Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
 
495 · Mar 2017
Renaissance
030317

When you choose to, you can never undo it
When you're hurt, it becomes part of your history
When you rise, love must be reborn.
485 · Jun 2014
Sun Dance on Night
She keeps singing
Her melody was rough
Hard to be conceived.

Reinforced with concrete
Those bars and lateral ties
Without notes,
Without right hum
The song was a pouring rain
Slow jazz of tick-tack
All over the corrugated covering.

The gravel was jealous
With its friend sand
For he has millions
And neither he cannot count.

No one ever escaped
The vastness of the curtained night
She uttered words that's magical
But remained a *broken vow.
485 · Jun 2015
In the Beginning
060215

"In the beginning.."

Life sprouts, life blossoms
In the Manual of Life
You breathe unto the dust
And so bodies took shapes
And were crafted with Your embrace.

You rescued us, brought restoration
Your uttered promises,
Always kept.
We learned to trust,
To value the beginning
But there it is,
An unending ending.

"It is finished.."

Your blood was the colour of our soul,
Hearts undarkened, DNA shared.
Our sinful spirit, You cast out
And so the story has just begun.

Our parchment, we not know
Even the curves or the linear,
We've never drawn
But the art of your unmoody grace
Now an artifact of entire being.

---

Who we are is greater than who we were
And what I am is greater than what I was
To look with "Your Past"
Is to envision "Our future"
And so sin lose its power,
It cast no butterfly effect.

Tell us the stories You've wrote
Engrave in us Your pure heart and soul
Heaven calls as Your voice do so,
And so we **answered back.
479 · May 2021
Written
02042021

Write —
As if the sky wasn't blue
And every day
Is as upside down as the next.

Write —
In colors,
Then write
In black and white.

Write —
Because you can;
It’s your freedom.

Write novels that span pages upon pages Bound together by leather
Or some short words.
479 · Nov 2022
Three Deaths
060821

Namuo ang mga luhang walang awat na nagpararamdam,
At sa kabila ng paghilot sa katauha'y
Daragsa ang hindi maintindihang elementong bumabalot sa liwanag.

Una,
Nasilayan ko ang larawan ng mag-inang minsang naging kabahgi ng akingnakaraan,
Kung saan naging bukas ang kanilang pintuan
Para sa mga kung anu-anong okasyon,
Mga pagpupulong na wala sa usapan,
Mga tawanang walang kabuluhan.

Ipinagkait ng pagkakataon ang paalam
Na sana man lamang ay naging harap-harapan.
At ang paalam na ito'y hindi malaman
Kung kailan ang simula at katapusan.

Pangalawa,
Sa pagitan ng pag-aaral at paghahanapbuhay
Ay namuti ang pangarap na lisanin ang kinasanayan.
Ngunit sa mismong araw ng kanyang paglilitis
Ay iba na pala ang nasa linya't nagbitaw ng mga salitang,
"Wala na sya."

Kinitil ang pangarap ng tadhana
At tuluyang naglaho ang alaala ng kanyang katauhan.

Pangatlo,
Sa apat na sulok ng pag-uusig
Ay naging bukas ang pagsalasat ng katotohanan buhat sa magkabilang panig.
Ang kanilang mga hain ay higit pa sa poot
Na may panghuhusgang bitbit at sigaw sa pula at sa puti.

Naubusan sila ng mga salita at nagtapos sa paghihiwalay
Ang kanilang mga ngitian at halakhakan,
At ang minsang pagbubunyi ay naging palitan
Ng liham ng paalam at katapusan.

Pang-apat,
Sa pagpunit ng bawat pahina ng kalendaryo
Ay nagwakas na rin ang kanilang pagkikita
Ang lihim ay idineklara't nagpaubaya na lamang sa Langit
Ang dalamhating tugon sa pag-ibig
Na sana'y may bukas at makalawa pa.
477 · May 2014
Just Say Yes
The voice was snow crunching
Beneath my feet
Early February
And leaves were wheeling over,

Fresh cut grass
It was rain tiptoeing
In spring,
It’s as gentle as breeze.

Breathe in the air
Bend like the reeds
Let the razors take their place
But neither be empty
Nor full of tons of mist.

Forever I shall wait
Let you be the groom
Our hearts shall be engaged
Not by the golden or silver rings that last
But by the binding of eternal life.

Then, I shall say, “Yes, I love you too,”

(2/21/14 @xirlleelang)
474 · Jul 2014
Same Dream
My hands were stretched horizontally
There were no waves
But the water runs fast
I'm about to sink.

My hands reached the Sky
"I'm gonna reach You,"
I told the Heaven and I was heard.

For a moment,
I felt the land moves upward
Of course, including me.

As I look at my feet,
I wonder,
"How come?"
The ocean has reached me
That fast, I was about to be drowned.
Days ago, I prayed to God to have another dream about the oceans or waves. It happened that I got alarmed by my dream. It was my first dream about oceans this year, I gotta get ready, something's gonna happen that's gonna shake my faith. Thank You Lord for earlier warnings.
471 · Feb 2024
The Last Man Standing
022524

Trusting no one
Coz there’s so much foolishness
In the world
They began to submit themselves with.

People die to live as a must…
But out of the abundance of the hearts
Of the cold-blooded wolves,
Some chose to believe on their own truths.

But I tell you —
That even those truths can all be false.
Can I dare you to believe again?
And to relive the life you’re supposed to nurture?

Coz in this world with noises
Of random gongs and roaring schemes,
A Voice will dare you to believe again
And that Voice is the last Man standing.
468 · Aug 2015
Love
Legalism says, "God will love us if we change." The Gospel says, "God will change us because He loves us."
Maybe you're not that strong
Coz you're not weak enough.
464 · Apr 2019
Rest
Your love is so patient
Your love is eternal
Your love is mercy upon me
Covers me by Your blood.

My strength is failing
Your presence is all I need
You're my salvation, my Security
You keep my heart still.

So here I am,
Embrace me, Lord.
I surrender now,
In Your love, I rest assured.
091316

We run, we respond;
To challenges, problems & stimuli —
Constantly called upon to analyze situations.
We think too much, we talk too much
But we listen too little.

What fuels us?
Isn’t it His wisdom that soaks us in grace?
Isn’t it peace so we can deal well with the crazy fray?

Hearts, be in notion of being still!
We need to figure out how —
How to sit at Jesus’ feet.
He is here! He can be known!

We can learn
Not just by absorbing His truths
But by basking in His presence!

“I don’t have time to sit;
So much to do; So many challenges to be met.
I need to go fast! Sitting isn’t just going slow,
It’s actually stopping!
If I stop, I won’t get anything done!”

Rational but His principle is counter-intuitive.
Far more powerful than logical human “wisdom.”
You can’t win against the world
By trusting in worldly means.
456 · May 2014
Life Crashed
Hard-headed peers
Bouncing brains off each other.

A symphony of organs
Blasting through the mess –
That is your thoughts.

When hearts crash,
Love flashes by.
Only for a visit –-
Leaving euphoria behind.

These eyes,
Those lips can never tell a lie.
For in fairy tales,
Honesty doesn’t exists.

I wonder, I ponder
Why children miss out
On the cornerstone of maximum life.
Treat this world like a game,
And found themselves get played.

Tell me why.
Why they dance with the spades?
But forgot the hearts
Of the enchanted cards of plays.

Why randomized such thoughts?
To where their psyches rule in..
The vision has perished
Dreams bumping with each other,
Failing the other persona.

To lose hope means to die
The dream has shattered
The fluid became one
The facade has closed,
Memories were shuttered.

(2/19/14 @xirlleelang)
455 · Apr 2019
Out of Nothing
You found beauty in ashes
Out of nothing, You create
Dust no longer is lifeless
In Your breath is existence.

You're the Potter, I'm the clay
Mold me, life You declare.

Heaven is in Your presence
Death steals but You save
With all the love, You create
Rescued us, grant us as heirs --
We are Yours forever.
451 · Aug 2024
Quiet Place
081324

These days, I skipped my morning routines.
No coffee breaks, no late meals.
I lost not just the appetite for food
But also the appetite to mingle and crack some jokes.

So, it’s just me —
And this isolation was so familiar.
Just like the old days of resisting my “tiny self.”
The so-random thoughts don’t even help at all…
I was stuck in this shell and it wasn’t well-curated.

My body aches with the unknown tensions
And so I pulled the strings off my mind,
Stretched out my feet as hard as I can
But inside me was something severe —
Something I hated to encounter.

I speak to my body as I lay down
Turned on my favorite playlist in Spotify
Full of worship instrumental
And empowering podcasts
Calming my soul to take a pause and simply rest.

Goodnight to the bed bugs that bite
As I shake off the fluffy pillows on my feet.
Then I cover myself with a hand-me-down blanket.
The pain was intense
So I had to grab my pills to give myself a lesson.

I used to glide my left hand
Reaching out my French-bulldog
Named after HP’s Luna Lovegood.
But this time, I made her sad for not playing around.

I know, she’s tired of me too
We stared to each other for days
And all I can see was her scared eyes.
Most of the times, she jumps off her feet
But this was no longer the old times — she’s changed.

I went outside to breathe
But it’s like an open freezer to me.
I ***** when I eat and the aching doesn’t stop.
My body’s tired of murmuring her pleads...
I know and I can feel her
But I was not ready to comfort her.

I looked at the mirror with pale face.
Having tons of lippies can’t even paint my lips red.
I overthink when I’m upset
So my past time was to write —
It’s like an explosion of joy, anger, fear…
Did I forget the others from Inside Out?

The inner child within me was turned on,
And how could I stop her?
Should I play hide and seek?
I hope it’s the end game already
But I find this as my quiet place too.
451 · May 2014
Let It Go
Let free your internal conflicts
That the maze of misdirection
Direct you, miss, to amaze us.

Silence your doubts,
But only for a moment
For a differing of opinions
Will lead you further
Than the casual assent.

So when life sweeps you off your feet
Hold the edge of your seat tightly
Because this plane is on a non-stop flight.

To the plains of success
Where prosperity prospers
And despair falters
To know it is beaten.

(2/19/14 @xirlleelang)
450 · May 2014
I Do, Lord
Plain white in flush,
This clean shining linen has fitted me.

I’m trouble-free now.
I was filled with joy,
For He has clothed me
With both salvation and victory.

I can’t wait but I will..
For His time is as perfect as it is!
For He became my eternal light,
As His own glory shines on me.

Brighter than the stars He is.
More lasting than the sun and moon,
There, his light tenders me with truth;
My sins, he has removed –
As far as the east is from the west.

He who has formed me
Will soon be my Groom.
And in the altar of grace,
I will wait with full persistence.

The Groom Himself will be delighted.
For He knows I became faithful,
And have prepared for that day.

It's the wedding feast of the Lamb,
And a fresh start is about to come!
And saying “I do, Lord”
Will make me a new Jerusalem!

(7/29/13 @xirlleelang)
Simple thought.
Beautifully phrased random line.
Expansion on simple thought,
No rhyming.

Abstract theory,
Troubling question.

Simple thought
Pretty words
Really abstract thought that doesn’t belong!
Super elusive sentence structure
Less invasive thought.

In Starbucks,
Something overheard
From the people next to you
“Simple thought”
Again, “simple thought”
“Pretty word(s).”

Super confusing theory
To leave reader with no choice
But to call this poem a masterpiece.
I dunno what thoughts are here,
But the Master was the real master.

(2/19/13 @xirlleelang)
440 · Sep 2016
Wait and See
090116

I can feel the skin of the contoured walls
As I saw her w/ her rivers of tears.
Beyond the four corners of her entity,
I can taste her bitter fears
Of months-old existence of hurt & defeats.

But I can see the future of the Dust
As she laid herself on the golden Sky.
"I was searching in the invisible Sky,
Grasping every Word that floats.

I quiet my soul as I thirst for more.
For it's a picture of my future.
Words aren't illusions; but a Magical Being
More than my empty words,
Yours are my infinite praise.
Like air, like wind, oh Your Breath of Life
My Bread of Life as You speak."
"The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord." - Lam. 3:25-26 (ESV)

"Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?" - V. 37
431 · Oct 2014
Two XPs
Young Christians* crave for *experience
But matured ones became *expectators
428 · May 2014
The Inner Evidence
It’s curve doesn’t shape my face
Neither the shimmer
Of all pushin’ and pullin’ whiten teeth;
It doesn’t make sense at all
When its heir and recipient
Mirrors only his very own aggravation.

I don’t think wearing classy stuff
Would make me lighten the day
Neither would arrogance and conceit
Put me in the cream of the top,
For at the end, I may simply slip away.

There were invisible wires
Bonding my muscles and soul
And then, my heart takes it flight
To the eternal embrace of my Father
Snatchin’ me away from the world’s inner core.

I wonder how the rooster left its beloved hen
His throat became anxious of the melted-rough thud
And how our pet Doggy run, not in the race
But from the sadden sun
Even he’s terrified by the minority of the roads.

I’m not lying on my bed for hours
Not even bringing idleness with my friend, Day
But found the words uttered:
For this is my day.

Thanksgiving overflows in me
My vocabulary was bashing with its own
For it’s earthly, but the Heaven shouts the greatest glory
It grants me with the heart’s purity and simplicity
With floating words of Truth and Life,
Without any defamation
That could re-incarcerate my so-human thoughts.

If I were a building,
Would my facade brag my interior?
Would people be drawn to the Designer?
For words will not come to life
If I were simply somethin’
That was just an edifice, yet has not been edified.

I, then, am human being
With the nature of humankind
Resisting the enticement of the flesh.

But if I’m to put that smirk back on my features,
Would it be my asset to talk big?
Of how the Giver has been good to me.
For if I’d see Eve face to face,
Would I glimpse only her impurities and be contaminated?
Or would the inner alteration
Widen its curve and spring up the spirit and the soul.

(5/17/14 @xirlleelang)
425 · Apr 2015
No Personal Agenda
"It is not my agenda that matters; it is God's."
- **XL
418 · Jul 2014
What If
What if healing comes from tears?
And it'll be harder to know
What's pure and fake

What if a blessing comes from rain drops?
If the rain makes you sick,
Would you play with it and seek blessings?

What if sleepless nights are what it takes
To know He's always near?
But you take so much pills
And abuse your body
The Temple of the Holy Spirit

What if dreams only come true
When you let go of things you hold so much?
And at times, need to give up your own
For the sake of others' lives.

What if your greatest fears and pains
Are the keys for greatest thirst this world can't satisfied?
And what if every failure and storms
Are the disguises of the *love and mercy of God?
Just what ifs.
415 · Sep 2014
Death, Be Not Proud
If your sleep be in the gates of Heaven
Why're you confident?
For you will be no more
Even you will die.
414 · Feb 2024
The Foolish Vessel
022524

Everyone holds their own containers
And the Day 1 of your life
Will make your cup overflowing —
You will be so, so full of life.

But when the Time comes
And the Overseer checks what’s in your hands…
Will He be pleased that you left nothing for yourself?
Or be dismayed coz you’re still full of yourself?

How will you measure yourself?
What is your standard?
Will you pass the testing?
Will you pass the fire and be the purest gold?
407 · Oct 2018
Deactivation
The absence of work deactivates faith.
- SYL
397 · Mar 2016
Death's Random Memoria
032016

Sometimes, all the hefts of the world
Were breathed in to my shoulders.
Sometimes, even the deepest regrets,
I fear why they ramble in my psyche.

Sometimes, I feel the impact of the dying generation.
Sometimes, there's no utterance of words,
Only grace has found me
To where I veiled my every secret of humiliation.

I find it hard to try things on my own,
I strained and cried with so much debts to the world.
Yet, I was never satisfied
And the past haunts me all over again.

All the time, I was tired
I was tired of running the same race
Of the adversities of the future
To which I first thought
Would be my safe haven.
For now I know,
There's no such thing as heaven on earth.

I fought the battle, so I did breathe my last now.
I died, but death kept me crying.
I thought my passion died too
But there's no such thing as death
When conceived and be born again.

I was lost, it's sounds cliché
And yes, I was found by grace.
His love I can't deny
Coz whenever loves was bound by earth,
Love is greater, more profound than the world itself.

I can no longer envision this ache
This pain which wanes,
So much that I can no longer dive in to the darkness.
There's this thing: the light has blinded me.
And so I shout, my soul has its own tears
And black and white was the color of death.

Death is victory.
Death is grace.
Death is pain.
Death is a risen star.

It was overcome!
394 · Jul 2015
Take Time
How can success make us feel like failures?
And the harder we fall, the harder we try
The more I have the more I need just to feel like I’m getting by
Oh, there’s so many questions in one short life

And I’m wondering why
Sometimes the truth ain’t easy to find
I want to know all the answers
But I’m learning that these things take time
Yeah, these things take time
391 · Nov 2022
Beautiful Endings
072220

Sunsets are portraits
Of beautiful endings —
A reflection of what’s deep within,
Breaking the barriers,
The facade is made of sand.

I can never make a good portrait at all,
But I knew someone Who can...
Then, the trauma of the day even fades
While every burden is like floating baggage...
Thrown into the shoulders of the Oceans.

You just have to let go;
Let It — let It flow.
Washed by the waters playin’ along the shore,
The melody of Peace, of Rest, will soon follow...

Then Hope arises with so, so good endings.
And so I tell you:
I grew up hatin’ comparisons —
But I’m no longer afraid that I just did...
The endings are beautiful,
So wear Faith and Persevere.
388 · Jan 2021
Let There Be (This 2021)
There’re echoes of times long ago
Villages full of ghosts
Empty buildings & empty lives
Where just the seagulls act as hosts.

The Sun one day shines to its brightest
And it will manifest nothing
But nurtured mountains in their defined glory.
Great is the Son who’s risen!
That even the waters sing His Name!
No more cold hours,
No more shivering shoulders.
For when the Lion roars in His might,
Then He’ll be heard
Even in the depths beyond sight.

Let there be —
A burning light in one’s soul,
A consuming fire in every torch we hold.
That every thought involved
Becomes a move from the Spirit that flows.

As He hovers over the face of the waters,
And as the wind listens to His breath,
Let every heartbeat come in unity
Naked & humbled by His Name.

Let there be a constant reminder:
To continue seeking the Light
For His righteousness covers
Even the darkest in his nights.

That when He speaks,
He is led on bended knees
Then He'll find his heart surrendered,
Consumed with blaze-like lighting & thunders.
To the weary soul that wanders away,
He will return like the prodigal son.
The arms of the Father, ready to embrace
No guilt & shame to hinder his pace.

And if He's the Voice of Truth,
Then whatever the soul obeys,
It becomes a delight to honor & exalt —
A pleasing aroma to the King.
For as one seeks His heart,
His presence becomes one in him.

There will be visions & dreams,
Alive like a burning arrow,
And it’ll spread towards nations.
For what He once called "good"
Will proclaim His glorious "Great I Am"

He will go, together with His chariots of fire.
Heaven’s wide open,
And there’s an army of God
And no darkness can destroy him.

The Lord is on high, the Lord is in us;
And as one lives in Him,
He will live forever & ever –
In Jesus' Name, one will find the power of "Amen."


Every “let there be” is bound to happen,
It’s like going back from the very beginning,
From the very reason why and for whom we’re living.
This year, let there be Jesus in our lives!
We are never the same as yesterday —
We are one in Him and all by the grace of God!
Every “let there be” is bound to happen,
It’s like going back from the very beginning,
From the very reason of why and for whom we’re living..
This year, let there be Jesus in our lives!
We are never the same like yesterday —
We are one in Him and all by the grace of God!

Psalm 103:12
He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
378 · Apr 2020
Nothing You Cannot Do
032320

When terror tends to rise,
Your mercy will unveil
When the world loses sight,
Our faith will be our eyes.

When the strong one loses his strength,
You’re the Core of our lives
When the mountains shake and tremble,
Our weapon is our praise.

When the sun won’t extend its rays,
We’ll declare and lay our hands
When the seas no more split,
We’d still believe in miracles!

There’s nothing in this world You cannot do,
You cannot do
There’s nothing in this world
Will remove our eyes that’s fixed on You.

Hallelujah, Yours is the Victory
Hallelujah, trample down all enemies
Hallelujah, Heaven down to earth
Hallelujah, Jesus saves eternally
Proverbs 3:21-22

My son, do not lose sight of these — keep sound wisdom and discretion, and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.

Proverbs 4:25-26

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.
375 · May 2014
Visible to the Unseen
ArkiBuilding #L2

A glimpse to the arena,
Eyes on that screen
They laugh
Without reflection,
Reality faded out.

A bang to the innermost,
Fringe between
An invisible being,
Taking off
Devoid of wings,
With eyes wide open.

They left a mark,
A panorama of silence

SILENCE…

A startling ending.

What the humankind portrays,
Seems right..
Seems perfect…
But… **a smoke of inanity.
While in class, I tried thinking about a good poem. I tried searching for words, then I got a good heartbeat.

In the field of Architecture, it really is a different world: to chase dreams, to never hold back and to embrace the brighter future. Yet, I had these thoughts that says, "Until when we'd be blinded of such things? Until when we'd delay the generations thirst for change?" Yes, I am recalling.

The Journey 2011
368 · May 2014
The Barren Tick-tack Thing
The red circled thing
Owned the hands of time
It stopped and ogled at me
Our eyes met, and he snubbed.

He is vital to me
That I can’t live
Without even looking at him
The space he knows,
And I was left dumbfounded how he knows.

He owned the twelve sections
Clinched it with glass,
I thought he’s atypical
For his hands were not two but three
Now, I’m baffled of his identity.

He was quiet for days
But I needed him somehow
I wish to own him ceaselessly
But he’s running to fast.

Even if he’s staggered
He’s still making his shift
Working for others
Wouldn’t stop at any moment.

Farewell my friend,
I disgust it, gazing at you
My calendar was so rigid, so tight
Then you left me at night
Adieu, owner of time!

(2/21/14 @xirlleelang)
360 · Dec 2022
My Beloved's Garden
092222

I may not be desired by many —
As they pick their most adored flowers,
Smell it with gladness and praise them,
Picked them up and even displayed them.

I may just be so ordinary in the Garden,
But since I am planted in the Yard of my Beloved,
I know I am uniquely beautiful —
He shelters me every day
While He strolls and sees me in person.

I am rooted in His fertile soil
And He waters me with love that is so enough.
The kind of love that rescued me,
The kind of love that I’ll cherish forever.

So even though I am not wanted by many,
My heart is rest assured
And I can dance with His approval and grandeur.
He made me significant so what more could I ask?

Maybe I am different
But that “difference” made us all the same.
And no eyes can ever satisfy me anymore
Like those burning eyes
By my most treasured Possession.
358 · Feb 2023
Just Waves: 30th Wave
020123

Even the oceans welcome me
To be drowned in the depths of Your majesty.
You are the King of Peace, the Lord of lords
And you don’t just sit down
In my mind palace
But you dwell in my innermost being…

I breathe as my lungs dry out
I have no words to utter…
No thoughts to ponder…
But every bit of me
Is like puzzle pieces
Of your masterpiece within me.

When I do good, I recognize it is Your heart
And it isn’t all about me…
My life is not my own…
Every trial makes me human
But Faith turns me back to You —
To surrender in the Ocean’s infinite…
And see that Your way is the best…
Because it always points out to You!

The peace you leave in my heart
Like a tattoo that reminds me of who You are,
And Your Words are not empty…
It is life for those who find it…
The only hope that we can ever boast.

The pain, the loss, the disappointments
I can’t count one by one
But just one word from you
Is enough to bounce me back…
In You, I found my identity
For I know You call me Your “beloved.”

The victories, the joy, the peace
Everything good
Makes Your Name claim its place
A place of Your throne, a place of Your own…
You make a home within me —
Not a tenement, but a temple.

All things depict Your glory
And even the darkness loses its power.
The dead air and the crispy sounds of every fallen leaf…
The melody of hope ignites
As the fire turned to blue…
I am nothing without You,
And I can’t do anything without You…
Bury me in Your arms, Lord…
358 · Nov 2022
Grace Unfold
Where I escape —
All that is real.

On both sides of the water,
Strange shadows meet
To greet the ****** yet hiding moonlight,
I reflect unknown,
Thrown in the waves,
The water never gives up,
It just takes.

As it flows
With painful motion,
As I run down,
Carrying my sorrows
As all I have,
I run to my Lover:
The dearest Solitude.
357 · Feb 2022
New Mountains, New Heights
020722

Lord, may I always see that You are with me
And that on every mountain that I climb,
I am climbing with You.
And You have never left me nor forsaken me.

And I will climb this mountain in humility before You
As I walk carefully on the path that You had before me.
Let me look up to You as I rely on every Word that You say
Oh, pour Your Spirit so sweet and refreshing to me.

Lord, forgive my doubts and my fear of heights.
If I fear because I’m already out of my comfort zones;
If I fear because I think I cannot make it.
And if I fear because it’s so, so new to me.

Lord, I pray that as I see new but great heights,
I will realize that it is Your new thing to me.
This is Your new way to increase my faith
By showing me what You can constantly do in my life.
And You can do more
And I am just a witness of all that You can do.

As I climb this mountain,
I am a witness to the good view
That You’ve been showing me.
Every view will be beautiful
Because I am with You
And I should not be afraid
Of the transitions of ups and downs.

I am secure even if I trip and fall.
And You will amaze me soon,
I can and I will declare that You are God
And that Your promises are true.

You are My God
Oh Jesus, thank You so much
That You call me by my name.

Apart from You, I can do nothing
And I am just as weak as I am.
But Lord, because the Words that I hear from the Bible
Come from Your mouth,
I know that I can rely upon those Words.
And those are not “empty words.”
Those words are alive and You are in it
And You live in me.

Oh Jesus Christ, what a beautiful Name.
It is not just a Name but it is You – everything is in You.
Protect me, Lord, and let Your will be done in my life.
Show me how and increase my discernment.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen!
357 · Feb 2022
29th Mountain
020122

I wait for my time to come
And in this season, I will put my hope in You.
You are the very anthem of my soul,
My strength in my drowning moments.

While the enemy call me by my sins,
You call me by my name.
You call me Yours forever
You’re my everlasting Shelter and Peace.

Your Love for me flows within me,
My weak bones rely on You.
Your Voice becomes my direction,
Your hands guide me to the Light.

I wait in praise of Your Name,
I am nothing without You, Jesus.
Let Your Words be engraved in my heart
May I not sin against You.

Let Your righteousness overflow in me,
Let fear in the Lord be instilled within me.
Let me understand Your thoughts,
Let me submit in Your ways.

Help me overcome every Mountain,
And deliver me from those who plot against me.
May I speak only Your glory,
And may I stand before you in humility.
352 · Sep 2020
The Race of One's Self
092020

Faith isn't about competition,
We don't run this race to compare one's self to one another,
We don't run and bump each other.
We're not to offend those who fall and backslide,
We don't condemn people as the Spirit brings conviction.

But instead, we give a hand to the lost,
We should be building up each other
Instead of tearing each other down.

We run from the very beginning
'Coz we know what kind of battle we're facing,
And it's a battle against ourselves --
A battle with our own flesh
That will also soon die
And shall return into dust.

We live by grace
And we don't need to pretend we've never lied,
For in this world, everything is permissible
But not everything is beneficial.
So we choose our battle wisely,
We aim the target of not falling away
And remaining in what we've started --
Remaining in faith.

We fall and we rise;
But we are forgiven,
We are in Christ.
So we should no longer live in sin,
For sin has no hold on us
When Jesus becomes enough for us.

And like Jesus whose eyes are fixed on the Father,
We challenge ourselves each day,
To live a life with purpose,
With meaning and with hope --
That one day, we'll also rise
As we always proclaim by faith;
We'll also rise as Jesus did!
Glory and honor and power to the One who we're exalting!
348 · Jan 5
Pahiram
010324

Ikaw —
Ikaw ang nag-iisang Pag-asa,
Ni hindi Mo ako binigo’t
Ni minsa’y hindi ako tinalikuran.

Sa bawat pagkakamali’y
Ni hindi Mo ako hinusgahan
Bagkus tanging yakap Mo ang naging sandigan.

Ikaw ang aking Pahinga,
Ang aking kalasag at kalakasan.
Sa Iyong mga Salita’y nabubuhay ako —
Nagiging bago ang lahat,
Nagiging payapa ang puso.

Sa tuwing isasandal ko ang aking sarili,
Sa’yo lamang ako nakakahinga,
At nagiging mahimbing ang aking pagtulog.
Ikaw ang lunas sa bawat sakit,
Walang duming hindi Mo kayang hugasan.

Ngayo’y nandito ako
Upang manghiram Sa’yo
Kahit alam kong hindi ko ito masusuklian.

Pahiram —
Pahiram ng lakas sa bawat araw,
Pahiram ng bagong pananaw
Nang ako’y makausad at makaahon.

Pahiram —
Pahiram ng hininga at sandali,
Pagkat hindi ko batid
Kung hanggang kailan lamang ang buhay.

Alam kong ang lahat ng sa akin ngayo’y
Tanging hiniram ko lamang Sa’yo
Kaya’t turuan Mo akong hindi angkinin ang mga ito.
Sa’yo ang lahat, at balang araw ay kukunin Mo rin ito
At ibabalik ko Sa’yo ang aking paghinga.

At ang tanging hiling ko’y
Mapapurihan pa Kita,
Maging malinis ang puso
Hanggang sa pagbabalik Mo.
Salamat — Salamat, Ama.
347 · Feb 2024
Longing
022824

My Solid and Firm Foundation,
My Rock and my Strong tower —
You are my God,
And You love me more than anyone does.

My heart hurts, Lord
And yet my eyes have no tears.
My weakness is evident
And yet in Your hands, I wanna be kept.

Heal my weary soul,
Heal and breathe me life.
I long for You
All the days of my life.
347 · May 2014
Self-defied
A worthless instrument filled with sentiment
That is what I wana  take
From when I thoroughly become benevolent.

I yearn a reminder of a version
Of myself where I don’t have piercing eyes
Or a cold body
Or a stifling loathe of beings similar to myself
Or a need to curl up to a ball when pens *****

Ah fornicate this I can’t write anymore

There’s a hope buried in me
It multiplies like bamboo shoots entangling
It says grow thorns, be turgid
It says pop horns, stay frigid.

I walk down the corridor
Constantly defying myself
I’m one character I think
Am I?

(2/19/14 @xirlleelang)
031024

Many times I tried to play CHESS…
To WIN, a player must CHECKMATE his/her opponent.
When the ‘king’ is in checkmate,
Then the game is OVER.

And checkmate doesn’t happen
Without a PREPARATION —
But TODAY I call it as a “PRAYperation”
Then, everything else will be added
As a RESTORATION.

For you CANNOT use your anointing yesterday
To FEED your soul for today…
Learn how to OBEY and SEEK the Higher King,
Then you’ll know whose SIDE are you in.
339 · Oct 2021
Peace Within
111320

The waters roar
And yet they are kept in order
Under the shadow of the Beholder of Light,

The waters cease.
Many call one Name,
And many shout His Name.

But why do we need to come this far?
To let our voices run dry?
To taste the bitter tears?
And hear the clamor of the world?
339 · Feb 2024
Harmony
022724

I found no butterflies when I’m with you,
But there is peace and silent thumping
As I see the calmness of your face.
And your so, so sweet smile
Radiates from the core of your spirit —
Eradicating every pain my heart has.

I don’t shiver when you hold my hand,
And it no longer bothers me
When you ****** me from my old self.
Neither got no goosebumps when you speak.
But when you lead me to the One I love —
That’s when I know I love you the most.

And when my eyes can’t see you,
When I no longer blink as I count one, two, three.
That’s when I know I’m at the edge of my own cliff
And I’m ready to dive and submit
Where the Spirit ignites my vision —
Bringing me to a great heights of my faith renewed.

I don’t make every second count itself —
But I can simply put the verses of my heart
To the invisible jar of hope and start praying…
And never lean on my own understanding,
Never place myself in the drowning emotions
But to bring praise and melody in such harmony.

I won’t deal this this pace
But I won’t shut my doors too.
When the time comes, I will understand
That the best version of me can lift up another soul.
Maybe when I’ll cross this road again,
There’ll be flowers everywhere.

I hope and pray —
But His will be done! The glory is His!
338 · Feb 2024
Heaven’s Dew
022024

I hear the slow whisper of the air I breathe —
And then, I breathe in the Heaven’s atmosphere.
You call me in a different kind of peace,
An elevation where I had never climb up yet.

I see the beauty that I once forgotten —
Even the joy that sprouts within me…
The pressure of this world will no longer drag me
To the depths of where I’m not supposed to be.

I am more than myself
Coz there’s greatness in me.
And it’s You who see the value
Of my real identity.

You chose me
Even before I began to had my eyes on You —
That blazing fire that met the hunger of my soul,
And so I began to thirst for more of You.

You gave me purpose
In this dying generation…
My flesh decays with the worldly desire
And even my bones will not enter
The rest and the Place that my Spirit longs for.

There’s a gift You give —
A fresh start with Heaven’s dew.
As the rays of the sun kiss my skin,
And I will radiate as the morning does —
To radiate from inside out.
Waking up, there’s a Rhema in my head, “ New Dew.”

*It’s something resembling dew in purity, freshness, or power to refresh.

Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.

The miraculously refreshing and reviving effect of dew upon the plants in the Holy Land prompted Isaiah to use it as a figure of resurrection (see Isaiah 26:19) and Hosea to use it as a figure of repentance (see Hosea 14:4–5).

Proverbs 3:19-20
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth,
By understanding He established the heavens.
By His knowledge the deeps were broken up
And the skies drip with dew.

Deuteronomy 32:2
“Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As the droplets on the fresh grass
And as the showers on the herb.

Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Psalm 110:3
Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power;
In holy array, from the womb of the dawn,
Your youth are to You as the dew.

Genesis 27:28
Now may God give you of the dew of heaven,
And of the fatness of the earth,
And an abundance of grain and new wine;
0919

I looked up at the mountains
And saw it was the same
When I expect it to move,
Wasn't it faith that should've moved it?

One day, I strolled again
And I was sad —
"For it's all the same,"
From the beginning of times
To the end of my eyes,
I keep asking myself,
"How long shall I wait?"

And then I heard a Voice like thunder,
"Move again!"
But that Voice became a whisper
As I yearn to listen for more.

So there, I ran over
I was searching for that small Voice —
Searching for its Source
Until I was caught off guard!
I was silenced
With how little things and even the simplest things
Have the greatest value
More than a lifetime!

As I opened my eyes,
It was a sea of clouds!
And I have never seen this even once!
I was mesmerized by Its radiance
The black thick sky was gone —
And it's as if I was about to lose my sight,
"It's a Hidden Glory!"

Even in my heart, my reasoning was ceased
With a moment of silence,
I know it was that Voice —
That same Voice from the very beginning
And it was Him who brought me here.

At times, I worry too much
With how the mountains will move —
Even with the time of the falling of the leaves.
Should I tell it to move?
Should I tell the birds to stop chirping?
Or should I be the one?
To move forward instead?

So here's the thing is:
A simple thing that will put everything aside
And will focus you on the Greatest upon the greats.
For while you seek that Voice,
You'll learn to stick with grace
Which is out of this world
And it will just unfold before you.

And your heart shall be stilled
With why most of the time
You need not actually understand everything —
And you're never required to worry.
You need to stop asking for answers
Even in the toughest circumstances.

This time, you are invited to rest in His love:
You are commanded to pursue!
You are enabled to walk!
You are anointed to speak!
You'll know when the time is right!
For the Spirit is there!
The Spirit is here!
The Spirit is your guide!

Who then shall bring down your walls?
Who shall stop you from declaring?
If you are commanded to prophesy...
God will light up even the darkest nights —
And yes, in that mountain; in those mountains,
You're gonna create an altar for God!
Coz every mountain is a mountain of God!
He shall deliver to you!
He is now delivering to you!!

And may it never be the same for you —
Your life shall never be the same
As you'll have that Encounter.

I tell you —
There are truths that this world does not know
And there are things you thought of as "truth".
But with that genuine heart and desperate cry,
You'll find out soon
What your soul is really searching for!
1 Kings 18:43-44
And he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” And he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go again,” seven times. And at the seventh time he said, “Behold, a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.’”

You are blessed not to see what’s ahead for you’ll surely be surprised by what God has prepared! You’ll trust more while you worry less — there is something even in one’s nothingness! Coz when God says “there is something,” He means He has enabled you! He has prepared everything and all you have to do is walk through it, experience and enter His rest and joy. To take God’s voice into your heart. Listen while he tells you something for the first time until the seventh or the hundred times. It’s for your own good! You will see it and God will make sure to you: He will see you through! Our God always win!
332 · Apr 2019
Just Surrender
11:45 AM
042019

I enter into Your presence
Oh let me into Your glory
You're full of wonders and freedom
Victory is in Your Name!

I know You won't stumble me
You answered me even before I call
You heard my heart as I cry out
Your comfort is my strength and joy.

In every season, I will praise You
You're ever there, I will lift You higher.
331 · Nov 2022
The Face of His Own
A child was born
And he was crying
Until he heard the voice of her Mama
It was a breath that beats like his.
And for the very first time,
He looked into someone's eyes.

On the other side,
The boy heard a husky voice
With a low tone and suddenly,
It was a voice of an expert.

A loving yet not so tender like the first one.
The boy gazed at him
As he carries him
It's as if he's facing his likeness
And it's kinda weird
Having some hair on some areas of his face –
It was the first time he saw that.
329 · Jan 27
The Voice of You
012725

A whisper, suspended,
in the breath of time—
You call me to pause,
to drink in Your beauty,
a nature unbound,
shifting through the veil of now.
Creation dances in Your eyes.
I am left undone,
consumed by wonder.

You pull the thread, stop.
The path, unwritten,
crumbles beneath my feet,
I stumble, without Your hand.
But there, in the space
between my breaths, You claim me.
How wondrous to be Yours—
in the pulse of life, a child in Your care.

Your voice, a ripple, “Go.”
The signal— clear as silence,
a knowing beyond knowing.
Peace not in the answers,
but in the stillness of surrender.
Joy blooms,
wild and untouched, when I listen.
When I obey, I am reborn
in the endless song of You.

Written in Your palms,
not just my path—
but the heartbeat of purpose,
carved in eternity’s skin.
I wait, unspeakable,
for the moment we meet.

In this breath,
I release my trust—
unfurling like an ocean,
no storm too wild,
no arrow too sharp.
Your love—
a masterpiece in fragments,
abstract, infinite,
a canvas that has no end.
Next page