Paola

Aug 2017

Cné

Smile

I hope that you will smile today
and give yourself a break.
A smile can be great medicine.
It helps when hearts might ache.

Perhaps, if you try hard enough,
the smile becomes a grin.
And when you've worn it long enough,
you'll feel it grow and then...

The grin becomes a chuckle
and it then becomes a laugh.
And everyone will wonder if
you've made a social gaffe.

For laughter is contagious
and it helps to get us through.
Here's hoping that today will bring
some happiness to you.

#positive #smile #laugh #behappy

Paola Aug 2017

madaling sabihin (it's easy to say)

"Walang iwanan, ha?"*
Itinanong mo pa
Ng tayo'y lumisan
Sa munting restawrant.

Wala akong sagot
Kasi, ang pangako't
Hiling ay mahirap
Itupad; isikap.

Lumipas ang buwan at
Magkasama, hangga't
Dumating ang oras
Tayo'y nagpumiglas.

Kahit simpleng tali,
Katapat ay gupit;
Kadenang makapal,
Siya di'y napipigtal.

'Wag magbitaw basta
Ng mga salita
Kung hindi mo kayang
Pangatawanan pa.

pbl/080817

are promises /actually/ meant to be broken?

#filipino

Paola Aug 2017

how can i be my own person?

individuality.
the only way to survive is
conformity;
no one gains recognition through
challenging rules!
although resisted, you are encouraged by
obedience.
it's just awful to oblige solely by
constant pressure to be new, but
please break out of thinking it's
prohibiting to be you.
the system is simply
choosing what's best for the majority.
it's ineffective when a single force is
thinking for himself.
it's time one starts
following a mold...

now read backwards

pbl/080817

I'd like to give credit to a poet with the initials/name (I'm not sure) ron. ron's poem named Perfect Inadequacy (about embracing flaws) inspired me to create a poem with the same structure, but focusing on embracing one's uniqueness.

ron, if you see this, thank you so much for your poetic prowess!!

#ron

Aug 2017

Anna Patricia

3am

and the scariest thing about having
all these late night thoughts
is the possibility of them all being true.

Aug 2017

Xyns

...quite confused...

For the longest I was confused
I wondered who I was
And what I wanted too

But now that my love has gone unused
I know exactly who I am
And what I want is you

Sadly, if I bring that up to you
I know that I'll be rejected
And given some type of excuse

This has got to be emotional abuse
Even if it's being done by myself
And not caused by you

Sadly, I do feel quite used
The question sits in my mind..
Should I let go of you?

I need to hear something from you
Otherwise
That's exactly what I'll do..

#confused #life #love #alone