I have become very uninterested
in a life without you.

It hurts right here, straight to the heart. I'm bleeding.

Bring in the storm;
I have stood in the middle of the worst.
Bring in the thunder;
I have slept peacefully through the loudest.
Bring in the flood;
I have walked in many.  It's nothing.

Bring it in.
Bring it on.
You think I'll scamper and fall?

Bring it in.  Bring it all in.
I'll face it head on.

Bring it on if all you can do is shoot.
I tell you.  I never fall.  
I bend your bullets with my thumb.

Bring it on if that's all you have.
You do make me stronger.

Is that all you have?
Is that?

**Bring it on.

your trash filled sidewalks
your smog filled air
and morning traffic
I could not bear

your streets that crawl
with poverty
that engage your people
in robbery

your marketplace
called 'monument'
a paradise
I've always dreamt

your night sky stars
I cannot see
as clouds of smoke
keep blocking me

your reckless drivers
your petty thieves
your nearest supplier
comes down at eve

your gangsters stronger
than authority
and the victim cries
so hopelessly

your city lights
soon will be gone
as your electric bill
fills up to tons

your ambitious leaders
up to now, they wonder
what is the best
that they could offer?

O Manila, O Manila
I keep longing for thee
true is thy beauty
in irony

Some people find ******* pleasure in looking down on everyone.

Everyday, we wake up,
Walk to the mirror,
Look at the face,
A routine
Eat breakfast,
Then, go out.

Put on the facade-
Our very own personalities
That we built based on how the society works.
And we emulate it
Without effort.

Some are stoic.
Some are strong.
Some are weak.
Some are jolly.
Some are...

*But at the end of the day, all of us are just vulnerable human beings.