I saw him standing there
Looking oh-so-well
"****" I whispered
I almost fell

He loves art
He talked about it with glistening eyes and a smile painted on his face
I asked him the names of the masterpieces he like
He talked and talked, enumerating the things he love
I stared at him and waited to name himself

Kasabay ng aking paggawa ng tula
ay ang pagbitaw sa pangako mo na
"akin kang babalikan"
Kasabay ng pagiba ng ihip ng hangin
ay ang pagtangay sa puso kong dati'y walang ibang isinisigaw kundi ang iyong pangalan

Isa kang salamangkero
Pinaniwala mo ako sa mahikang kailanma'y 'di totoo
Pinaniwala mo ako sa pag-ibig
Pag-ibig na nagpalapit sa atin
Pinaniwala mo ako sa pag-ibig
Pinaniwala mo ako sa pag-ibig

Pero teka
Pag-ibig nga ba iyon
o isa lang iyon sa mga pelikulang iyong nilikha?
Na sa umpisa palang ay nakalagay na ang mga katagang
"Babala: ang sususnod na programa ay walang halong katotohanan
Huwag seseryosohin"

Una palang kitang nakita,
nakuha mo na agad ang aking atensyon
Katulad ng isang kwintas
Una mo palang makita,
hindi mo mapipigilan
na mapalapit agad iyon sa puso mo

Naaalala mo pa ba ang regalo mo sa akin?
Kwintas na may hugis pusong disenyo
Sabi mo, iyon ang sumisimbolo
na nasa akin na ang iyong puso
Ngayon, alam ko na kung bakit
Dahil tulad ng metal na kwintas na iyon,
Ganon din katigas ang nilalaman ng iyong dibdib

I'll forget you
Not now but soon

I like books
Than people
Books can free you
When people won't let you escape

I still can remember
The time
When your eyes
Locked with mine
Since then I knew
That stars
Cant shine brighter
Than you

Your face says it all
It screams the word danger
Sirens race when you’re near
You made me drink the liquid you gave
Realized it was a potion full of lies
But I guess people love hazard
Overdrawn my heart two times in a row
Still, I want you here beside me as I halt
You came like youngsters in the movies
You left like a nightmare who took my breathe away

Still lacking for your love
Searching for the adoration you dearth
Spilling the liquid off my jar
Hoping you wrote something there

In my imagination,
we appeared as one
Remembering our vivid memories
But can’t reminisce a thing

I’m here again
Writing you a poem
Typing the letters which I hope
Will lead to you
At 11 pm
I sit still
And watch the night sky turn to be light
11:11 came
And I hope this poem
Will take the biggest hole in your heart

Words with meaning
Words that are always spinning
Don't ever ruin its nuance
Never destroy it
I won't return it
I won't answer it
If I ever did
It will always be thank you

“Do it all in the name of love” they said.
But how can I, if you’re not love for me anymore?

Like a fire
During the rain,
A hail
On a deserted place,
Like an astronaut
That’s scared of heights,:
Structures of teachers
While giving future to the youth

Their blood has the color of gold
A treasure in disguise
A diamond
Shining each and everyday
They are saviors
A legend for sure
Taught us to mirror the future
Make it better than that

While learners turn to black and gray,
They use their chalk
To make it vibrant
Like a wrecked road
Alone in the middle of nowhere,
Fixed it
Then made it
A road to triumph

They take you to beautiful realms of life
Let you travel to their beautiful thoughts
Let you wander around their world
Make you smile while reading their sonnets
Giving rhymes on every line
Let you enjoy the magnificence of words combined
But what you didn’t know
Is the meaning of those striking words they wrote
Behind those they’re breaking
Turning their whole hearts to now shattered glass
‘Cause remarkable words can sometimes mean chaos too

I want to write about you
I want to let you know
I’ll send my love to you from afar
I want to write about you

I want to write about you
Describe you as a perfect disaster
Make you feel the same way I feel
I want to write about you

I want to write about you
Make you a king among all the people
I’ll give you the crown you deserve
I want to write about you

I want to write about you
Your hair always up in a quiff
Eyes shining like a dime
I want to write about you

I want to write about you
Tell you how it feels
To not be loved back
I want to write about you

I want to write about you
Tell them how it feels
When you looked at my way
I want to write about you

I want to write about you
Tell them how it feels
When you looked at her with affection
I want to write about you

I want to write about you
Tell them how much I want your eyes to look at me
Tell them how much I want you to smile at me
I want to write about you

I want to write about you
Months had passed
And now I can’t remember your face
I want to write about you

I want to remind you
Notice me as soon as you see me
‘Cause I might not remember your face
I want to remind you

I want to remind you
Talk to me please
Your voice is only what I can recognize
I want to remind you

There he goes again
Fighting till the end
There he goes again
Made my heart shake in pain

As i feel the water
run through my skin
the coldness
and chills it gives me
will never change
the hot crystals
rolling down my cheeks

She has the spirit of a wolf that belongs to every man
Built a pack and conquered all crowns
Hides silently in every closet, worn as dress exquisitely covered with thorns
She gathers all with just a whisper, and rules over with a simple tug of the string

Is it this easy to miss someone
but hard enough to make them come back?

Define her
And striking words will come out of your mouth
Like a cover of a beguiling book
Look at it and you’ll find it on your hands
Read it
But take heed
For pages are torn apart

Every stain
of my ink
means pain
I couldn't speak
Every rhyme I make
are songs I couldn't sing
Every thought of you
are tragic
Every line
Every word
Screams your name
they couldn't spell