Ngayong nagdaan na ang isang linggong malamig at maulan,
Nagpakita na ang araw, mainit at maliwanag.
Alam kong dapat masaya ako pero
Paano ako sasaya kung ikaw lang lagi ang naaalala ko?

Naiinis ako sa araw, pinapaalala niya ang mga nagdaang linggo,
Mga linggong magkausap tayo tungkol sa kahit ano.
Mga linggong nakakapagod pero napapawi mo.
Mga linggong wala akong maisagot sa papel ko
Pero bigla ka nalang papasok sa isip ko,
Kasama ng mga sagot na hinahanap ko.

Ngunit ngayon, naiisip ko, ano nga ba ang pinagkaiba?
Kahit noong tag-ulan, naaalala pa rin kita.
Naaalala ko kung paano kita sinasabihang mag-iingat ka
At kung paano kita pinaiyak dahil sa isang sala.
Naaalala ko rin kung paano mo ako iniwan
At kung paano kita hinayaan.

Kaya ngayong wala ka na, wala akong magawa
Kundi mainis sa lahat ng bagay na nagpapaalala
Hindi sa'yo, kundi sa aking mga nagawa
Para umalis ka at iwanan mo akong mag-isa.

I see you're working
working very hard
not for yourself alone
but for your loved ones too.

It's a shame that they don't see it
Oh, I know how it feels
It feels like it's all for naught
But it feels so right once you see them smile

I'll tell you, never stop working hard
even if no one sees you and your heart
even if the lack of appreciation makes you cry at night
even if it takes everything of you to fight

Never stop working
They can't see it but you make them happy
That's what you wanted, right?
Never stop trying to make them happy.

Lakasan mo naman ang iyong loob
Ang isip, 'wag hayaang makulob
ng kalungkutan at kaba
Labanan mo, lumaban ka.

Alam kong gabi-gabi ang iyong pag-iyak
pero sa dulo, ikaw rin ang magagalak.
Alam kong pagod ka na,
pero ngayon ka pa ba susuko?

Laban lang, sugod lang.
Wala sa nakaraan ang inaasam
Kaya 'wag kang aatras.
Kaya mo yan, kaya ko 'to.

I have been fearing death
since five years old
when people told me stories
of ghosts and graves

I have feared it even more
when I lost someone special
lost someone who raised me
and gave me love for the first time

But I have missed
a terribly important aspect of death
his sibling, change
and he is everywhere, in all forms

I have never feared
anything more than change
for I never liked asking why, how,
and what did I do to deserve this

No one asked for this, but the siblings had
That is when we see the cruelty and unfairness of life
Of how we are not in charge of our own fate
And how it has been laid the moment we were born

Unappreciated
i do everything i can
for people that i love
yet they don't seem to notice
the extra miles i walk for them

Unwanted
they choose others over me
when I'd choose them over others
i am everyone's last choice
i am everyone's last resort

Unworthy
i deem myself unworthy of time
for one seems to give me theirs
it's sad how i give every second i have
to the people who won't give me a minute

Pangako, hindi ka namin kalilimutan.
Bibigyan ng oras, gagawan ng paraan.
Ako naman, naniwala sa inyong kasinungalingan.
Ngayon tuloy, ako ang nasasaktan.

Ang pangako ay hindi sinabi upang ipako.
Sa halip, ito ay sinusunod.
Ikaw mismo ang nagsabi nito, alam mo ba?
Ngunit bakit hindi mo nagawa?

together by fate
separated by destiny
how cruel of them
to play with our feelings

but how cruel of you
to tell me that you miss me
when you won't come back,
happy with someone else

Savior of my saddest days
Catcher of my fallen self
You're always there
My everyday superhero

Am I the only one who cares
about keeping in touch?
Am I the only one who dares
to wait without rush?

Why am I the only one who's hurt?
Is it because of the effort I exert?
Is it because I care deeply
when they were having fun freely?

I wait, I wait, and I wait.
I sacrifice time because it's worth it.
But you can't even stay for me
Am I not worth it?

With you, I want to be.
With them, you want to be.
So I ask again,
Am I not worth it?

Happiness with you, I desired
but now, I am sick, I am tired
I must find happiness on my own
I can only be happy alone.

Awe-inducing presence
Beguiling beauty
Calm after the storm
Delicate and divine
Effervescent being
Flames dancing in the sky
God-fearing
Heart unstained by impurity
Interstellar
Joy in the midst of misery
Kind, too kind for her sake
Lovely smile
Magnetic woman
Never says never
Oblivious to love
Pure white
Quick-wit and sharp
Rain during the drought
Starry, starry eyes
Thunderstorms
Unwavering love
Virtuoso
Wholehearted
Xenon, gold, and neon
Yuletide happiness
Zigzag feelings

Every time you speak
I'd need needles and threads
to fix the broken heartstrings
and stitch my broken heart

The world is cruel and sinful
Full of sinners condemning sinners
For sinning differently.

Ashen face
Bluest feelings
Cascade of unfortunate events
Desolated at best
Estranged by you
Faux happiness
Ghost of you
Haunted by the past
Iron heart
Jarred thoughts
Knight without an armor
Lysander without Hermia
Monotonous days
Nightmares and night terrors
Overwhelmed by your departure
Poetic justice
Quenched flames
Rusted heart
Separation anxiety
Thunderstorms
Victim of my sins
Withdrawal syndrome
Xenophobic unless it's you
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Zero, game over

I write for love, for life
with the words I see fit
but if it's you I think about
I can't find the right words
for I am speechless, beguiled
by your beauty and essence

Perhaps there is none
no words, no rhymes
Or maybe there's too many
too many words, too many rhymes
so I sit here, beguiled yet again
silently, secretly admiring a masterpiece

Today I will write a poem
not about your face
and how beautiful
and sublime it is

Today I will write a poem
not about my love
and how it is about you
and only you

Today I will write a poem
not about your love
and how it is not about me
and how it deeply hurts me

Instead, I will write a poem
about us, only us
except that
there is no us

you with your voice like silk
i bleed as the silk cloth you flicked
you bind me with words of magic
bound and bewitched, with a single touch
i burn like an endless candle wick

We were the very definition
of "Ill met by moonlight"
for it was an unfortunate mistake
of life to bring you and I alight

We weren't meant to meet that night
but somehow, life put that into light
thus, friendship blossomed
new, fresh, and fond

In the end,
for you perhaps
we were the definition
of Shakespeare's renowned quote

But I did not regret meeting you
for you introduced me to a better world
a world with you in it
but now a world without

Light-deprived, I've lived in the night.
Treading terrain was my life-long plight.
Defeated, I convinced myself that light
would never, never reach my sight.
Then suddenly, I saw you.

All at once, your stars clothed my night.
Fractals of your light illuminated the earth,
putting an end to these endless nights.
You gave a gentle pull at the seams.
My once dark world now brims with light.

I gazed into your eyes as it gazed upon me.
In it, I saw clusters of dying stars and galaxies.
You had the whole universe hiding in your eyes.
Falling in love at the rate of infinity times infinity,
You became the endless universe I became helpless in.

your mouth lights up
words that burn like flames
like the setting sun
that burns the skies

come look at the burning sky
look at my heart, burning
with flames of hatred and hurt
now reduced to pitch black ash

it was as if it was only yesterday
when I listened to your songs
as my soul danced with yours

when we laughed all night
at our failures in life
when we shivered and trembled
as our hearts pulled together
when we'd think mid-conversation
that we had fallen in love with each other
and when you left me crying
as you took my heart with you

every tale has its own lesson to tell
and if I learned anything from our tale it's that
time is fleeting but my love for you is not

Always there for me, you are
Giving counsel even from afar
Abandoned me, you never did
Truly, you are the friend I want to be with
Happiness and joy, you always bring
Ah, my friend, thank you for everything

Many problems, I faced and expressed
As to your counsel, I never did transgressed
Really surprised that you haven't left yet
I'm sorry for always bothering you
Everything, I'm sorry for what I do

Joking all the time, you always do
Oh, but dear, I know you're hurt inside too
Very impressed by your strength, I am
Establishing happiness in your life despite everything
Rest easy, I'll be here through thick and thin

Everything that you do
Sophisticated, very much like you
Queen of happiness and smiles
Unbent, unbroken, and fueled on for miles and miles
I know you are not problem-less though
Love, know from your side I would never go
Leaving is not in you nor me
Oh, for you, I will always be here.

I have no time for you
for I am busy pulling
pieces of me together
with glue and tape

I have no time for you
for I am still looking
for the sun under the
rainy clouds

I have no time for you
I have no time for anything
Not even for myself
I have no time at all

From sleepless nights to blissful dreams,
A drastic change from chaos to peace.
From your departure, I was hurt,
But now from sadness, I divert.

Like a dart hits a bullseye's iris,
Your presence, that's how I miss.
With this paper and pen,
I admit, I think of you now and then.

But you are my life's fraudulent scheme,
Water rapidly flowing in the stream.
You've already passed and gone away
Like my love for you has died away.

A half-remembered dream,
It is you, as it may seem.
A dream as sublime as a flower garden,
But a dream that will soon be forgotten.

It hurts seeing you
and I see you every day.

It hurts sitting next to you.
It hurts having you so close
yet incredibly so far.

I am hurting all the time
for the wrong reasons.

I no longer know if this is love
or just a dangerous game of tag.
But I know that this is all consuming.

My love for you is consuming.
And I have to stop playing.

I saw you the other night
Sneaking at the back of my heart
I watched as you sparked a light
A light that had spread to a fire
It flicked like a fragile flame on a wick
I let it dance on the kindling of my heart
I let it scar me, whip me until I bled
Your fire twirled as my blood ran red

You stole the reins to my heart
You roused me, galvanized me
It skipped to the music of your voice
I grasped my heart on my hands
Bloodied, bruised, burned, but still beating
And with the beats, it told me
That it would be better shared with you
With you and only you

Embrace me with tenderness
Beguile me with splendor
Drown me in your passion
Intoxicate me with your love
Oh, please, make me believe
There's nothing wrong with this love
Such an unreasonable reality
This is not what I hoped for
But as long as I'm with you
I don't care about anything else.

it has been days and weeks
since my tears kissed my cheeks
yet here i am, writing in such a long time
with you in my mind, i cant think of any rhyme

it's always you for months and weeks,
it's you my mind always thinks
your name my mouth always speaks
your soul my heart always seeks

I tried my best, believe me, I did.
I tried to make you stay
I tried not to leave.

But I was trying too hard
for too long for too many times.
I ended up compromising
my own happiness for yours.

But don't worry, I don't blame you.
I don't hate you for it's me.
I blame myself, I hate myself
for being so stupid to hold onto you.

I hate myself for believing
I hate myself for trusting
I hate myself for being too selfless
I hate myself for being too careless.

I'm sorry for losing,
I'm sorry for leaving.
I'm sorry for giving up
I'm sorry for getting tired
I'm sorry because I stopped.
I'm sorry because I let go.

Sometimes my sleep is dreamless
sometimes it is not
but I can't tell the difference
for from sleep, tiredness is all I got

Yet in my tiring slumber
dreaming is what I like most
when I dream, I dream of my summer
summer with you is as lovely as a rose

I know that I must put these dreams aside
For heartbreaks, it will only provide
but it doesn't matter for in waking or sleeping,
it is you I see, only you I see.

My way home alone is distressing
With blaring cars speeding on the road
Leaving a trail of thick gray smoke
that leaves me suffocating

Way home with you comes bearable, quite so
With your voice that overpowers the horns
Music to my ears and as peaceful with cicadas
Then we part ways, leaving me breathless

I watched as you start to disappear
Heart beating faster every meter you walk away
Faster and faster until my ears bleed from the sound
Faster and faster until it all breaks down

I screamed in agony as the colours drip to the ground
My screams drowning in the sounds of cracks and fissures
As I dig into my chest, into my skin with long nails
Trying to get rid of this ******* heart that won't stop breaking

Still alive and breathing
Hiding the frown by smiling
Sand quickly covers my feet
Suddenly six feet underneath

Mistakes from the past year
Fear running from the rear
Footsteps running from fear
Everything is visible from here

Six feet underneath
Buried under the heath
Wanting to rise and leave
Wanting to leave it all down here

Choir of furies in my head
Amalgam of monsters under my bed
Infestation of red
from the back of my head

Physically six feet over
Mentally six feet under
Suffocating, hope is losing
Dying but still fighting