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Redaviel May 2020
How can I look again at you without being blinded?
I'm not a sailor, but you're a lighthouse to me now
In this fog of confusion of feelings, I am lost
The ship sways, wind blows, cloudy mind stays
I don't want to lose my footing and whatever we have
But I'm afraid to be guided by you, I might fall in love
But I know the situation is dangerous and I must choose
Whether to lose my sight of you or heed your presence
Redaviel May 2020
Hindi ko kayang ipangako ang langit, bituin, at buwan sa gabi
Hindi ko ipagkakait ang eksena na maglalapit sa mga labi
Kung saksi ang dilim at ang oras sa pagkakataon na ito,
Hayaan ang testigo na iligtas tayo sa korteng mapangmata
Alam kong hindi mali ito, nais nating maging tapat dito
Mga tulang ang tema lagi ay gabing payapa at tahimik
Pero sa pagkakataong ito, ikaw ang paksang walang imik
Pinapakiramdaman mo kung ito ay isang palipas panaginip
Kung ang pangako ay sisibol sa pagtagal, huwag kang mainip
Dahil ang pag-ibig ko'y totoo at nais kong masagip at sumagip
Trying my hands at poems made in my native language. Will improve on this and post more once in a while.
Redaviel May 2020
Trying to forget isn't easy as a car accident
Resisting temptation isn't easy as wishful thinking
In worst times, she is there to assure; never felt so sure
Another day is a new spark for a feeling childishly pure
May I know if this feeling is something that is fleeting?
At the darkest times, you're the warm light shining
Even in happy days, you make me blind and smiling
May I know if it's because I'm just looking for inspiration?
A handful of those were swept away in the sea of sadness
No one expects us to be together; a fool's imagination
Only in a different time, we can be lovers and happiness
So I hope this will pass and continue as good friends
Redaviel Apr 2020
I know you were a ghost in that photo
But I can't help it but wonder before I sleep
Why something so fake would make me feel and cherish?
You were behind me, like a past on a piggyback ride
A face that made my heart skip; a smile, a beauty worthwhile
I smiled, for awhile, like I was afraid this moment will pass by
I know you were a ghost in that photo
But the air I felt was afternoon breeze and your breath
I wished you didn't left me for someone's afterlife
Because what I can offer is a place in my heart
For you to haunt me until we get old
Redaviel Apr 2020
A demise wrapped in copper jacket
It wasn't the shooter's fault! He was misunderstood!
He wasn't thinking properly! Death where life once stood!
The problems made the finger pull the trigger
The dark felt inviting since the light bulb was dim

Maybe it's the only way for him to set things right
Even if one foot dangles by the hole six feet deep
How easy it is be lost and lose the ability to keep
The hope that makes us able to run and leap
How easy it is to take what we didn't give and nurture
And **** ourselves as we lose our soul and our future
Redaviel Apr 2020
Our vows, ever clingy and embracing
In sickness and in health; in poverty and in wealth
My worn hand yearn for yours and its familiar veins
My lonely body yearn for yours and its true love
But we must endure, we must be apart, distant hearts
If we want to live another day and say the words to stay
Keep distant for now, so we can go home in embrace tomorrow
The blizzard will pass and all that's frozen be thawed in hope
The barrier will never last
Redaviel Apr 2020
A family with color and sound and warmth
Becomes a monotone paradise of silence
When the walls aren't cared for
When the windows are always kept closed
And people forget to put wood in the fireplace
Dusty ceilings, slippery floor, unheard feelings,
Withered plants, column of ants, tattered pants
And you wonder why the sun doesn't shine anymore
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