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Apr 2023 · 227
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Gamaliel Apr 2023
when the gray clouds came,
your heart turned a lonely hue;
love, what should i do?
May 2022 · 366
death looms, death hangs
Feb 2022 · 1.2k
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Gamaliel Feb 2022
you are beautiful,
you are radiant and glowing;
i, a dying light
Jan 2022 · 429
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Gamaliel Jan 2022
flowers surely die,
petals fall and leaves wither;
my heart's caving in
Aug 2021 · 790
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Gamaliel Aug 2021
vipers lie in wait,
a brood of forever hate -
cold and bitter hurt
Jul 2021 · 337
0307
Gamaliel Jul 2021
a darkness looms close
consuming black, hidden depths
poison, numbing vein
Apr 2021 · 1.9k
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Gamaliel Apr 2021
darating ang umaga
at hangin ay darampi
banayad nga't payapa
ngunit puso ay sawi
Jan 2021 · 302
0021
Gamaliel Jan 2021
my sunshine, my rain,
in my heart i carry you
forever, always
Jan 2021 · 385
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Gamaliel Jan 2021
I
Patuloy kong napapatunayan na mahal ko siya habang patuloy siyang nahuhulog sa kanya.

III
Maari nga. Hindi rin naman ito ang panahon para gisingin ang pag-ibig na maaring mamagitan sa aming dalawa. Nakuha ko na lang na maging masaya para sa kanya. Bagaman napakalungkot pag kausap ko siya. Lahat nag iba na. Di na rin ako nagtaka. Ganun naman talaga. Tanggap ko na. Kahit simula pa lang, inaantay ko na siya. Aaaaaaaaa.

V
Hindi para sakin. At hindi ko naman talaga pipilitin. Bagaman pusong mandaraya ay nabibitin. Lahat ng nararamdaman, lalabanan at kakagatin. Hahayaang malunod ang mga alaala at hindi na iisiping sagipin. Bibitaw at sa malayo na lang tatanawin. Sa dulo ng kahapon ko na lang siya aangkinin. Wala lang siguro akong kain.
II
Baka hindi mo na dapat pang patunayan sa kaniya yan. Baka hindi siya ang para sayo.

IV
Naiintindihan kita. Walang masama sa nararamdaman o intensyon mo. Nais mo lamang ang magmahal nang totoo. Pero kapag talaga hindi para sayo, hindi para sayo.
Jan 2021 · 242
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Gamaliel Jan 2021
i am all alone,
sinking deep to drown in you;
July leaves coldly,
as darkness burns empty hues
and the moon cries helplessly
Jan 2021 · 236
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Gamaliel Jan 2021
gentle August wind
bound to sing my lullaby;
you devastate me
Jan 2021 · 314
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Gamaliel Jan 2021
Payapa at banayad na takipsilim,
ikaw ang aking tanging nililihim,
kay sarap manatili sa iyong lilim.

Ang mga ugat ng ating kwento ang saksi sa mga pangakong sinambit nating dalawa ng taimtim ngunit dumating ang panahon na ika'y lumisan at nag-iwan ng mga sugat na patuloy pa ring lumalalim.

Bakit lahat ay nagdilim?
Paglisan
Jan 2021 · 223
0323
Gamaliel Jan 2021
it was beautiful,
there was so much violence,
and there was chaos -
our own embrace, drowning us
you and i, destroying us
Jan 2021 · 314
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Gamaliel Jan 2021
(will You take me back
in the shelter of Your wings
and will You lead me
into Your secret dwellings)
just us -- completely
Jan 2021 · 1.2k
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Gamaliel Jan 2021
nag-iisang naglakbay
sa laot na mapanglaw
lumisan tanging gabay
liwanag mo na tanglaw
(malapit nang pumanaw
nais mo bang sumabay)
Jan 2021 · 226
0638
Gamaliel Jan 2021
leaves coming alive
morning waltz in the sunlight
- aches, soft in your heart
Jan 2021 · 215
2335
Gamaliel Jan 2021
out in the downpour,
Your mercy and grace abound;
oh, restore my soul
Jan 2021 · 683
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Gamaliel Jan 2021
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Paano ko pa sasabihin kung kailangan ko ng limutin? Pati panahon na aking inaasahan, aking kalaban. Malayo ka. Malaya ka.

Bakit hindi na lang ako? Siya ba ang itinadhana sa iyo? Masaya ako para sa iyo. Dalangin ko ang kaligayahan mo. Pero bakit hindi na lang ako? Mapait ang panlasa ko. Nasasaktan ang puso ko. Kalungkutan ang baon nito. Itatago at iingatan na lang mga ngiti mo. Hindi ko na alam kung saan ako patungo.

Alam ko, mag-aalala ka para sakin. Alam ko, malulungkot ka para sa atin. Huwag na. Ako na lang para sa ating dalawa kaya awat na. Huwag mo sanang isipin na isang kasalanan. Hindi ko rin naman malaman. Basta na lang naramdaman. Gusto ko namang iwasan. Gusto ko namang pigilan. Ano bang dahilan? Mayroon ka bang kasagutan? Paano, mauuna na ako sa katapusan.

Tiyak ko, lubos ka niyang pahahalagahan. Nakikita ko naman ang inyong pagmamahalan. Mas madalas man na ako ang lisan at ang pag-ibig ko ay di suklian, marami na rin ang aking iniwan at tinalikuran. Nawa'y ang lahat ng ito ay di mo na maranasan. Kung maipapangako niya lang sana na di ka sasaktan at pababayaan. Oo, kusang-loob na bibitaw, kahit pa pumanaw.

Alam ko, isa lang naman akong kaibigan. Hinahanap ko lang rin naman ang mga kasagutan. Parehas natin gustong maintidihan. Alam ko, ako'y iyong papakinggan. Tulad ko sayo, ikaw, ay aking kaibigan. Wag mo muna akong talikuran. Maari kayang dahan-dahan? Ngiti ka muna at ako'y pagbigyan.

Hindi ka mawawala sa aking hiraya kahit papunta ka at mananatili sa piling niya. Kung bakit ba naman sa pagkakalayo nating dalawa kita unang minahal at ninais na makasama. Kung bakit ba naman sa iyong pananahimik natuto ang puso ko na umibig nang may pananabik.

Ikaw naman ang mauna sa ating dalawa. Dito na lang muna ako, tatahan at magpapahinga. Maghihintay pa rin sayo at hindi susuko. Kapag dumating ang panahon na mangulila ang iyong puso, bumalik ka sakin na tumatakbo at nagmamadali. Sabay na tayong magsisimulang muli at iiwan itong ating dulo.
Simula sa Dulo
May 2020 · 174
1010
Gamaliel May 2020
for You have been mine,
in sweet, loving surrender -
to You, i will be
May 2020 · 172
0927
Gamaliel May 2020
like light from above,
dew that covers the morning,
grace more than enough
Mar 2020 · 240
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Gamaliel Mar 2020
in your long absence,
soft rain watered the garden
growing in my heart -
it waits patiently for you;
my divine endless summer
Mar 2020 · 196
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Gamaliel Mar 2020
and in Your secret
and silent dwelling places,
love overwhelms me -
unfailing and unchanging,
deeper and deeper i fall
Feb 2020 · 724
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Gamaliel Feb 2020
bakit ka ba lumisan
pagod na ang isipan
taon na ang dumaan
ako ay pakawalan
Feb 2020 · 145
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Gamaliel Feb 2020
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You are happier than you have ever been. You are home in distant sunsets and pastel horizons. You are safe in the arms of someone else. And, that smile across your face, it tells a million stories I will never be a part of.

Here I am, in the side of a winding road. Consumed marrow-deep. Haunted by the past. Terrified of what lies ahead. Wondering if I will ever stop longing for you.

Do you see an end to this?

Darkness looming. Ghosts rousing. Pangs creeping into the surface. Pangs leaving the depths.

Pangs are all that is left.

Love dies. Love leaves. Love fades.

Pangs are all that will be left.

;

In a world without you, sunsets will ever consume me.
Of Sunsets And Endings
Jan 2020 · 142
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Gamaliel Jan 2020
a rainy morning
a brokenness of wanting
a heart that's dying
Dec 2019 · 563
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Gamaliel Dec 2019
pinawi ng 'yong ganda
lungkot ng pag-iisa
huminga't napayapa
dahil nasilayan ka
(satin pa rin aasa,
kahit may iba ka na)
Dec 2019 · 270
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Gamaliel Dec 2019
a song of despair
under the moon's cold glimmer;
lone wolf's distant cry
Nov 2019 · 584
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Gamaliel Nov 2019
sa aking paghihintay
puso ay nanlupaypay
lumisan at naglakbay
pahimakas ng patay
Nov 2019 · 411
1037
Gamaliel Nov 2019
broken tides return
from depths that forever long;
pangs that come and go
Nov 2019 · 994
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Gamaliel Nov 2019
when the wells run dry,
you drink blood from gaping wounds
and eat beating hearts
Nov 2019 · 610
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Gamaliel Nov 2019
darker days ahead,
my heart grows tired and weary -
why do you hate me
Nov 2019 · 212
2253
Gamaliel Nov 2019
one cold night gone by,
rain pouring as God's blessing
you shone through, flower
Oct 2019 · 230
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Gamaliel Oct 2019
bones that won't forget,
remind me how i lost you
to cold, rainy days
Oct 2019 · 295
0619
Gamaliel Oct 2019
into the wreckage
of lost love and broken hearts,
my soul floundered home
Oct 2019 · 653
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Gamaliel Oct 2019
lumipas buong taon
na kalungkuta'y baon
lahat ng 'yong tinapon
yakap sa dapit-hapon
Oct 2019 · 549
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Gamaliel Oct 2019
malayo ang 'yong tanaw
nang ikaw ay pumanaw
dumating ang tagginaw
ng sumunod na araw
Oct 2019 · 499
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Gamaliel Oct 2019
aking tinitingala
kumikislap na tala
di na muling mawala
ang hiling kay Bathala
Sep 2019 · 790
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Gamaliel Sep 2019
puso ko'y umaasa
na ating pagkikita
ay maging lunas sana
sa iyong pagdurusa
Sep 2019 · 335
0207
Gamaliel Sep 2019
i will not defile
that which is holy in You;
my life, Your temple
Sep 2019 · 389
0152
Gamaliel Sep 2019
from a wilderness,
a vapor after the wind
fleetingly beckons
Aug 2019 · 1.9k
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Gamaliel Aug 2019
damdaming sumisidhi
ayaw ko nang umuwi
iiyak man lang muli
ng luhang walang sukli
Aug 2019 · 277
2332
Gamaliel Aug 2019
As you self-pity,
you further bury yourself
in great misery.
Aug 2019 · 298
0103
Gamaliel Aug 2019
beside the cold moon
i bitterly wept, my dear;
our sun rises soon
Aug 2019 · 250
0313
Gamaliel Aug 2019
in the darker depths,
one ancient spirit lurks -
leviathan's deep
Aug 2019 · 279
1341
Gamaliel Aug 2019
clouds that have no land
are the most dearest of clouds;
ever the sea-watch
Aug 2019 · 281
2133
Gamaliel Aug 2019
for my wicked ways
let not Your wrath befall me;
lest eternal death
Jul 2019 · 282
0145
Gamaliel Jul 2019
so gone are the days
of the sun's glorious summer;
its embers - gone cold
Jul 2019 · 258
0129
Gamaliel Jul 2019
tell, how do you break
while she is with someone else-
a cold night's cold voice
Jul 2019 · 205
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Gamaliel Jul 2019
in the wilderness,
the Holy Ghost within me
is my victory
Jul 2019 · 259
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Gamaliel Jul 2019
all of our downfalls,
He carried them to the Cross -
risen Messiah
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