everything was on whirlwind

I've patiently waited
As I've promised
It's fine now, isn't it?
I am now opening my tight-sealed lips
To tell of an untold fairy tale
That no matter how tragic
I believe, hasn't ended yet
"If it's still not happy, it's not yet the end. "
© Cepheus January 19, 2018
XIII Nov 2019
Only me
and HelloPoetry
should know
that I'm feeling a-feeling-that-should-not-be-named towards you.
What is said here,
will stay here.
You will never know.
You should not know.
© Cepheus November 9, 2018
XIII Nov 2019
It's funny how I got it
After I dumped my deposit
I lift my shirt
And bit
My left ring finger instead of the fabric

Few days later I totally forgot about it
Watched in horror how my nail seems to start decaying
Thought that along with my heart, where it's scientifically connected—
now it also faced its death

I remembered after though that that wasn't the case
My dead ring fingernail that up until now, stinks
Along with the other end of its veins
Was all caused by my own self
And its refusal to let go and make 'em start to heal
"Nail fungus."
© Cepheus August 17, 2018
XIII Jul 2013
I was sitting on a chair
Directly blowing to me is air
Brown is the color of my hair
But that has nothing to do with this tale

With music playing, I write a poem
I am silently thinking alone
I remembered it was my dream to have a room
Which I can call my own

Less the music, the silence was deafening
But I can take it, because I’m waiting
While I sing, I know they’re on their way coming
Back to our room, my beloved siblings
XIII Sep 2017
An angel
and a devil
lives inside a container.

The angel reigns,
writes flowery, sugary kindness
to everyone she meets.

In no time though,
she was abused,
battered and fooled.

And so the devil steps in,
shoving the angel behind him saying,
"Your reign is finished."

The light was veiled,
hidden and sealed,
so that no one can see her pain.

All must be dealt
with darkness—
it's to eat or be eaten.

The angel looked up
at the devil's back—
it is to her utter shock.

**The devil's power
wasn't for destruction and gore,
but was meant to protect her.
I have let the devil reign, to protect my precious, weak, innocent self.
My poems shall follow.
XIII Jun 2015
Hindi sa gusto kitang sumbatan,
sa mga bagay na 'di mo masuklian..
Ang pinagtataka ko lang,
bakit hindi mo man lang subukan?
XIII Nov 2017
I can bear all the mockery
I can bear all the insults
Throw them at me, feel free
After all, it is my fault

But what I can't bear is
When they badmouth you
When they treat you like an evil *****
Because I'm the only one who knows it isn't true

They didn't know how much you've suffered
From the hatred I cursed on you
They didn't know how much you've endured
As you let your guilt devour you

They weren't able to see you smile
Even though everything's not fine
They weren't able to see you trying your best
To go through life even though it's the hardest

They weren't able to see you struggle
As you try to become the villain to do what's right
As you swallowed the pain of hurting your lover
When all you ever wanted was to hold him tight

It's all too much for me
Especially when I pushed you to do all these things
When it was me who planted that seed that became everyone's tree
When I was the one to blame for all your pain

And yet despite all these
I chose to become selfish
If I can turn back time
I'd still do the same and make you mine

And yet despite all these
You too chose to become selfish
Because even though for a short time
You didn't want to see me cry

And so with the chance I have
I'll show you again my unchanging love
I'll stand by your side
I'll become your ally

They won't ever understand
And that I won't mind
Even though you'll let go of my hand
I'll fight, and I'm proud
XIII Nov 2019
Lift her there and she will never go down.
© Cepheus February 15, 2019
XIII Nov 2019
Ako yung pending
Na nalimutan **** asikasuhin
Isipin
Sa dami ng iyong gagawin
At dalahin
Nawala sa iyong isip
Dahil na din siguro ika'y makakalimutin
At ang iyong isip ay lumilipad sa hangin
At sa sakit
Na di mo pa kayang burahin

Pero ako yung pending
Na nandito pa din
Na mananatili
Sa iyong tabi
Parang aninong
Bubuntot buntot
Na 'di ka hahayaang mag-isa
Sa dilim man ay iyong kasama
Paglingon mo, ako ay tatawa
Makaguhit man lang kahit papaano ng ngiti sa iyong mukha

Kahit na ako yung pending
Na di ko alam kung kailan mo balak gawin
Kung gagawin nga ba o buburahin
Na nakatawa man ay may kirot pa din
Na tumatagas pag ikaw ay 'di nakatingin
Hahaha heto na naman akong martir
Pero ayos lang hihintayin kitang gumaling
Mananatili hanggat hindi papaalisin
Sarili mo muna ang iyong mahalin
At saka na ako isipin
© Cepheus June 5, 2019
XIII Apr 2016
Not only was her heart broken
Also her *****
Sad truth to today's relationships.
XIII Mar 2016
No matter how much you spray the reason "I did it for you."
The rotten truth that you did it for yourself smells through.
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