Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
 
040116

I stole not the show
But regret was never on my mind,
Papa's life, I know how vital it is
And so I'd rather be caught
Than his breath, dark be brought.
Who am I?

I can feel my bursting nerves
My belly's waves, shrinking to their own cause.
Holding the nurse's hands, I'm screaming
But the other cry was a memory of existence.
Who am I?

I don't have enough
So I turned my nights into mornings.
Unfair life is, I get persecuted all day long.
I work not for one, but two or more
How I wish I had the chance to get back at school,
For now I learned, time was never an inch of today.
Who am I?

Who am I but the a laborer of the world,
I shut down moments in order to grasp air,
Mess was not my name, though rest was a misfortune
Let me, oh let me follow the heart of the Greater One.

My labor was never in vain,
For I salute my Master.
I may be nobody but a simple laborer,
But who I am is whose I am,
And now I know what matters most,
**For my identity was never my entity.
043016

He was a psychopath,
But not like the lead of Sherlock Holmes.
Maybe a scientist,
But his name was not because of Einstein himself.
Maybe a doctor,
Not like Dr. Seuss who's a nature lover.
Apparently, he's Professor X
But he never was laid in his techy wheel chair.

I saw Moriarty
But he's like an agent, sort of a policeman.
He died in a brutal story.
How I wish he was a man as Moriarty himself.

And Mary, she was arrogant
Without a white aura of being a nurse.
She's not a patient at all,
Maybe it's her attitude though.

Harry's hair I don't like.
Sorry, not Harry Styles, I mean;
Remember Hermione and Ron's friend?
Yeah, that Potter sequels I once read all day long.
His a wet-look chap and a hunchback.
And Frankenstein himself tore his life into new,
He fell in love with his co-actor in the circus.
But I see no chemistry in them,
Heights were not good at all.

I wore no veil of movies leaked
But some were simply **bedtime story.
(There're no unfortunate stories,
Every whole sheet was once a torn leaf.
A fraud story; a genuine history.)

One is a digit of love,
One, *a union of two.

If and Choice got married.

If became a single parent
Coz there's no Choice.

Fear and Strength contradicts
While Faith was the youngest
of the brood of three.

If invites both Fear and Strength,
But as always, they fought with tears.
Fear meets Anxiety and refuses Strength.
Anxiety isn't good, for great Fear
turns to be an ocean's bliss.

Strength was accompanied with Courage,
Determination and Righteousness.
Yet Fear was so loud and with Anxiety,
They brought forth Sin.
Pride and Lust, both strongholds of Sin.

The young Faith was bold
And Forgiveness was on her side.
Strength and Fear both got numbered
And tamed by Grace who was a child.

History says that Choice left If
But the death of Choice depends on If.
If knows not that Choice is in her heart,
In the melody of her soul.

If is a Choice; for they're one in heart and soul.
Choice isn't certain without If.
And Fear, Strength and Faith
Don't ever depend on If and Choice alone.
The three of them preferred Independence
And moved into another world --
A new home with welcoming Hope and greatest Love
And History was left untold.

*(end of story)
042816

Naghalungkat ako
Ng mga larawang walang mukha,
Kupas na alaala,
Walang kulay na sandali,
Basura ng pagkukunwari.

Nagkolekta pala ako
Ng mga kumikinang na diyamante
Mapang-akit at akala ko'y tunay.
Pero sila'y pekeng alahas.

Pinunit ko
Ang mga sulat na hindi nabasa
May mga letrang dayuhan sa papel,
Nabubura, natitintaan, natatapalan
At nakakalimutan.

Nagbilang ako
Ng mga barya, kahit paulit-ulit
Hanggang sa maging kulang.
Inipon ko, pero hindi sapat,
Kaya't gagastusin na lamang
Para sa walang saysay na luho.

Nagtupi ako
Ng mga damit na gula-gulanit
Noo'y bago pa't sabay sa uso.
Ayos ang pustura,
Pero ngayo'y basahan na,
Mabuti pang gupit-gupitin na lang.

Magtatapon ako
Ng inaanay na kaha,
Walang silbi; walang pag-asa.
Kesa sa mabulok itong muli,
Hindi niya na kayang iinda ang paglilihim.

Papalayain ko na siya
**Kahit pa siya'y mahal.
042816

Puputok ang bulkan
Poot, pangamba at pag-aalinlangan.

Bubuhos ang tubig sa talon
Saya, sabik at takot.

Guguho ang lupa
Paniniguro, pagkapit at pananampalataya.

Iihip ang hangin
Bagsik, pagsubok at paghihingalo.

Sisikat ang araw
Pag-usbong, paniniwala at katanungan.

Hahawi ang ulap
Kinabukasan, katarungan at katiwasayan.

Iba't ibang anyo
Pabagu-bago, pero yun sila
*Hindi na natin mababago pa.
042816

I can taste my bitter tears
And still grasp you with crippled and blemished nails.
You drove me to the depth of my greatest remorse
Even those unpolished task that I used to adjure,
"I must finish you now."

I am unfeigned.
The hair of my eyelids were drippin' and yawning
Like those falling stars I once believed as fraud.
You taught me how to count the sheeps
In order to face tomorrow at full throttle.

My lips were dried mangoes,
Both my hands were held into the fleecy tree.
I feel like floating, and my shroud was a disgrace,
It keeps on covering every disfiguration
And I want some shutters for my disguise.

I wanna die,
Not to face death
But to welcome life.
Once I was fond of fairy tales
Or superheroes or some bed time stories,
Yet the pages were simple scratches,
They're just torn leaves trying to punch my back.

I used to believe in lies,
Until I became a liar.
I am a lie myself,
I'm dying, death isn't me.
I just died, died in Your arms,
*I still believe.
041716

Naakit ako sa linyang pahalang at patayo,
Mga detalyeng pinira-piraso.
Sabi ko sa sarili: saulo ko na ang istilo Mo
Pero sa bawat pahina'y nabibighani pa rin ako.

Hindi ko alam kung kaya ko,
Magtiyaga man ako pero hanggang kailan kaya?
Kung maglalaan ako ng sentimo sa araw-araw,
Ako'y pulubi pa ring manlilimos Sayo
Sasahod at maghihintay.

Masisilayan ko ang pundasyon
Ang mga bakal na kinalawang
Sa bodegang inimbakan.
Pagkat malayo pa ang byahe,
Bagkus sinelyuhan ng langis
Ang may tagas ng pagbabago.

Ang halo ng semento, ni hindi naging pribado
Nasa hulog ang mga poste
Gaya ng minsang banging tinalunan ko.
Ako'y malaya sa pagsilip
Ng paglapat ng palitada sa tigang na kahong sementado.
Ramdam ko ang gaspang ng kahapon,
Ang kurba ng mga bakal na di patitibag
Sa kaibuturan ng pundasyong timplado.

Ilalatag ang sahig na papagpagan sa araw-araw
Ihahalik ang mga paa nang may pagpapakumbaba
Huhubarin ang saplot nang kalingain ang lupa
At ihihimlay ang mga paa't mamamahinga.

Pagmamasdan ko ang mga kahoy na malapad
Isang dipa, dalawang dipa at higit pa
Mapapatingin sa langit na hubad sa bituin at buwan.
Ang bubong na siyang sasaklolo sa umuubong baga
Mga kahoy at bakal na matibay
Sasalo sa bigat ng orasyon ng klima.

Bubuksan ko ang bintanang may iba't ibang pagkapinta
Ni hindi pumapalya ang eksena na bumubusina sa umaga
At sa gabing hamog ang yakap sa dilim,
Kagat ng niknik, siyang sining sa maalat kong balat.
Tanging kumot ng grasya,
Pantago't pantapal sa pagkataong nilalagnat.

Nakakaakit ang plano, maging itsura nito
Kaya nga magtiya-tiyaga ako,
Hanggang sa masilayan ang tunay na disenyo.
Hindi lang ako ang lalaban sa presyo,
Oo mahal nga, ganyan ang pagtingin Mo
Tataya ako, pagkat kliyente lang ako
At alam kong linya Mo yan,
Ikaw ang aking Arkitekto.
Next page