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Sha Aug 2017
Her heart is made of the horizon.
You walk through the shoreline
And think you can measure it.

How big it must be to hold
Thousands of sunrise and sunsets
And ships and mermaids
And battles and heaven.
Sha Aug 2017
Hassle.
Nagsulat si Fidel,
Pero anong nangyari?
Walang napala sa isang daang tula,
Luha ang kapalit at sakit ang sinapit
Dahil pinilit ang gusto pero ang gusto niya ay pumili ng iba.

Kaya hindi na kita gagawan ng isang daang tula.
Titigil na dito sa pang pito at hindi na tutuloy sa walo.
Talo.
Talo lang din naman kahit umabot pa ng singkwenta,
Dahil hindi naman benta sayo ang mga pakulo,
Ang mga salitang kinumpila para iparating na ika'y gusto.

Ano na nga ba ang gagawin ko?
Ititigil na ang pag titig sa litrato,
Lalabanan ang isipan na pagbulay-bulayan ang mga dahilan
kung bakit hindi maaring maging tayo.

Piniling hindi ka na alayan ng 'sang daang tula.
Piniling alisin ka sa aking haraya.
Pinipiling maging malaya.
Magpapaubaya.

Pero minsan talaga
'Di mapigilan magsulat ng isa pa
At isa pa,
Hanggang sa nakakatawa na
Dahil umabot na pala sa isang daan ang mga tula.
Nakiki 100 Tula-inspired poem
Sha Aug 2017
Most Days,
I dream of becoming taller
So I can reach the stars.

And then he came
And promised the Milky Way.

But before I can even hold
Dead stars in my hands,
He jumped to another galaxy
And left me wishing,
"I wish I was taller."
Sha Aug 2017
The sky opened up and then
Rain in the middle of summer poured.
A sudden, familiar feeling wrapped around me.
A feeling forgotten because it's not in season,

But it feels nice to see gray skies once in a while.
Especially when I'm sitting on a park bench holding my pen,

I write when rain comes and when it doesn't,
Just as I write when love comes and when it doesn't.
Sha Aug 2017
Words coming from his mouth
Sounds like it's the only truth.
He paves a muddy road and covers it with rose petals,
Then he asks you to walk with him.
You can smell dirt all over
But he convinces you it's luxurious.

And when you've been comfortable walking,
You're waist-deep into the mud,
Rose petals are gone
And he blames you for wanting truth he does not offer.

The liar does not love.
He only tricks you into choosing
Between the truth and
Lies covered in something beautiful.
Sha Aug 2017
When you feel betrayed,
Do not get even.

Do not let it keep you awake.
Forgive and have a good night's rest.

In the end,
You have forgiven and at peace.

Imagine how anxious Judas must have felt
After he betrayed Jesus?
forgive and forget, really.
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