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1.8k · Jan 2016
Love like a Hike
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Love is like a mountain trek,
You walk long distances,
Grab something to hold on,
Climbing on perilous routes,
Or do anything to move on,
You risk your life on the journey,
And get tired of the climb,
Once you make your way to the top,
You will never regret it,
Because at the peak;
A beauty beyond compare
A feeling so strong
A joy never ending,
Yet you can never stay at the top,
But you can still go back again,
Until next time.
1.6k · Jan 2016
Summer Vibe
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Sun kissed skin,
Tan lines like my kin,
Bikinis so paper thin,
Oh God, this is my sin.

Heat wave like fire,
Strong winds forming a spire,
In this situation so dire,
Saying it's good, makes me a liar.

Waves towering high,
Waves a surfer would die,
A thing I admire with a sigh,
Summer is here, it's no lie.
Niel John Ortizo Jun 2017
A phantom of solitude
A lone soldier of fortune
A wanderer on the sole path
A destiny for the lonely

Bound by shackles of loneliness
Bound by obsessions for fortune
Bound by struggles of the only path
Bound by future that I hate

Will there be a saviour?
Will there be a comrade?
Will there be a new path?
Or is it really predistined?
959 · Jan 2016
Viva
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Crowded streets,
Marching bands playing beats,
Marching with matching *****,
Is a memory I would never lose.
Viva!
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
What I demand
Justice,
For all the broken
Hearts,
That cause them
Pain,
Because of those
*******,
So will never love
Again,
But I demand
Justice,
Because I want to
Change,
That girl's last
Name.
Sorry for this one
730 · Apr 2016
The Heart
Niel John Ortizo Apr 2016
can recover.
Knows how to fall;
        without a safety net
Trusts everyone;
         with no hesitations
Surrenders everything;
         with all it's being
Took all the pain;
          and all the beatings
Starts over;
          much harder this time
And failed;
          again and again and again.

Yes, the heart can recover...
But not forever;
          just like it's owner.
611 · Jan 2016
Moving On
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
I had this one last stick of cigarette
I lit it up hoping it would last longer,
But each time I sip it gets shorter,
shorter and shorter by each second,
But with each sip I take I think about her
making each one long and painful,
Cause each sip I think of my mistakes
the real reason why I did lose her,
Now that she's gone I suddenly found
that letting her go was a wrong choice,
Cause I know I still love her
but there is nothing I can do about it,
Cause I know she's really move on
and I'm the only one who's still holding on,
So as I take my last sip of this cigarette
I will put out the fire like my love for her.
Sorry for the senseless poem.
573 · Jan 2016
Dying Rose
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
A silver light pierces
the quiet room,
A room of love
where a rose bloom,
Inside a glass
contained to doom,
Waiting for death
which is coming soon.
Yet an ember
approaced the rose,
Leaving traces of smoke
as it drew close,
Burned through glass
like nothing can oppose,
Giving air of hope
to the dying beautiful rose.
552 · Aug 2017
Ilang Ulit
Niel John Ortizo Aug 2017
Ilang ulit ko ba dapat sabihin?
Ilang ulit ko ba dapat aminin?
Na mahal kita
Minamahal parin kita
Kahit walang tayo
Patuloy na umaasa
Patuloy na nagbabaga
Ang aking pag-ibig
Ang aking puso
Taimtim na nananalig
Taimtim na humihiling
Na magbukas ang iyong puso
Na magkaroon narin ng tayo
Sa ating mga salita
Sa ating mga gawa
Nagpapakitang tayo ay masaya
Nagpapakitang tayo ay maligaya
Sa piling ng bawat isa
Sa piling ng ating mahal
Kaya may itatanong lng ako sayo
Ilang ulit ko ba dapat sungkitin ang mga tala?
Ilang ulit ko ba dapat sabihin sa iyo na...
Mahal kita
Minamahal kita
Patawarin mo sana pagkat ako'y umaasa
Patawarin mo sana pagkat ako'y nananaginip
Na matanggap mo mga sinasabi ko
Na matanggap mo ang pag-ibig ko
Na matanggap ng puso mo ang puso ko
Kaya mahal ko paumanhin
Nandito lng ako nag-aantay sayo.
465 · Jul 2016
Repressed
Niel John Ortizo Jul 2016
I'm shouting my heart out
Exposing the war within
Feelings that are converging
Goes under my nerves exploding
Destroying everything I wield
Yet no sound was heard
Only a scene of a man
Who is dying within.
Not sure about this one.
458 · Jan 2016
Is it a Love Song?
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Is it a love song?
Or is it just me thinking about you?
Well, I guess this one is a sad song,
Cause I'm crying all over the place for you.
But it does sound like a classic,
Because of the this stupid cliches that I do.
If I have done everything you asked,
I won't be here dying for you.
Oh how I wished it was just all a love song,
Cause I will forever sing it for you.
444 · Feb 2016
Word play
Niel John Ortizo Feb 2016
I'm as dope as two rappers,
Your just someone popping bubble wrappers,
Even your girl wants me to ****** her,
Coz you're living like a petty snatcher,
Rhyming fast like I'm on a chill pill,
I'm whopping your *** so you should chill, Phil,
What I'm trying to do is to demonstrate,
How would you feel aftet taking a demon's straight,
It's useless to compare a top brandy,
To the likes of you who is only brand D,
Now I'm ending you with a shampoo,
Coz you really smell shame, poo.
Just trying my word play
376 · Jan 2016
Her
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Her
Silver and gold
Can never hold
Her beauty

Ransoms and dime
Can never rhyme
With her body

Prayers and praise
Can never appraise
Her pressence

Builders and fixer
Can never fix her
Broken heart
It's always about her...
369 · Sep 2016
Untitled
Niel John Ortizo Sep 2016
You are one with the heavens
I a speck of dust in the earth
Meeting you in this desolate lands
Must be fate or a curse.

The unimaginable heights you reached
And my continuous struggle for existence
Acts that never fit together
Lives that won't intertwine.

My selfish wish of love
Your selfless works for life
Will our never ending horizons meet
Or will this vigorous heart burn out.
369 · Mar 2016
The New Generation
Niel John Ortizo Mar 2016
Blank page?
A seranade,
Music that the world would never appreciate.
Tasteless?
An explosion,
Of a generation who looks down on their forefathers.
368 · Sep 2016
Lost and Searching
Niel John Ortizo Sep 2016
Lost in this world without a bearing
Like a message in bottle at sea
Carried by waves of different sizes
Drifting at the waves command
Momentarily settles on the shore
Then taken away by salty waters
Pushed down hard from the surface
A hurried resurface to gasp for air
It is a never ending cycle
Being stranded and then washed away
A game of patience and struggles
Till someone picks me up and keep me safe
There will always be someone who is waiting for you settle on their shore.
360 · Dec 2015
Cognac's Effect
Niel John Ortizo Dec 2015
To my eyes laid bare,
A hue beyond compare,
In a bottle.

Took a glass and opened,
Left me with words unspoken,
Such aroma.

One sip and it revealed,
Various flavors it concealed,
A cognac.

I should have stop to heed,
Before the drink do the deed,
Too late.

Now I'm here thinking of you,
An empty bottle kept me through,
So wasted.
355 · Jan 2016
No Boundaries
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
I dream of a future
where love has no boundaries,
With no line to divide us
only you and me solely,
I won't hate you about your past
but will love you at your present,
Cause my love will know no boundaries
as long you are in it.
352 · Feb 2016
Playing Monopoly with Me
Niel John Ortizo Feb 2016
I am a demon in disguise,
I need no ritual or sacrifice,
A true evil you despise,
The one who sent you your demise,
I don't need to apologize,
Cause I denied you not once but thrice,
Now I'm waiting sipping soda with ice,
Coz now it's your turn to throw the dice.
339 · Dec 2015
Drunk Romantic's Poem
Niel John Ortizo Dec 2015
I am all messed up,
All I can do now is fill my cup with *****,
Cause I'm afraid that I would lose,
The one I love.

Call me hopeless romantic,
Or an idiot for short,
Cause I'll do any sort,
If you want me too.

Oh, Isn't it ironic,
I promised her a world of happiness,
Yet here I am sitting in nothingness,
Because of that love.

I just love her so much,
Every second, minute, hour I think of her,
That using this hand to pull the trigger,
My last option.

Yes, I love her so much,
I'll pull this trigger for her,
End my life for her,
Send her my farewell.
Sorry for the crude poem.
335 · Jan 2016
Favorite song
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Drums beat
Body heat
A surreal experience.
Favorite song
Played long
A unforgettable experience.
Last thing
It was Sting
Who sang and composed it.
333 · Jan 2016
My Finale
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
My life crumbled down
Like it was a fragile object
After being tossed around
By the baggers on the plane.
Being lead to a drama
That doesn't have an axis
No plot twists nor redos
Just another tragedy of me.
Now I only sing this shanty
That I learned from the sea
Awaiting the death me
Oh poor old man.
333 · Jan 2016
I Was Never A Poet
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
I was never poet until I met you,
Met you in that night with a beautiful view,
Talked for hours and hours,
Until the light has devoured the darkness.

Then I started to feel something,
Something that's been upwelling,
I don't understand the meaning,
Of this lingering hot feeling in my chest.

So I started writing poems for you,
Or else my heart will feel blue,
Cause writing for you,
Is the only thing that I could  do.

So i was never really poet,
I prefer singing with you in a duet,
But I know that I can never do it,
So I ended being this poem's poet.
321 · Jan 2016
I Want to Write a Song
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
I wanted to write a song
A song that would last through ages
A song sung by all races
A song that could reach any generation
Even small children sings along
I want to write a song that could unite
Mend every broken pieces
Even alleviate a damning sickness
Save a broken marriage
Strengthen failing relationships
Yet they won't know that the song
Was all about you
How I feel for you
So I want the song that I will write
Also reach you and tell you
That I really love you.
A narrative poem for you.
314 · Dec 2015
Martyr's Horizon
Niel John Ortizo Dec 2015
She, a beauty with no compare,
Dances endlessly in the air,
Caught my heart with no warning.
I, a smudge in the history,
Contained no beauty,
Sing songs only for her.

She, a reincarnation of the sky,
So blue and marvelous,
Would not dare to look down.
For I, a monster from the dirt,
Would only taint her beauty,
So I returned to the earth.

Now she was all alone,
No I to taint her,
This all I did to protect.
Because she and I will never be,
Like the sky and earth you always see,
Never met in the horizon.
308 · Sep 2016
DEAR L
Niel John Ortizo Sep 2016
I miss you like it was natural
A small reflex of the mind
Resurfaced the feelings
I was really trying to hide
Urges from the thoughts of you
Makes me teary eyed
I really want to be with you
Will there be a chance?
I need an answer.
308 · Jul 2016
Bye
Niel John Ortizo Jul 2016
Bye
I am stupid to think that there could be us,
Daydreaming that someday I will hold you.

I was so deranged and madly in love,
Even it's one sided I pushed my luck.

Now I am nowhere near the path,
So I have to let it go and move along.

So goodbye my feelings,
Bye my love.
307 · Jan 2016
My Happy Never After
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
I saw a princess in a tower
Wondering if she would love me,
If I save her from that tower
But my mind won't let me be,
Yet my feelings are more stronger
So I decide with her will flee,
I was her hero who doesn't cower
Against dragons and walking trees,
Soon after things got sour
She then left me in a losing spree,
So I will shut my heart from this hour
Cause it's a happy never after for me.
297 · Jul 2016
STORM WITHIN
Niel John Ortizo Jul 2016
I have felt a storm surging from within
A sensation so chilling underneath the skin
A condensed cloud of emotions pouring in
A kamikaze of different feelings.

The storm that leaves a person confused
With different emotions that were fused
With a choice of feelings to be diffused
With a brain and heart scarred and bruised.
296 · Feb 2016
Lying
Niel John Ortizo Feb 2016
You were the best choice that I had,
But always at the wrong timing,
So you will be the girl I never have,
Saying I moved on would be lying.
294 · Apr 2016
Tragedy
Niel John Ortizo Apr 2016
It is a tragedy,
I hope those people will find the remedy,
We decline every year,
Caught
Abused
Sold,
Even the little ones aren't spared,
Or those who are already mature to bear.

We are on a tight spot,
Everyone competes for our catch,
I hope those people realize,
We decline,
We scatter,
We die,
Yet such greed in their eyes,
That Malthusian theory is true,
No surprise.

We are the fish that struggle,
It was our tragedy,
But their loss,
I call it tragedy of the commons.
I love the fishes so let us conserve them.
288 · Apr 2016
Under the Moonlight
Niel John Ortizo Apr 2016
Under the moonlight,
My light dances and flickers,
To keep the solitary soul bound,
Deep into confinement it dove,
Deeper and deeper until there is no more,
Just an endless cold sand on it's feet,
And endless thoughts of giving up,
This is the end of the journey,
This is the end of the road,
Cursed to live a life so lonely,
Cursed to die all alone,
Now I'll watch this last phase of the moon,
While waiting for the dance to be over soon.
286 · Feb 2016
Rabbit
Niel John Ortizo Feb 2016
There was never a day
that I don't think of you,
It makes me smile
when I think of it out the blue,
My bad day lightens up
when I accidentally see you,
******* rabbit
I'm in love with you.
280 · Jan 2016
Young Love
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Young love so true,
Young love turned blue,
Young love felt hate,
Young love dissipates,
Young love gone lost,
Young love exhaust,
Young love slowly dies,
Young love a reason of this lies.
272 · Feb 2016
MIME
Niel John Ortizo Feb 2016
People judge you everytime,
But I won't be affected or give a dime,
Even they hate me that it started to rhyme,
Coz I won't be them or be their mime.
264 · Mar 2016
My Life
Niel John Ortizo Mar 2016
Inside my room I hold,
Her gentle hands of gold,
On bended knees I told,
A proposal.
Then felt a sudden caress,
As our lips gently press,
And all I heard was "yes",
An answer.
For me left in daze,
Thinking of future days,
Suddenly lost in a haze,
A dream.
Yet this is all I see,
An endless sky and sea,
That never meant to be,
A happy ending.
Looking from afar,
Seeing her in that car,
Tearing and leaving a scar,
Oh poor heart.
263 · Mar 2016
In Memory Of....
Niel John Ortizo Mar 2016
All the flowers that have withered,
All the chocolates that have deformed,
All the hours that been wasted,
All the love that have been rejected,
I had buried it to the grave.
263 · Jan 2016
Unspoken Feelings
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Time pass
Feelings change
I didn't want to speak her name.
Move on
Heart drawn
Want to see her no more.
Lose faith
Won't take
Any chance anymore.
Saw her
Too late
Love her more each day.
259 · Jan 2016
A Confession
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
I was giving her my heart,
Yet she shove me away,

Left me hanging breathless,
In the middle of the day.

If I could clobber my own shadow,
I'll do whatever she says,

Please just let me in,
I'll take all your dismay.
257 · Feb 2016
I Am
Niel John Ortizo Feb 2016
Tired
With words
Unspoken;
Living
With heart
Broken,
Moving
With pain
Unbroken;
Dead
With life
Stolen.
257 · Feb 2016
I'll Pick You Still
Niel John Ortizo Feb 2016
This days I have been evading you,
Coz tears would fall girl that's true,
And everytime I see that beautiful hue,
Just reminds me that I was never in queue,
But remember that I would still always pick you.
255 · Apr 2016
Pathetic Bottle
Niel John Ortizo Apr 2016
It was kindness of friendship that brought me back,
The joyful memories that I had,
Filled my life with joy and laughter,
Those are things that I only remember.
Now I let it slip for a moment and all is gone,
Took everything for granted,
How I wish on a shooting star to bring it back,
But now I'm a pathetic bottle with no one to tack.
254 · Jan 2016
Dream girl
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Sophistication beyond decree,
A body beyond degree,
With killing mind in a spree,
A beautiful woman men agree.
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Heart aches and heart breaks,
They always come in pairs,
Just when love doesn't want to speak,
A pain you can never bear,
When that love leaves and tweaks,
Leaving your heart to pieces on a chair.
248 · Apr 2016
Absolute
Niel John Ortizo Apr 2016
Fire that started out as a little ember,
Flapped it's wings and caused danger,
Swallowing a whole town I still remember,
That it was my cigarette who was the reaper.
Ash flew high above the cloud,
With an army behind roaring so loud,
Launching themselves forming a shroud,
As bringer of death I would never be proud.
***** air enters the system,
Painting lungs black who could resist them,
Spreads like a plague just from a victim,
Now all this angel sees are bodies post mortem.
Now all of the people are off their boot,
They start to panic they start to loot,
It was only a matter of time before they shoot,
It was the punishment for my crime it is absolute.
246 · Dec 2015
Unfinished Symphony
Niel John Ortizo Dec 2015
Everything about her is a song,
              Her breathe, my music,
              Her laugh, my melody,
              Her heart, I missed.
She is a symphony, a beautiful one,
             But not without the beat,
             Not without her heartbeat,
             This song will never be complete.
Love shook her hard to ground,
             Broke her heart to pieces,
             Tried to pick it up,
             She shove me away.
It seems to her that everything was wrong,
             Shut herself from the world,
             Feared to love,
             Afraid to get hurt.
So she remains an unfinished symphony,
             With her breathe as music,
             Laughters as melody,
             Heart beat, forgotten.
246 · Jul 2016
My Real Sentiments
Niel John Ortizo Jul 2016
I don't know if this is luck
But I do know my life *****
With a gift that made me learn to love
Then a word that destroys it
Leaving people hurt and scarred

Maybe this is what I'm good at
Destroying things that I built
Smashing relationships I gained
Giving up when I'm almost there
No courage to live no more.

I never want this things to happen
But I may be destined for this
A life in solitary and silence
In a cold lifeless lonely room
Waiting in the corner for my ending soon.
Forgive me for this.
Niel John Ortizo Feb 2016
Who gave up on their first love?
The first love they waited,
The first love they cherished,
The first love who vanished.  

Without a doubt I was at fault,
The guy who put everything to a halt,
But just let it pass like a thunder bolt,
Who gave up on their first love?
245 · Jan 2016
Real Feelings
Niel John Ortizo Jan 2016
Only a sound,
Even just a bit of her voice,
I am assured she is there.
I don't why?
But the way talks,
The way she walks is all I need.
I may have known her,
Even with my primal instinct,
I could feel her presence.
Maybe I'm into her,
That she won't acknowledge,
But I really love her.
245 · Mar 2016
Falling
Niel John Ortizo Mar 2016
A withered leaf,
Falling from its foothold,
Swirls in time,
Contemplating the moments he swayed,
And stayed on a high branch,
Feeling the wind blowing on it's face,
Yet now the moment has ended,
As it's face hit the ground when it landed.
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