You are also
someone else's prayer.

I hope you'll
remember that
while chasing after
someone who
isn't yours to keep.

Mahal kita.

Ay, hindi.

Mahal
parin
pala
kita.

She feels so mad
she couldn't even
look him in the eyes
for she knew that once she does
she'll be lost again
fully,
madly,
deeply.

I've written thousands
of letters
with your name
and mine
sealed them
with thousands of beats
my heart kept on shouting.
Sometimes
I ask myself
Why wouldn't
I send it to you?

Then right after
I'd get the answer...

there are letters
better
left unopened

And now I beg
to hear you laugh

For the very last time.

But dear,
you don't owe
the world an
explanation
of why
you built
that wall.

the right ones
will know
without
a single word.

We cannot carry all the burdens from our painful past.
We can only leave it there, burried underneath the roots of memories we had for once.
Make some baby steps for now.
You'll be surprised of how you'd be able to make giant ones once you've learned how let it all go.

She couldn't say goodbye
so she wrote him her farewell.

He couldn't read her pain
so he left before she packed her suitcase.

If what we are
is just a game,
would you cheat
just to win?

This she asked,
and with a frown
he answered
"No."

She knew he meant it

Collect mem'ries
on sunny days
when dandelions bloom
even in autumn
when leaves fall apart.

Collect mem'ries
on windy days
when the only comfort
you had's a blanket
even on rainy days
when thunderstorms
echo here and there.

Collect mem'ries
when sky do cries
and rainbows bow
when clouds in shapes
and lightning screams
when birds sing songs
all aftermath

Collect mem'ries
from the most timid smile
a stranger gives
to the warmest hug
your love bestows

Collect all mem'ries
from all laughters that causes
stomach cramps
to the most painful cries
you shed at night

Collect
Collect them all
keep them in a jar
with others on a shelf.
for there
a vessel that complements yours
lies...

He thinks she's precious
but it's the other way around.

He sees stars in her eyes;
she reaches universe
with his touch.

And while he forsees
his future with her,
she was busy

nurturing
their safest haven.

You might never notice,
but I see all your monsters.
I feel your pain
as I chase them all away.

Kapag yung ex mo nakipagbalikan sayo
tatangggapin mo pa ba?
Ako?
oo.
tanga lang eh noh?
oh tapos tatawa tawa ka?
Kung sabagay…
Hindi kita masisissi.
Hindi naman ikaw ang minsang lumigaya
Sa ibabaw ng alapaap
Sa yakap na mahigpit
Sa kamay na minsang nakatagpo ng
Palad
Palad na handang dumamay
Palad na handang umakay sa matarik na bundok
Binuo ng mga daliring handang takpan
Ang minsang mga matang walang humpay na lumuha sa pait na
Dulot ng mapanghusgag tingin ng mundo
hindi.. hindi kita masisisi
dahil hindi naman ikaw nag nakadama
ng matamis na lasa sa pagbigkas ng mga katagang
ikaw.. ikaw lang.. ang mahal ko.
Hindi. Hindi mo narinig ang bawat ngiting
Ipininta ng bawat tawang ibingay
Sa mga simpleng kantang inialay.
hindi.. hindi mo nasaksihan nung araw na ipinaglaban
nya ang pagmamahalang tanging mahalagang bagay na meron ako at sya noon.
Hindi.. hindi mo naramdaman ang lambot ng kasiguraduhang
Matutulog kang nakangiti dahil sya ang katabi mo
At gigising kang may ngiti pa rin dahil panatag ka
Panatag kang sa bisig nya parin nakahimlay.
Hindi.. hind kita masisisi
Dahil hindi mo ramdam
Ang kirot na humiwa dito..
Nung araw na sinabi nyang
“Ayokona”
Ayokona?
Walang eksplenasyon ni walang pasubali
Nabura lahat! Natabunan ng mga tanong hanggang sa naging panghihinayang at poot at
Sinabi kong tama na
Tama ka nga siguro
Ayaw mo na..
Lahat yan tinanggap ko, pilit ipinilit sa isipang
Wala na. tapos na. ending na.

Tapos
Isang araw
Bigla syang kumatok, sabi
“sorry”
Tanginamo. Para san pa?
Ako pa rin daw..
ako parin daw.

Kapag yung ex mo nakipagbalikan sayo
tatanggapin mo pa ba?
Ako?
oo.

pero di gaya ng dati
hindi
na
ako
tanga.

Everything's still vivid to me
like a pristine water in a flowing river,
and just how each drop kissed all shades of rocks beneath.

There was silence all over the place
even the sea hummed the calmest hymn
and wind whispered through sun's ear
who peeked a smile so bright, so warm.

The horizon seemed so perfect
like a flawless line drawn on a clean canvas
painted with colours we see at dusk.

All minds knew it was just an ordinary day
that no soul hath realized
everything that then appeared
was already a silent warning.

Until stillness swallowed by waves
and calmness thorn by thunders
all waters flashed and passed
the shore in awe and reached the land.

I could still vividly remember...

how everything from a peaceful land
was eaten

by a silent hungry monster

created by the ones whom she once loved.

Tell me something even more tormenting
than the simple act of waiting...

a little more waiting...

and a lot more waiting.

I built this tall and thick wall
around my heart for years
for intentions I know would
protect me.
I've always been prepared with shields
which I never failed to raise
whenever needed.

Was I hurt?
No.

But I wasn't that careful on
choosing who I allow
to come in through this
tiny hole I've created only for
whom I thought deserved.

And now I find it hard
really, really hard

to let him out

for the wall might crash

along
with this tiny
beating
heart of mine.

Had I've known
silence were your
warning signs..

I wouldn't had let
myself drowned
by my loudest pain.

for while I shed my silent cries
you quietly cut deep wounds within.

He flows like a river
and as his waters fall down,
a heart of stone hath melted.

She nurtures like earth
on ground she keeps her feet,
she made home for his lost soul.

Oh what a mess had been created
the moment these two
hath met!

But even in muds,
a lotus sprouts.

and no matter how chaotic
it might appear...

some things bloom within.

You broke your own heart
by the risky knife of love
and now you bleed
so you stitch it
with thread of all
painful yet so precious
memories of him.

Go on,
crowned warrior.
be braver,
for all wounds heal
when patched
with what bleeds heart.

She had shattered
long enough to
not be afraid
of being broken

again

You might not want
to admit it
but truth hath spoken:

what makes you stay
is the same thing
that hinders you
from growth...

You said I was rare
and finally
I found the reason
why I always longed
not to be attached

All that is rare
I suppose is a stone-
not to be melted
but to burst.

You just proved it
the moment
you walked out
the same door
you promised not
to leave footprints out.

She loved him
and he didn't had
any idea.

What's the saddest?

He knew
and she didn't had
any idea.

"What time is it?"
says the busy man.
"Eight in evening, sir."
says an employee on another OT day.

"What time was it?"
says the busy woman.
"It was at seven thirty-six last night."
says her mother's doctor.

"What time will they be home?"
says the son in his PJs,
waiting from the windows...

When a poet
holds his pen
and the composer
finds the perfect words
the painter mixed the shades
and the singer hit the notes

dearest,
that's when scars turn
into art.

You'll realize that...

whatever spills
is just a manifestation
of what nests
inside.

Just choose your card
and see what
comes next

for we could always
end up between the two:

Felicity
or
Misery

Who knows?

Some yearns for me
others mourn for me
There are those who wanted me
and those who are afraid of me.

I hear them call
in different despairs

But none of them could really
give me
the love I always
long for.

a million smiles
with million little laughs
an airplane from a paper
toys scattered along the room

bubbles during bath
lullabies from mom
tiny little sounds
when dad gets home with hugs

the world's pure and wonderful
with innocence of gladness it held
the day's a sun of light
and it's so quiet during night

everything's funny;
got nothing to regret
i just wish...
i could stay like that.

P ainful
A gonies
U nder valuing the
L ove he used to give in
J ust a moment of time
U ttering those words I loved to hear. Now
D ays hath passed, I wonder how everything hath reached the
E nd with just a name… alone… in mine heart.