Welcome, poets
though we have never met
yet your poems have brought
warmth and joy to my heart--how could I forget

their poignancy and tender touch?
and for more of your poems I do pine
would you welcome me into your words-sanctum
as I would gladly invite you into mine?

Two is
the number i can call you and me
Two is when one is weak
enough to hold you
that's why here comes another one
to stand for the truth

Two is the pair
not on how i'm in such despair
but how i fall into infinite collisions
that brings my eyes unto
the one who's inspiration
keeps my self stable
with no question

Two are you
when all i had to do
was hide
from the moment everything seemed to collide
when my eyes agreed to snap ties
with someone i did not apparently want to incline with

Two marks how many hands i have
one to hold yours and the other for me to keep
both to clasp for me to pray

Two is the day
You tagged me along
to pray
when my faith was hanging
like a needle lost in the stack of hay

hey

i didn't mean to bargain
or intrude
but praying for the truth
is it really you?

sudden questions appear and take over
when finally answered
i jump quickly into conclusions,
or maybe that's just me

but i realized
two
two is to take time when things aren't meant to be rushed

two is when i just needed time
two is when all i had to do was be totally fine
fine with all of this
not for me to throw
something that doesn't actually need to be thrown away
in the dusk
of the sunsets,
is when i know
that tomorrow the sun will rise
like how my feelings will
when i see you

talk about the perfect price
the price to be with you
is enough for me
sometimes i can go on and on
but i realized
two
is
when
im
with
you
and all i can be is just
stay true?

or

Ang plano ko lamang ay paiyakin
At ito'y aking uulit-ulitin
Pero ano to'ng nadarama
Mukhang totoo na sya

Ano nang gagawin
Hindi na mapigil ang damdamin
Ito ba'y itutuloy pa rin
O akin nang patitigilin

Aking sisiguraduhin
Na tama ang gagawin
Aking sasabihin
Mula sa bukal na damdamin

Oh sinta, ako'y iyong patawarin
Sa aking mga pagsisinungaling.

Kaibigan, pinakamasakit na tinawag mo sa akin,
Na lubhang kumirot at tumusok sa damdamin,
Isang bagay na tumuldok  sa aking naisin,
Isang kirot at hapdi na kay hirap alisin.

Kaibigan, isang taong laging nandiyan,
Hindi ka iiwan o lalayuan kailanman,
Lahat ng sakit at luha mo’y maiintindihan,
Hindi ka matiis kahit mapunta  saanman.

Kaibigan, isang mapagpanggap na kaaway,
Na palagi sayo’y nakangiti’t kumakaway,
Ngunit sa iyong pagtalikod hanap ay away,
Iyong pagbagsak ay kanyang tagumpay.

If an ugly duckling turns into a swan
would the lesser species then be none?
forgetting aesthetics and swimming on
left to ponder on this pond

take a gander at a goose
what's good for you is what you choose

If an ugly duckling turns into a swan
would the lesser species then be gone?
who chooses how beauty lines are drawn?
we're all the same in this pond