Bakit hangang ngayon?!? ...
Bakit hanggang ngayon.
Ang pangalan mo pa rin ang pinuputak ng bunganga ko
Napapagod na ang mga taengang nakikinig
Nangangawit na ang dilang ikaw pa rin ang hinihiling
Pag kalipas ng isang taon---
Bakit hanggang ngayon?

Ang puso ko’y tumatalon, kumikirot, natatakot, nalulungot
Marinig lang ang pangalan mo.
Makita lang ang anino mo---
At  oo. Nakikita pa rin kita.
Sa bawat matang aking pinagmamasdan---
Sa bawat kamay na aking hinahawakan
Sa bawat lalaking aking sinubukan ibigin nung tayo’y natapos
Hinahanap-hanap ang iyong mahihigpit na yakap
Ang iyong bisig na pumulupot sa aking bewang, leeg--- buong katawan
Ang matatamis na salita na iyong inaawit at inaawit… at inaawit ng paunti-unti…
Paunti-unting lumalapit. Sumusuyo sa pusong nakatago, nakakulong.

Bakit hanggang ngayon?
Kung saan man ako tumingin.
Nandyan ka pa din sa malapit---

Nakiki-usap ako, o aking multo, layuan mo na ako.
Tama na.
Ayoko na.
Pagod na ako sa parati **** pagdating sa hating gabi, ang iyong pagbisita sa aking mahimbing na panaginip
Nilulunod ako ng iyong mga huling salita
Nag-mamakaawa at humihiling ng kakarampot na pagmamahal
At alam ko’y ako  na rin ang syang pumatay
Sa iyo---
nung pinag-kait ko ang iyong ninanais na pag-ibig.

Dahil ako’y naunahan ng pangamba, ng pag-duda.
Eto ba ang iyong parusa? O SIGE NA! IKAW NANG PANALO!
Sasabihin ko na ang gusto **** marinig—mga salitang dapat dati ko pa sinabi:
          Minahal kita.

Mahal na mahal pa rin kita---
Patawad sa aking pag-tangi,
Patawad sa sakit at pait.
Patawad.

Please say no.
When I tell you I love you,
Please say no.

I rather have you hurting me
Than me hurting you.

Please say no.
When I reach out to you,
Just say no.

I rather be ashamed of myself for saying it
Than letting your heart break when I let you go.

But I feel like I don't need to tell you this,
Because you already know what to say.
Because you're chasing someone else.

And I know,
You'll never turn to me for love.
You'll only turn to me for those sweet things.
The happiness and the smiles she'll never give.

Even though I want you,
I can't have you.

So please,
When I say I love you,
Please say no.
Just say no.
Just say no.
Just no.

What would You do when you can't have someone you want?
Would you
lift a finger and whisk it like a wand
wishing everything would fall in place
the way you'd want it to
in a tick of the clock ,
or,
would you struggle with your brain
between finding a solution
and living inside your head, dreaming of
perfection?

ME

I would get up,
trek to a forest with my trusty machete
and hack away at the thickest bushes I could find.
I'd hack away, hack away,
and ignore the sag from my arms, the stress on my back,
the sweat pouring down my face like water off a cliff,
the unsteady footing caused by wet mud and unsteady, unsure legs.

I would keep hacking until I reach the end of my arduous quest,
where I would come upon a clearing--
A clearing with an aisle made of rose petals
that lead into the center,
surrounded by white chairs and sunflowers.
And Someone would be there,
in a white dress and veil, waiting for me.

I put myself in a bottle,
throw it into the sea;
in the midst of this battle,
waves crashes over me.

Waiting for blinding sun
and cold light of day,
troubles, weigh a ton,
take my fears away.

I am alone in horizon,
from morn till even;
my life only begun
in Your Heaven.