Like crystal  *****
You could separate my light
To million colors
To still make me feel alive
But I was dead inside
Like a little kite
Lost in dark
Suffered and afraid of hight
But somehow
You tought me to glide
Trough wind
Trough the streams
To reach my dreams

I wish I could
hold memories in my arms
and cry until the dawn
said you'll love me till death
death never came I can still
feel your breath
I still try to smile
but don't ask me anything
I can't even talk
not because I'm sad
but maybe I became mad
said you'll love me till death
but I could never tell
that I'll love you not even till death
but also when I struggle in hell
I would only call your name

The dirt on our shoes
Is not because we're poor
We are only rude*
Ruining all the rules

we are lost..........................and we want to die
as the dust.........................has covered our lies
first we killed..............................all our dreams
and we built....................our hopes on streams
we are gone..........................but still too young
we just run....without knowing what's wrong
we just try.............................. to have some fun
and live our youth
till we die young...

tidal waves may seem brave
but they never can leave
because of the grave
so if you want to seem bold
you can shout or scream
but it won't work
first break the chains
that you hold
then stop walking in the way
that you've always been told

If you've got no heart
Then never try to
Describe art.

Sa minsan kong paghawak ng isang panulat
At sa sandaling panahon na mata'y idinilat
Masakit na katotohanan ang sa aki'y sumambulat
At mga katiwaliang di man lang maisiwalat

At kaya nga nabuo ang una kong tula,
Punong - puno ng emosyon na pawang mga luha
sa kahabaan tila ba naging dula,
Dalawampu't limang berso:pawang may tugma

Hindi ko alam kung bakit at paano
Sa mga isyung pambansa,wala ngang alam gaano
Pero basta't tinamaan ako ng inspirasyon,
Biglang gumagana itong imahinasyon

Mga salita ay rumaragasang tuloy - tuloy,
Parang tubig sa ilog,walang tigil sa pagdaloy
Nag - uumapaw sa kaisipan at sadyang matalinhaga
Tunay na nagmumula sa puso ng makata

Noong mga panahon na akoy natutong mangarap,
Sa puso ko ikaw na agad ang hinanap
Hindi ka nawawala sa aking hinagap
para sa iyo,kakayanin ko lahat ng hirap

Nang tumuntong ako ng sekondarya
Ikaw pa rin ang gusto at wala nang iba
ikaw ang tanging saki'y nagpapaligaya
Ngunit sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana
Nang ako'y malapit na,inilayo kang bigla
Sa guhit ng palad ko, bigla kang nawala
Naglaho ka nalang na para bang bula

O kay sakit isipin aking mahal
Aking mga ilusyon di na kayang magtagal
hinahangad kong mga parangal
Tila mananatiling isang mahabang dasal

Madalas ko ngang nadarama
malapit ka nalang talaga
pero hanggang pangarap na lang ba?
Dahil sadyang maraming humahadlang
Kahit na pag -asa ang pananggalang
Sadya kang ipinagkakait sa akin
Pilit kang inaalis sa aking landasin
Kaya't patawad kung susuko na ako
Pagkat di kita makakamit kahit na anong gawin ko !

On a distant summer
a girl walked four miles
to sell fruits at the haat
and mowed by the May heat
fell asleep on a patch of concrete.

The noon dusts played around her
sleep little girl rest your feet
the winds will play you a song
refresh you with dreams so sweet
the walk back home won't be long.

The sun had slid the shadows grown
when opened her dream dazed eyes
there she was at the haat all alone
her fruits in the basket had dried.

She had dreamed a round dime
clutched in her palm
colored gold with her wish

she had slept thru the time
and when the winds calmed
held nothing to buy home a fish.

Time has flown those dusts far away
years have grown her wise
yet when the winds blow lonely in May
her tears she cannot disguise.

When I was still young and fresh
A million years ago
I walked on edges
Always on the edge of something
Something wild

Bright lights and long nights
Lots of laughter and music
Always music
Singing with the band
Dodging the flying glass
When fights broke out
Howling to the moon
Oh, wild indeed were we

All shadows now, alas
Visions from an addled brain
Pubs, clubs and smoky dumps
Leave no turn unstoned was the cry
More fun than fundamental
And fundamentally flawed, it was
A couple of hours sleep 'fore the day job
With eye-lids stuck together
And walking into walls
But still I wouldn't have swapped it
For all the strait laced straight faced
Wealth in the world

                                 By Phil Roberts