The
one place
where I can finally
hear my
thoughts.

**iamthe_avatar ©2015

Listen* to what I'm about to tell you,
Because this matter is very important
For it will give you great advantage on
How to write a poem

Put your right hand against your forehead,
Make sure the dorsal surface touches it
Now make a rightward circular motion;
Because your head's been aching for hours

Apply more pressure to your massage
As you squeeze your nape up and down
Then make circular neck motions—to the left; to the right
Whilst you look for the menthol liniment

And now you've found your relief formula;
Which caused you more harm than good
Because your bedroom is a jungle—
Full of mysterious creatures and uncharted places

Now open the lid and pour a little amount
On your left palm, and rub vigorously
With your right hand, and massage gently
Your frontal lobe; apply more if necessary

Now wait just for a couple of minutes
Notice that the heat is starting to permeate;
And your mind begins to take a deep breath
From its calming and soothing effect

And now you're feeling a whole lot better
You're acting like a normal person again
And now you're ready to write your poem
If all else fails, repeat everything from step one

**iamthe_avatar ©2015

You
own
the skies and still
You
want
my
heart.

iamthe_avatar ©2015

At
the
cross of suffering
I
lived
because
He
died.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

So pure and so white,
the perfume of the mountains.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

Numbers and lines
collide
with every
step
of your
life.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

Words
can bring
life or destruction
—choose the right path.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

Better* is an *unborn infant
than a lonely old fool.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

The death of order
is the birth of our
*******.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

I'll always
remember the day
you took my heart
away.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

Eight, five, four, nine,
one, seven, six,
ten, three,
two.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

I call,
You answer
—and You came to my
rescue.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

A thousand times I have failed,
still Your mercy remains.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

To* write or not to write
—that is the question.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

Your* and you're,
their and they're,
its and it's.
***!

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

God
is love.
Whoever lives in
love* lives in
God.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

If I love you more,
will you love me less?

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

Faith,* hope and love
—the greatest of
these is
love.

**iamthe_avatar ©2014

I saw a girl
standing on my window
The day my darling
left me to sorrow

Hey shawty,
don’t ya know
you so fly?

Lately
I’ve been thinkin’
how can I

Send my résumé
to your heart

So that
we could
never be
apart.

**iamthe_avatar ©2009

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

Friends were made out of you and me,
When we sat down under that giant tree,
The true friendship that you gave me,
I’ll cherish it for my lifetime if not for eternity.

My friend, I’m sorry if you think that I don’t see,
And value those simple things you do for me,
But the truth is I always keep them with me,
I say these words to you with all authenticity.

Arigatou Tomodachi! You know how much I love thee,
You are my source of happiness and prosperity,
When I am sad, you’re always there to comfort me,
And likewise, we help each other in times of difficulty.

Friends were made out of you and me,
When we sat down under that giant tree,
The true friendship that you gave me,
I’ll cherish it for my lifetime if not for eternity.

**iamthe_avatar ©2010

What words can I say
to convey
a cliché?

Your words
and ideas

don’t have
anything
to
say

to give me the strength
to carry on

for
the
day.

You’re annoying me,
just please

get out
of
my
way.

**iamthe_avatar ©2009

Winter falls
as the
summer breezes,

Hearts burn
as the
fire freezes,

Mockers go quiet
as the
mute teases,

Peace comes in
as the
war ceases.

A day for nephews and a day for nieces,
A time to serve and a time for wishes,

Beasts of the earth and ocean’s fishes,
Alone made by the God who blesses.

They say not one thing
won’t come to last.

Had their faith
on Him fallen so fast?

Did kindess and mercy of God avast?
For human to say all things won’t last?

Rivers explored as
deserts left uncharted,

Desire,
thirst
and hunger
left thwarted,

Who says love and lust
can never be parted?

Who says courage isn’t
for the fainthearted?

Who says all things
come to an end?

Did they not believe that Christ ascend,
From the grave and yet they contend,
That all things will come to an end?

In sin, we received death and pain.
In Him, lifelong eternity is to gain.

He’d come
to wash away our stain,

Trusting in Him
won’t be in vain.

So sing Hallelujah and praise His name!

To all the ends of the earth we proclaim,
Jesus, savior of sinners – of whom I claim,

Death and sin He overcame!

**iamthe_avatar ©2010

Once I met a stranger on a typical Saturday night,
As I watch the passengers, as my hands are holding tight,
The precious possessions of a wealthy playwright,
This stranger looked at me and asked if I’m alright.

I answered back, bewildered, not looking at his face,
Suddenly, the busy streets became a quiet place,
Those towering skyscrapers all covered now with haze,
It felt like the two of us were left in an empty space.

This stranger gave me this only dear thing he has,
A thick mass of aged manuscripts covered in brass,
“Eat it,” he said, soon it was time for him to leave the bus,
I did not understand his words until I knew who he was.

As I look, I opened by chance to the book of John,
And there I read about God’s only precious Son,
Stranger on earth, laid down his life for the sin of man,
For whom who will believe in Him, salvation will be done.

Bridge:
And as I turned the pages,
I saw the stranger’s love,
For me and for all ages,
To live with him above.

Chorus:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! The stranger was the Christ,
The stranger who gave up his life for my sins,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! The stranger was the Christ,
The stranger who laid down his life for your sins.

I knew right then the stranger was nothing but the Christ,
And to those who believe in Him, salvation was the prize,
I don’t know why He came to me in disguise,
But one thing I’m sure of, I’m saved by the stranger, and the stranger was the Christ.

Repeat Chorus

And we will live with Him above
And we will live with Him above
And we will live with Him above

**iamthe_avatar ©2010

I still taste your
honey-like-tongue
as if it was
like yesterday.

Feels like
the first time
we kissed
each other
on a
rainy day.

I still dream of you
every night
even
though
we’re through.

Oh, I hate
the feeling that
I still can’t
get over you.

I still feel
your sugar-like-lips;
you let
them
wander
around my body.

I don’t know why
I get so excited
every time
you do it
to me.

I can’t resist
your temptations.

I’m drowning
in my
deepest
emotions.

**iamthe_avatar ©2007

Baby* stay with me
just linger here for a while

Maybe
we’ll be together
forever
with a smile

On your face I see
eternity coming to beguile
Me
as if
I’m walking with you
down the aisle

Tell me
how this Payne’s Gray of yours
struck me in the eye

So wonderful
lately I’m in a state of daze
and my face just can deny

Like a bunch of rose petals
falling down from the sky
Straight to the bedlike-cobwebs
where you and I
lie

The strands
of my hair
are filled with your
Payne’s Gray

Let’s watch the moonlight
as it touches the day

Don’t ask why
just sit beside me

come what may

Come what may
your Payne’s Gray

Sleep with me for the night is through
and the day is coming

Loosen your tight
forget about the world
and just think of nothing

Empty your sight
like you don’t want to see
what tomorrow may bring

The daylight-stricken strands of my hair
with your Payne’s Gray shining

**iamthe_avatar ©2010

I’m a helpless statue carved by man’s hands
Look at me, from this is where my pedestal stands

Fallen out of the sky, my wings are broken firebrands
Like serene meadows from within, like an angel so tragic lands

I’m an offspring of decadence, my will is shut down
Dressed in another man’s linen, the eyes of someone is my gown

Covered in winter snow, yet my whole world is burning down
How I wish they know, how it feels to wear a thorn-like crown

Look at me,
I’m like star dusts falling from the sky

Can’t you see?
Feel the emptiness in my eye

Waste no time.
By now you should have heard my cry

Knitted wings of liberation,
Fly me there somewhere up high

Stay with me, forget reality, and never ask for more
Immersed in jubilance, your love is what I existed for

Vigorous as lightning as
I’m walking the ocean floor

Like an angel so tragic lands,
Like my faded footsteps on your door

**iamthe_avatar ©2010