In this silent room
Where I create
Where I travel
Where I retire

I greet silence
With the warmest hug
My fortress is my shield
Pen on paper is my knife

A whistle of the wind
Is all it takes to make me
Be startled and disturbed
As I play the strings on my lap

I explore the whole world
As my earphones be the tour guide
I wrestle , I kick a ball, race and solve puzzles
The work is done by my console and mind

Birds sing, cars honk
I find inspiration, as I step on dung
People hurry through and fro
"Last station, Pasay South", it's time to go

Now I walk, I ride to school
Worker, students, lovers on commute
So is the rapping kid with an envelope
Coins jingle, as the kid rhymes no mute

In school, you have to be creative
Provide unique perspective
As you raise your hand for incentives
"If it doesn't bleed, it doesn't lead"

Pack up, eat, go home
Say hello to your family or your dog
Hit the gyms, go party, hit the screens
Or have a dinner and a kiss with your honey

Meanwhile, I ride back home
Pack up, eat and walk alone
Greet my mom, greet my pops
A high five to sis, a fist pump to bruh

Wash my face, keep my phone on
Listen to music, create some poem
As I travel around the world again
And at last retire, for the day to end

I paint through words
    Through words I show
    Through showing we connect
    Through connecting we understand
    Through understanding we unite
    Through uniting we create
    Through creating we live life
    Through living life we’ll paint words some more

Born and raised
Loved and hugged
My mother's love
As gentle as a dove

I'm my own wallflower
And she's the garden
The more I shrink in the corner
The more she colors my somber

Even though time rebels
As I darken my vessels
I know in my heart
You are my light in the dark

So this dear mother
I say as your daughter
I love you, with all of me
For you've helped me grow my seeds

This is your day
In this garden where we stay
I'll love you all the way
Happy Mother's Day

A baby cried, a baby cried
On it's little crib, it lied
A mother's call, he needs her now
To duty she comes, "don't cry
         my little one, I'm here now."

A young boy cried, a young boy cried
On his feet home with a bruise on his side
A mother's call, he needs her again
Mother cooked, "I better have
          his favorite again!"

A teenager cried, a teenager cried
He felt alone, no one cared
A mother's call, he needs her for the countless time
Mother left work, "to hell
              with the deadline."

A grown up cried, a grown up cried
There's no more job, no money left; he sighed
A mother's call, he drove home
Frail mother went to kitchen, " I should play
              our favorite song."

An old man cried, an old man cried
There's no time left, it is his final time
But his mother's calls, he recollect that night
"Dear mother always say: 'It's gonna
           be alright'"

With that

                he smiled,

              "I'm filled with mother's love"

I lived my life knowing:
That love is blind
That love won't make you fine
That love is merely just distracting

But alas here I am I stand trial
All in the face of love
A victim of love
But with no hint of denial

It is real yes, oh it is such heaven on earth
This love I felt, I feel for real
You made it happen, made me feel
What a lovely day everyday it has been

Everyday you are my cup of tea
Everyday I think of you and me
Everyday there are no worries
Everyday you are my peace, my whole delight

Your hug that i always long for
Each day and each night
You give me your favorite songs
How i long for you, all of the time

Though with every too much sunshine
There is a little rain, a downpour
Oh what a time to be alive
It all went wet, it rained, it poured

But do always remember my love
There's no rainbow without a little rain
Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return

I'll always bring you with me
Remember oh my dear love
As green as the grass, as blue as the sky
You'll always be my green tea, my hug in a cup

I'll wait for you in a café some day
And some day we'll together drink
That matcha that serves as a memory of I and thee
A matcha of you and me