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375 · Aug 2017
reclamation
Idiosyncrasy Aug 2017
Maybe it's too late for us
But it's not too late for me.

*I'll save me.
Back up.
373 · Apr 2017
Ask
Idiosyncrasy Apr 2017
Ask
I did my best to love you
But you've hurt me anyway
So I tried
To keep my heart at bay
I could have gone away
If you didn't ask me to stay.

But baby, at the end of the day
Things might change their way
Yet what will matter to me
Is what you say
I could have stayed
If you didn't ask me to go away.
Almost breaking.
9/30
373 · Feb 2016
Lost Words
Idiosyncrasy Feb 2016
Have you seen my words?
Did you take them with you when you left?
Because yesterday I know
I still have the right words to say
But now, it's like I'm filling in the spaces.

Have you seen my words?
Did you take them with you when you left?
Did you hide them behind the moon?
Because you know every night I'll stare at it
And every night I'll wonder if you're behind the moon too.

Maybe you hid them among the stars
Every shining one carrying a word
Because you know that I'll get tired counting them all.

Or did you put it in the wolf's howl?
Thinking I'll notice the similarities of the rhythm
And I'll stay awake and think of you instead.

Did you hide them underneath the tree
In the same place where we buried our pain and tears
So that for another time I'll let go of the pain I'm enduring?

Tell me if they're hidden in the treasure chest I never opened
Do you want me to unlock it
And face the secrets I've feared?

Did you mess up the words in my favorite book
So that I'll stop reading it, imagining
And reach my dreams instead?

The words, are they inside the vase
Where I display fresh flowers
So I won't notice them but see that there's something more beautiful?

Please do tell
I hope you haven't lost them
I hope you kept them but please say
For when you left you took my heart with you
And if you took my words you took my soul too.
Filling in blanks.
372 · Mar 2018
Untitled
Idiosyncrasy Mar 2018
"You are the best thing that ever happened to me,"
He whispered
One time
As I was drifting
Between consciousness
And sleep
By the soft touch of his fingers
Combing through my hair
He wasn't sure if I could hear him
He said so
In between lyrics of
When the Day Met the Night
Laughing and saying sorry
For forgetting some lines
How do I tell him I've longed
For him to sing to me again
And hold me
When the rest of the world is shaking
I guess this is how.
c:
372 · Apr 2017
Prophecy
Idiosyncrasy Apr 2017
Sometimes
I read the words
I wrote before
And laugh
At how
*They all make sense
Now.
My old poems have the feelings I have now.
2/30
Idiosyncrasy Jun 2017
We write
for people we are yet to meet
And you
brought my words to life.
363 · Mar 2018
embrace
Idiosyncrasy Mar 2018
No matter how hard the chase
No matter how far the space
Something always leads me back to your embrace.
359 · Apr 2018
love
Idiosyncrasy Apr 2018
Love may fail
Love may end
Love may leave
But it doesn't mean nothing good can come out of it
And in that case, maybe it doesn't fail at all.
Thanks, love.
356 · Sep 2016
Defined
Idiosyncrasy Sep 2016
When a person is loved
That doesn't define him
But I wish my love defines you
Or at least tell you this
You don't always have to change for the person you love.

Let my love for you remind you
That you're beautiful
You're strong
And you'll be loved
Because you're you.


Let this great love
Reflect who you really are
Bring out the best in you
Give what you deserve
**Let my love define you.
This powerful love.
(Oral comm. May sakit ka ba ngayon? M.)
342 · Nov 2018
21 days
Idiosyncrasy Nov 2018
They say it takes 21 days to make a habit
One, I found myself retracing the paths of how we used to go home on new streets and different sidewalks- left, cross, go right, forward, then left.
Two, I went to the mall to buy fleece blankets.
Three, the jeepney ride took six times longer than usual.
Four, the x-ray results show scoliosis, not fatal.
Five, my ukulele lost its cold sound.
Six, my dictionary shows two meanings for the word town.
Seven, I sang my readings to the tune of Earth, Wind and Fire's September.
Eight, "I fall for always and forever."
Nine, we had plans for breakfast.
Ten, we lost ourselves in the cast.
Eleven, I lost it when you said goodbye too quickly.
Twelve, there is a difference between truth and honesty.
Thirteen, you always started conversations
Fourteen, when did we start regretting decisions?
Fifteen, was it when you've forgotten my voice?
Sixteen, I tried to keep the little boy away from the noise.
Seventeen, I told him a story about Mars that night.
Eighteen, you said if you could **** the moon, you just might.
Nineteen, I held the hand of the little boy for a long time.
Twenty,  I ended my goodbye with his favorite rhyme.
Twenty-one, my first watch was never a time travel device.
But they say it takes 21 days to break a habit
So on day one, I will wipe the mascara off the lashes of my eyes...
Ito na.
338 · Oct 2016
Traffic Lights
Idiosyncrasy Oct 2016
Green light,
I go as fast as I can
As fast as the limits allow
I was trying to reach you
And I like the way the wind enters
Through the open window
I like the rush of emotions
As I take control and lose control,
Loving you feels that way.

And then I watch you
Stop to take someone in
You break rules for that one
I watch as you drive together
I drive alone following you
And then there were lots
Of U turns and bus stops
It became tiring, painful
Yellow light* flashed.

I guess this is where
I should stop before it gets worse
This is where it ends
3...2...1...
*Red light.
I want to stop but I can't. You keep pulling me back.
334 · May 2017
what we choose
Idiosyncrasy May 2017
The sun
was always there
The rain
was never meant to stay
But people
will always-
*always choose the rain.
Let's not take constant things for granted. They're not zero.
May 10
327 · May 2018
especially
Idiosyncrasy May 2018
It breaks my heart
To see you break
In overwhelmingness
In emptiness
And in between
Most especially, you
Especially, you
you.
Huwag mo na kasing pigilan.
322 · Jul 2017
Die
Idiosyncrasy Jul 2017
Die
Maybe we are any
Of two numbers
On opposite sides of a die
Constant...
I will have that.
Constant but not together.
322 · Dec 2018
Fire
Idiosyncrasy Dec 2018
Your eyes look like fire
The kind that greets you with a hot mug of coffee in the morning
The kind that makes you want to sit, share stories and roast marshmallows

Your eyes look like fire
The kind that this world revolves around but can never get closer to because
Your eyes look like fire
The kind that starts with a flicker and creeps into forests and houses on a windy night

Your eyes look like fire
Not the kind that coughs out its last embers but the kind that lets out one final explosion before it turns into dark coal and ashes

*Your eyes looked like fire.
To you, whose fire I miss.
320 · Jan 2018
this might be the last time
Idiosyncrasy Jan 2018
Listen when I tell you
Because it isn't at all easy for me to say
That I still love you
When you no longer feel the same.
Not another time.
Not once more.
320 · Oct 2016
best
Idiosyncrasy Oct 2016
Sometimes I wonder
If I'm looking at
The most beautiful sunset
The brightest star
The bluest sky
And I just don't notice it
Because you're not with me.
Strawberry Swing
319 · May 2020
update
Idiosyncrasy May 2020
Hello! I know I haven't posted here in a while but I'm trying to get back to writing and have currently started using Instagram as the new platform. I would really appreciate it if you guys follow my account.

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Thank you so much for this wonderful community!
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317 · Feb 2018
Staying
Idiosyncrasy Feb 2018
The light flickers behind the shadows
The words fade to black
The people stream as if to follow
I try to get back on track
As I thought of the good changes
From moments of leaving
I couldn't help but ask the feeling
Of how wonderful it would be
If this time
This time
We
both
stay
.
A response to "Leaving"
315 · Jul 2018
Hello
Idiosyncrasy Jul 2018
I didn't know
How to begin again
So I tried
With the only way
I know how..


..By holding your hand
June 25
312 · Aug 2016
Wishes
Idiosyncrasy Aug 2016
I think I've wished for you long ago,
When I was very eager to sow
But I didn't know where I'm supposed to go.

I think I've wished for you once more,
When I walked out the door
And I hoped for wind to make me soar.

I think I've wished for you again,
When I cannotĀ find the next bend,
I could use rest and a helping hand.

I think I've wished for you on a day,
When I didn't want to hear what people say,
All I want is someone who'll stay.

I think I've wished for you on a jinny joe and a shooting star,
When my dreams seem so far
And so big to fit in my jar.

I think I've wished for you tonight,
When I'm giving up and can no longer fight,
When darkness came and I needed light...

*I think I've wished for you all my life.
There are wishes we make unconsciously. I unconsciously wished to go home.
312 · Sep 2016
Loud
Idiosyncrasy Sep 2016
There are times when I'm with you
That my heart beats so loud
I stop and wonder
If you ever hear it too.
Give it TIME./m/
310 · Aug 2016
The Universe and a World
Idiosyncrasy Aug 2016
When I met you, you became my universe faster than the cosmos expanded.But then, you were the universe and I'm just one of the seemingly dots you have. I might just be a planet with no life, questioning why I became a part of you but exist this way...asking, hoping that I may be even just the world to you.
Universe world hope life
307 · Dec 2017
Sound of a Heart Breaking
Idiosyncrasy Dec 2017
Sometimes I wish
That when a heart breaks
It comes with a very loud sound
Like the Twin Towers crashing
Or a ceremonial song
Banging your eardrums
You forget why your heart broke
In the first place

Instead
It comes with heavy sighs
And jittery knees
Silent tears like spring beneath the ground
Closed eyes or blinding lights
And blankets to cover it with
Silent and unfathomable
Making it even harder to face.
2017 ending and heart still breaking.
305 · Jan 2018
away with words
Idiosyncrasy Jan 2018
You said
I have a way with words
You do too
But I don't think
writing about what I never felt
Is the same with
saying what you never meant.
Yes, pun. We use words in different ways after all.
305 · Feb 2017
Earth
Idiosyncrasy Feb 2017
I never wanted the blue sky nor the night sky
I never wanted the sun nor the moon, even the stars
All this time, all I wanted was the Earth
All this time, I was looking for the Earth.

Someone who'll keep me on the ground
Someone who'll show me that there's so much out there
Someone who'll make me feel human
Someone who's home.

But he deserves more than a mere fragment of dark matter like me
He deserves whatever will make the rivers flow
Whatever will make the trees and flowers grow
He deserves much more.

And as I go back
Hopping from asteroids to comets to planets
I know
There will be nothing like Earth.
M
302 · Apr 2017
you have me
Idiosyncrasy Apr 2017
I'm not the best you'll never have,*
But I'm trying to be the best
for you,
And most of all,
You have me.
Miss missing you.
22/30
301 · Feb 2018
Circles
Idiosyncrasy Feb 2018
There might be
Places and mazes
And parks and landmarks
Every step a riddle
Every turn a puzzle
But I won't mind
I might be running in circles
But I come back to you
Every time.
A response to the previously posted poem "Walking".
299 · Nov 2015
This Season
Idiosyncrasy Nov 2015
This season
I cannot give
Fancy gifts
And shiny things.

This season
I know
I cannot love you
Like you love me.

But it doesn't mean
I don't love you
With all I have
For this season
I give you my heart.
season heart love gift
295 · Feb 2018
-
Idiosyncrasy Feb 2018
-
you make leaving
so hard
and I think
that's beautiful.
287 · Apr 2017
I want to be there
Idiosyncrasy Apr 2017
I want to be there
When the world is more than unfair
When everything just gets to your hair
When all you can do is sit and stare
I will be there.

I want to be there
When the sun decides to share
When you stand up and dare
And when you're finally sure
That you too, will be there.
I have waited and will still be waiting. Will you wait for me too?
21/30
287 · Dec 2017
mistake
Idiosyncrasy Dec 2017
Choosing you was a mistake
     but then
              you
made
         v
           e
             r
              y
                t
                  h
                     i
                       n
                          g
                                right.
I hate you.
279 · Feb 2018
ocean
Idiosyncrasy Feb 2018
If there's an ocean
you'll drown in
It would be
that of my love
Bursting through
rivers and streams
lakes and springs
Reaching spaces
and creating safe places
For you.
A response to "Dihydrogen monoxide".
276 · May 2017
trust
Idiosyncrasy May 2017
I've been hitting the Don't Trust button for too long.
Still.
272 · Jan 2018
butterflies
Idiosyncrasy Jan 2018
He leans on my shoulder
I thought the butterflies were over
Even the slightest touch of hands
Makes all of them dance.
Still :(
267 · Nov 2017
say
Idiosyncrasy Nov 2017
say
I just want to say I love you one more time
You do not have to say your heart is still mine.
256 · Sep 2015
Z
Idiosyncrasy Sep 2015
Z
All else had failed,
All else had brought me
To tears,
Then you came
And every direction
Every decision
Has pointed me to you
Every person
Has brought me here
Every second
Every minute
Every hour
Has come to this,
Forever.
239 · Dec 2017
up
Idiosyncrasy Dec 2017
up
maybe
when we look up
we don't have
to see
dying stars.
Look up at trees.
236 · Jul 2015
My Summer
Idiosyncrasy Jul 2015
You made me feel
Like it's summer
Everyday of the year.

Then I left you,
With the leaves and the colors,
But that became my fall.

And time skipped winter,
Time skipped spring,
*It was summer again after all.
seasons year summer fall winter spring again time
231 · Sep 2016
What's enough
Idiosyncrasy Sep 2016
I didn't have to be with you,
It was enough for me to love you.

It was enough to hear you laugh
Whenever someone cracks a joke
It was enough to hear you talk
Even if it's not solely to me
It was enough to see you smile
Whenever we meet at the hallway
It was enough to see your eyes shine again
Filled with love and passion for new dreams and adventures
Just like then.

*It was enough for me to love you,
But sometimes,
Sometimes I wish you'd love me too.
Friends are all we'd ever be.
230 · Mar 2017
fiction
Idiosyncrasy Mar 2017
In this world
where reality ends
*and fiction begins,
you started loving me.
Yesterday. I tried. What is beautiful to write.
226 · Feb 2018
the best
Idiosyncrasy Feb 2018
With you
Things are at best.
192 · Apr 2018
Unexpected
Idiosyncrasy Apr 2018
One day
I will stumble upon a box
Full of the things
I've given
I've lost
Covered in bubble wrap
Like they have never been through so much struggle
To get back to me
The box wasn't wrapped with red ribbon
But with tight tape
As if saying
It was to be opened by people
With strong hands like mine
Which have gone through the sharpest blades and knives
But I tell you
I still offer delicate fingers
Rough draft.

— The End —