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Janella Maniquiz Sep 2017
Two souls swimming in a raging sea
Both searching for a mighty plea
Moving through different courses
Searching, pacing, floating, arising

One whose heart has broken shards
Of glasses too thick to pull, to part
One whose heart too bright to see
It dims the dark, it caresses me

Both have loved, and both have lost
Both have seen, and seek to be
The best that they could ever be
Away they go, away they flee

How far they’ve fled we’ll never know
But know for sure that this is true
To where they went there’s peace, there’s bliss
To where they went, there’s no more fear
To Papa and Gel, see you both in heaven.
Janella Maniquiz Oct 2016
When the sun shines
And the clouds pass by
Will you let me be
In this scorching light?

When the wind blows
And the world seems hollow
Will you take my hand
Or leave me with sorrow?

When the stars ignite
And our hearts collide
Will you be with me
'Til the end of time?
Janella Maniquiz Oct 2019
It has come to my senses
That I’ll love you for as long as it takes
For as long as my heart can embrace
The memories, the feeling of falling,
And the inevitable breaking

It has come to my senses
That you’ll always be there, gnawing in mind
And itching to find your way in
But no longer you will I love,
For the rest of my life, the rest of my existence

It has come to my senses
That the recurring sadness will take place
And there’s only coexistence.
Janella Maniquiz Dec 2016
We were too perfect,
You and I
I was your Bonnie
You were my Clyde

We were so splendid,
A love like no other
You were passionate
But my walls are higher

You tried to reach it,
but you started breaking it
Inch by inch, block by block
You are tearing me asunder

You may not have noticed it,
but our love was fleeting
Like a flower that reaches
Its end after blooming
Janella Maniquiz Oct 2016
For your smile was like the sun,
That shined on my face whenever I am down

And my eyes were like rain,
That never stopped pouring since the day you put me in pain.
Janella Maniquiz Jan 2017
Stolen glances,
Hidden smiles,
Are all but a part
Of a lovely start

Tearful laughters,
Joyous crys,
Are all a portent
Of a love that lasts
Janella Maniquiz Feb 2017
Let's escape this insanity
That you and I fit perfectly
Our sculptures intertwining
The wind of night swirling

Let's squander one more hour
Where you and I are one
Silhouettes joined together
For the very last time
Janella Maniquiz Dec 2016
There's no such thing
As other halves
It's just that some souls
Have found their perfect match
Janella Maniquiz Apr 2018
For all the times I close my eyes
It’s you I see and all the smiles
I try and shut the door of this heart of mine
That kept on opening when you’re close by

For all the times you take a look
At this empty shell that got slowly hooked
Are all the times you breathed life, and light, and soul to every nook
That I kept on hoping I get to keep you in my book.
Hey, this is Janella. Welcome to your poem.
Janella Maniquiz Jan 2017
I heard our song. I had the feeling of nostalgia striking me upside down,
I had the chills I only get when I'm around you. Then, I realized... You were my song.
You were the rhythm that got me to follow every move, the tune that got me all jolly and jumpy
But I never played it again, too afraid I won't be able to stop myself from listening to it.
Maybe that's why I miss you, why I miss talking to you,
Why I miss every bit of arrogance that you have,
Why I miss the feeling of being loved by you.
It's been years, but I still haven't moved on when I should have.
I didn't know that the moment I lost you was when I pretended to stop caring, petrified of what might happen if I still try to.


So you slipped,
and God knows how much I've been trying to reach out to you, but the thing is: You just don't care enough.
Either you know better, or we're just not good for each other, and maybe we're never going to be.
Still, thank you.
You were the only thing that kept me going when everything else is falling apart.
You'd once been my hope; the one guy I had the guts to take a shot with.
The one I know that's worth all the chances to risk...
and worth the great goodbye.
Janella Maniquiz Apr 2018
I wonder how it feels
To be in line with your sight
All the time, even just for a while

I wonder how it feels
To receive the smile you give
To someone dear, oh joy in your eye

I wonder how it feels
To have your hand, enlaced with mine
Safe and sound, even just for a while

I wonder how it feels
To love you freely boy, and not be told
You’re not worth my precious time
Janella Maniquiz Jun 2017
I know such foolishness
I'm experiencing it myself
But I also know how it tingles
When you tell your fears and secrets

The gap between your teeth
And your eyes, oh how it sparkles
I sometimes want an out
For your existence, it overwhelms

I know that it should hurt
How I'm loving you in secret
But not at all, when I know
Our friendship brings contentment
Janella Maniquiz Feb 2017
Your love is something
That takes me by surprise
I'm fastidious
But you never really have to try

Your love is growing
Into me like a crime
It's unruly, illegal
Something I cannot deny

Your love is a dose
Of a drug that makes me high
It's intoxicating that I wish
you could have passed me by

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