unsaid words

May 2018

Anna Patricia

~

Let me tell you,
I didn't relentlessly tell you
about my scars and wounds
so you could just
cut them wide open.

Let me tell you,
I expected you to help me,
to heal me, to hold me
but you just reawakened
my pain.

– apbq, not everyone deserves second chances

May 2018

Marg Balvaloza

Galimgim

Sa bawat umagang nagdaan,
mga kainitan ng tanghalian,
sa paglubog ng araw,
kalaliman ng gabi,
ang naaalala
ay ikaw.

Kasama kita nang kay tagal,
ngunit, p a a n o, at bakit?
Ano na ang nangyari?
Tila 'di na kasama
sa mundong dati
ay sobrang...
s a y a.

© LMLB

I just woke up from 2 hours of sleep, went outside our house to look for the sunset and it reminded me of our days, together. Those days when I'm with you, having our quality time —- spending every part of the day so delighted, just like an unending 'happily ever after.'

I spent almost all of my sunsets with you.
But now, it hurts me every time I look at it because they said that sunsets are the proof that no matter what happen, things can end beautifully. However, in our case, it's not. We're just like two souls, slowly drifting away from each other and I guess we're not destined for our own version of 'happily ever after.'

P.S. "Galimgim" is the tagalog word for "Nostalgia."

5.41pm // 04.08.18

#nostalgia #sad #melancholy #love #form #triangle #galimgim #pagibig #tagalog #ph

May 2018

J

Knock Knock

Knock knock.
I've been knocking on
your door
for a while now.

A question, a haunting thought,
"how long can I keep doing this?"

From a dark corner,
heard a whisper;

"that door will never open
if you have no place to
dwell inside."

My heart sank, like a rock
thrown in a lake.

I already broke my heart waiting.
I don't want to break my hand,
if I keep trying.

Knock knock. Drunk.

#knock #waiting #heart #prose #freeform #freeverse

May 2018

Marg Balvaloza

Audacity

Of all the things I tried to hold on for so long
You were the one that made me believe myself that I am strong—-
strong enough for you to forget the pain of yesterday
strong enough for you to take all of my fears away!
I really never know that I’d come this far
After the thought of having you forever, on my side
My love, just a kiss from you could make me smile—-
a smile that will give me courage all through the while!

{ l.m.l.b }

You are 'always' a risk worth taking. // 05.06.18

#love #brave #courage #ph #audacity #risktaking #risk #philippines

May 2018

Taltoy

Ano nga bang itinakda?

Hinaharap, tadhana,
Kinabukasang sino ang maygawa?
Ano nga bang napapaloob,
Sa bugso ng damdaming may kidlat at kulog.

Lahat, balot ng katanungan,
Lahat, di nauunawaan,
Lahat, walang kasiguraduhan,
Mistulang ang lahat pagsisisihan.

Nakakatakot nga namang magkamali,
Mapait, mapupuno ka ng pighati,
Masusugatan, manghihinayang,
Sasabihing “kung di nalang sana nagpakamang-mang”.

Kabalighuan ba ang magbakasakali?
Ang paghingi sa’yong kamay ay isa bang pagkakamali?
Pagmamahal sayo’y di ba nagbunga ng maganda?
Damdamin ko ba’y nagpagulo sa isip mo sinta?

Ikaw ang nakakaalam nyan,
Ikaw, ang iyong puso’t isipan,
Ikaw ang magpapakalma,
Sa unos na kasalukuyang rumaragasa.

May 2018

Anna Patricia

it didn't stop me

When you told me that you love me
I knew
I knew,
I would love you for a long time
and the entirety of you would leave a mark
in all corners of my heart,
in all corners of my mind.

Perhaps, time was never be on our side.
Perhaps, the universe played us too many times.
Perhaps, we tried too much or we didn't.
But I'll never forget when you said "I love you"
I knew,
I knew,
You're going to be a big heartache.

– apbq, i knew, i knew, but that didn't stop me from loving you.

May 2018

Marg Balvaloza

Muli

Nang makita ka
Lukso ng aking puso’y
Lalong bumilis
Kislap ng mata
Ngiti sa aking labi
Pilit tinago
Ako’y nautal
Di nagkanda-ugaga
Dahil nagalak
Sapagkat tayo’y
Bubuo ng memorya
Nang magkasama

© LMLB

For someone who made my heart skip a beat from the moment I lay my eyes on him, not for the first time, not for the second time, neither the third time; perhaps—– every time. // 03.29.18

#haiku #575 #syllables #muli #ph #philippines #tagalog #pagibig #gaze #admiration

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