I hear the ocean make music
Like the rustling of autumn leaves
The sound of them gently rubbing
As she swept my heart like a wind

Singing every word she breathes
Upon a haystack full of needles
With no rhymes, nor pauses
Neither masquerading riddles

Simple and unassuming
She is a beautiful mess
My heart keeps swooning
But I couldn’t care less

Her flaws are fascinating
Like ribbons on her sleeves
Her charm is perfume
Her name is a spell

A graceful soul I see
Inside a feeble shell
To me she’s one and only
And that I can tell

My heartbeat thunders
And chased her nightmares
Like aquamarine
Calm and serene

A thousand, ten thousand words
Isn’t enough to create one phrase
But surely, I wrote a love song for two
Must I recalibrate, I can’t undo

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

Ode to Self

Walking on my own in this road to nowhere
I have thought my life was a whole lot better
Without the things that I used to consider
Superficial like love that made me bitter

Then an angel came to me in a jiffy
Dressed in golden feathers with lips like ruby
Suddenly I was enthralled by her beauty
Misery left me then came my love story

She gave me her heart and I found my shelter
At last my cry was like the rushing river
Can’t imagine why God put us together
Only to be with another’s arms sooner

It’s hard to live in the shadows of her past
Happiness gave company yet left so fast
I don’t have the clue of how long will I last
Like a fracture in a sculpture with a cast

My hopes have faded like the stars were aligned
Like prayers answered like proposals declined
Bursting with ideas from an empty mind
Beauty of irony which left them behind

I have heard limericks from my broken heart
Pieces of memories being torn apart
Mosaics of truth that built a fancy art
But I don’t want to go back from where I start

Ode to Beloved

Sassy lady how lovely you shine so bright
Blind me, come and take away my precious sight
Do you want me to go on a solo flight?
Or be a tool for another man’s delight?

Oh ears of my dearly loved can you hear me?
Draw closer to me please respond to my plea
Heed the sonata of my melancholy
It feels like I’m falling with no gravity

You‘ve lost your sight from the dimness of the dusk
You’ve fooled your own heart when you wore on that mask
Love was next to you even if you don’t ask
Like a machine with an automated task

Hey girl do you see a man from your future?
Do you know that he would stitch up your suture?
From sorrows that have caused your heart to rupture
Which made you weak and soon became your nature

If metaphors can be like reality
And reality can foresee destiny
I don’t know how happy it would be for me
If you could make sense of my allegory

Just gaze at nowhere but only in the front
Disregard the pasts that persist as they haunt
Like carcasses in graves so ghastly and gaunt
Walk with me make sure it isn’t just a jaunt

iamthe_avatar ©2010

The Lord is my Savior,
There’s nothing to deny.

He cleansed away my sins:
He giveth me peace.
He maketh me His son:
He lent me a hand
And put me in His arms.

Yea, though I liveth
In an unholy world,

Thou taught me to live
In a holy way.

For Thou art in heaven,
So shall I be in the day
Of Thy comeback.

Thou maketh a blanket for me
In the coldness of the night.

Thy eyes, they found me
When I was wandering in the wilderness.

Thy never ending mercy and guidance
Shall pour out on me as long as I live

And I will be
with my
Savior
forever.

**iamthe_avatar ©2010

O sinisinta,
bayaan mo akong
ika’y ibigin,

Hinihiling ko lang
na ika’y
mapasa-akin,

Sa Diyos,
pag-ibig mo’y
aking panalangin,

Gumuho man
ang mundo’y,
di ko aalalahanin!

Parang kay tagal ng oras
‘pag hindi kita kasama,
Ngunit kay bilis lumipas
‘pag sayo’y napalapit na.

Bawat araw na ginawa ng
Maykapal ay nasa isip ka,

O Pag-ibig ng buhay ko,
Ito na nga’y
tunay na pagsinta!

Ibig kong malaman
**** ika’y
aking sinisinta,

Laman
sa mga
panaginip’t
hanap-hanap ng
aking
mga mata,

Hindi mo man paniwalaa’y
aking uulit-ulitin,

Sa puso ko’y
ikaw
at walang
ibang
umaangkin.

**iamthe_avatar ©2010

I love
the fact that
I'm in love with you.

I don't know
if there will be
anything
in this reality
that would
make that
untrue.

I love
everything
about you.

Your smile,
it makes me shiver;
I love the wrinkles
on your nose
when you try
to make face at me.

I really miss
looking
at your
serene face.

I love you.
Please don’t
make it hard
for me.

Look at me,
I’m here dying
just to
see you.

Don’t want
another pretty face,
I want nothing else but you.

If in this lifetime,

and I'm sure
there wouldn't be
another one,

fate would grant me
only one opportunity
of having you...

then I won't
let it
slip away.

**iamthe_avatar ©2010

I am weary, I am broken
I am confused, I am wanting
I need You Lord, let Your mercy fall
Hear Your servant in his distress call

Unto you Father, I run and take refuge
You’re a mighty tower in the deluge
Show favor oh Lord to your servant’s call
For he knows You've been good through it all

Chorus:
In my misery I have called on You
In the storm there I found You
You’re waiting on me all along
In Your hands is where I belong

To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul
Hear me oh Jesus, make me whole
To You, O Lord, my rock and fortress
You’re my Savior, my spirit confesses

Repeat Chorus

For I have called on You
And your ears have heard
You turned my wailing into dancing
And my mourning into singing

And now I’ll be praising
‘Cause you have heard me

And now I’ll be praising
‘Cause you have answered me

And now I’ll be praising
Hallelujah! Great is the King!

And now I’ll be praising
Hallelujah! Great is the King!

**iamthe_avatar ©2010

Your love brings me to tears.
How can I ever repay You?
You are like no other.

You’re the God who saves the sinners.
Your love brings
repentance and healing
to the brokenhearted.

No words can describe
the love You’ve shown me.

You see my heart,
a heart
that wants
to proclaim Your name.

I wanna sing this love song to You Father
for you have been gracious and merciful to me.

You were there when I am broken,
You never left me through the pain.

And I now I wanna cry at
Your feet and hug You my Dad!

Your love sees no wrong in me.
Even though I’ve failed you so many times,
still you chose to love me.

And now I wanna sing
to You Father with all of my heart!
I wanna cry to You. Cry to You
and be at peace.

Father, there can never be like You.
No one in this world can do what you did for me.

You have seen me from the
depths of my brokenness.

You have lifted me up to the
heights of Your gloriousness.

And now I wanna sing this love song to You Father.
I wanna sing it with all of my heart.

I just want to pour out my heart to You,
now and for the rest of my life.

Sacrifices
and
offerings
you didn’t
desire.

It’s me you have given your life to.

I just wanna sing it with all of my heart.
I just wanna feel your nearness to me now.

I just wanna sing this
love song for You.

**iamthe_avatar ©2010