#anesthesia
May lason sa hangin, ngunit walang amoy,
Tahimik ang sugat, sa loob umaagos.
May hiwa sa damdaming di kayang tahiin,
Sa bawat tibok, muling sinasalin.
Walang karayom, ngunit may tusok,
Ngiting pilit, sa luha’y nalulusok.
May gamot sa pilay, sa lagnat, sa pasa
Ngunit sa puso, bakit tila wala?
Kailan ba lalanghapin ang luningning,
Na sa dibdib, sakit ay papaliparin?
Kung may anesthesia sa pusong humiyaw,
Siguro ang gabi'y mas pipiliing mapusyaw.
Ngunit bawat kirot, lihim na tula,
Na sa kalul’wa'y may aral na dala.
Di man madama ng balat o laman,
Ang puso’y natutong magmahal… kahit sugatan.
May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM UTC
I remember vividly,
The days of my tender immaturity,
That complemented an air of naivety I had.
But now I have learnt,
How to maintain a reticent manner,
An agreeable countenance,
And an unceasing anesthesia.
I have tamed my heart not to beat fast at the sight of you,
But it still needs practice.
It needs practice because it has never known how to face its fears calmly.
So, it remains hidden right here in my chest,
Eavesdropping on you.
I have taught the sinews of my wrinkled lips to smile freely.
I have taught them to smile freely because sorrow chokes me.
Sorrow chokes me because I cannot resist the thoughts of your indifference,
Running wildly down the nerves into each sombre inch of my skin,
And every inch of my skin mutilating itself,
Tattooing your name,
Slowly.
Silently.
'Painfully'.
Mar 21, 2019
Mar 21, 2019 at 2:11 PM UTC
You are like the worst doctor
And I am the best patient
That is letting you do an open heart surgery
Without anesthesia.
Mar 20, 2018
Mar 20, 2018 at 11:37 PM UTC
i savor the feeling of intoxication
as it never fails in comparison to anesthesia
for a moment i didn't mind feeling pain
it didn't hurt thinking about your perfection
and how i was never worthy of it
Nov 29, 2015
Nov 29, 2015 at 1:37 PM UTC
I'm beginning to wonder if the sensation in my fingers will ever return.
maybe its like writers block.
perhaps only temporary...
but some people can have writers block for years, maybe even a lifetime.
Bilateral broken wrists.
What the **** does that mean?
Day 1:
I woke up in the hospital, my only concern was my precious forty dollar jeans.
"Aaliyah your back is broken."
Day 3:
Post surgery, heavily anesthetized
"Mom I want to be on American Idol."
*starts to sing in the recovery room"
Day 12:
I woke up and couldn't feel my right arm
Oh right they numbed my radial nerve!
It only lasts a few hours the said
Day 13:
My arm was still numb.
Lets, not fail to mention that I also have my t12 removed and replace somewhere in the middle of all this.
I have several fractures in my lumbar.
Day 14:
I finally went home.
Four weeks later.
I cant feel my fingers.
Jun 24, 2015
Jun 24, 2015 at 7:41 PM UTC
Little petty mistakes threw us apart
Dragging me into anesthesia
Down in the memory lane
Lies nothing but pain
I'm alive but I feel so detached from the world
It's a state so queer and strange
With every piercing flashback
I fall deeper into anesthesia
My body lies still on the ground
But my soul is bursting like flames
And every flame burns every inch of my existence
It's a state of heartbreak
But it's still more than just that
Mar 5, 2015
Mar 5, 2015 at 12:21 PM UTC
The smell of death seeps through the cracks of locked doors where you hide the side of yourself that you never let me see. I keep having search parties for the key but I've finally convinced myself that you buried it along with all the other hearts you've broken. The blood stains on the ceiling are reminders that in some cases the last place I want to go is up, and laying breathless at the bottom of a lake is a better way to drown out the sound of “I love you” seeping through your clenched teeth.
When I was 10 years old I first heard the word ‘anesthesia’ come from the mouth of my best friend whose mother died a year before, and she told me that it meant she was numb to everything. Nothing could make her feel anything which is probably why she danced with death and there were rope burns around her neck as she lay in a casket 3 years later.
It escaped my mouth for the first time yesterday when I saw you walking towards me with a smile on your face and a gun in your hand and the realization hit me before the bullet did; sometimes the side that is hidden from us is the side we’re trying to escape from. But my fear of death subsides every time I stand before you, why else do you think I ever let your mouth meet mine? The consequence is just as dangerous. You’re just as poisonous. There’s no way to escape this.
I find myself standing in the middle of busy streets where cars hit me but I don’t die. I find myself waiting for the train, but never at the station. I find myself in places and I can’t remember how I got there but death always looks me hungrily in the eye and loses its appetite as soon as it gets close enough to take my breath away.
I want to quit breathing, but I don’t. This feeling is so strong yet contradicting. So powerful yet, so nonchalant. It was last night as I lay on a bed with sheets covered in my blood that I came to a conclusion...death is my anesthetic, and you've been giving it to me in doses.
Oct 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 at 7:00 PM UTC