I'd befriend the obsidian sky...
   I'd shower it with a bounty of praises.
  So that it'll welcome my nightly gaze,
     without threats from overbearing clouds.

     I'd impress the twinkling stars
       by serenading them with songs unheard by most.
     So that when the time comes,
  they'd cast their votes in my favour.

I'd whisper to the nighttime breeze.
   I'd cavort and giggle at its slightest touch.
      So that when I fly my flag,
   it'll catch it in full billows for her to see.

Then finally...
  I'd woo the twilight moon...
     For she is the prize
   my heart had sought to pursue.
    I'd court her
      with the fiercest blaze that burns within...
     In hopes that she'd forever
   remember me as the suitor that had
fallen helplessly.

(sonnet #MMMMMCDXXXII)


How rain's nigh ghastly light haunts vague suspense
Ere darkness yield to after.  In the pale
Note follwing, whiter morsels chase th'exhale
Which moves atwixt these firs as if pretense
Could not decide oer snowbanks' worn intents
And newer puddles thinking of betrayl,
This fragile romance in surreal tones' bail
Lost in the flurry of just whither hence.
I want to ask you what you're doing fer
All we have overnight made me and you
Erm, us and we.  And scared but driving, you're
Not one bit daunted either.  What'd we do?
I've heard of whirlwind stories.  Aren't such poor?
You'd kiss my tear-washed face, and say we knew?

03Feb16

112715 #4:47PM

May linyang pahalang at patayo,
Ni hindi magpapatisod sa pising sinusuyo.
Sila’y liliko sa bawat espayo,
Bagkus Ako’y sa’yong puso ang tungo.

Mag-aabang sa bawat palapag,
Sana sa beranda’y, ikaw ang siyang umaga.
Sana sa kusina’y maihain ang tama –
Tamang timpla ng walang tagas na pagsinta.

Isasantabi Ko ang mga butil na balakid,
Hahaluin ang konkretong sabaw ay sirit ng pag-ibig.
Papalitadahan natin ang kisameng may bituin,
At doon tayo niningas ng panimulang may layunin.

Irog, ang puso Ko’y nasa hulog at hinog,
Kasingputi ng pinturang
pantapal sa putikan **** suot.
Nang minsang nilukot ang puso **** papel,
Ni hindi ito nayuraka’t nalumot sa lente Kong nasa lebel.

Hayaan **** iguhit Ko ang bukas,
Nang pundasyo’y uugat sa bato’t di patutumba.
Hubad at bitak-bitak ang luwad **** pagkatao,
Kaya’t di hahayaang kontratahin ng iba.
At sa akin sana’y magpaubaya ng “Oo”
Nang maging ako na ang butihin **** Arkitekto.

For it all began with grain and clay
In ancient lands so far away
And in turquoise mines for the laborers day
Where to whom a lovely goddess the men would pray
That now I can write this for you

Thanks to those earthen veins of minerals blue
And the flowing rivers and oceans too
Over which sailed ships rowed by the crew
To carry such jewels to you

Where the mouth and the sound of its word was your name
For when I was kissed by those lips I was never the same
My tongue licks like fingertips of shadows of flames
And if once I was a desert, you’ve given me rain

I grew like a tree whose leaves spread like a fan
Whose lines and grooves resembles that of a hand
And I draw long and curling lines on your skin
Paying no mind to an end once we begin

And it all began with grain and clay
In ancient lands so far away
And in turquoise mines for the laborers day
Where to whom a lovely goddess the men would pray
That now I can write this for you

(c) 2015