#borrowed
every morning,
i stare at the mirror --
looking into my own eyes
like they belong
to someone else.
my smile feels forced,
stolen.
like i borrowed this body,
and forgot
to give it back.
i don't deserve it.
i neglect this body,
my shattered heart
would survive better
in someone
more loving
and patient.
Jun 22, 2025
Jun 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM UTC
Tolling hungrily the hollow bell
High in pious belfry hung.
Lofty words as pride dictates
From deep in cavernous dwellings
To keep a doctrine as a young lady
Keeps hope of the future
Locked in a chest --
The ritual of past and present Notions.
Receding line at edge of seaboard
Feeding on dry land the
Watery grave
Filled with borrowed sentiments Adrift.
The open sea -- open sores of Prejudice
Cut off from inlets of vision and Reason.
Preserved as Lenin's body under Glass.
Dec 27, 2024
Dec 27, 2024 at 10:42 AM UTC
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Ikaw —
Ikaw ang nag-iisang Pag-asa,
Ni hindi Mo ako binigo’t
Ni minsa’y hindi ako tinalikuran.
Sa bawat pagkakamali’y
Ni hindi Mo ako hinusgahan
Bagkus tanging yakap Mo ang naging sandigan.
Ikaw ang aking Pahinga,
Ang aking kalasag at kalakasan.
Sa Iyong mga Salita’y nabubuhay ako —
Nagiging bago ang lahat,
Nagiging payapa ang puso.
Sa tuwing isasandal ko ang aking sarili,
Sa’yo lamang ako nakakahinga,
At nagiging mahimbing ang aking pagtulog.
Ikaw ang lunas sa bawat sakit,
Walang duming hindi Mo kayang hugasan.
Ngayo’y nandito ako
Upang manghiram Sa’yo
Kahit alam kong hindi ko ito masusuklian.
Pahiram —
Pahiram ng lakas sa bawat araw,
Pahiram ng bagong pananaw
Nang ako’y makausad at makaahon.
Pahiram —
Pahiram ng hininga at sandali,
Pagkat hindi ko batid
Kung hanggang kailan lamang ang buhay.
Alam kong ang lahat ng sa akin ngayo’y
Tanging hiniram ko lamang Sa’yo
Kaya’t turuan Mo akong hindi angkinin ang mga ito.
Sa’yo ang lahat, at balang araw ay kukunin Mo rin ito
At ibabalik ko Sa’yo ang aking paghinga.
At ang tanging hiling ko’y
Mapapurihan pa Kita,
Maging malinis ang puso
Hanggang sa pagbabalik Mo.
Salamat — Salamat, Ama.
Jan 5, 2025
Jan 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM UTC
I want too mean it when I say I'm working to improve
But I know I'm on borrowed time due too a marriot of conflicting issues
Turning greener pastures different shades of blues
Most of the root doesn't even originate from my property,
Still the hardest to remove
Doesn't help I'm held accountable for the damage my damage,
Caused by others mind you,
Always accrues
I think I've overpaid my dues
©2024
Mar 17, 2024
Mar 17, 2024 at 10:19 PM UTC
Living on dimes
at the corner store,
always trying to find a way to make a few more.
Not worried about the mansion
or a new corvette.
Just wanna make sure
my baby's set. Cause we've always been on borrowed time. Never had to do more than just survive. But now that somebody's gonna count on me, I'm going to make them proud. Don't believe me? Just wait and see.
Nov 21, 2022
Nov 21, 2022 at 7:02 AM UTC
I cannot write
nor can I speak
My thoughts are empty
My feelings are weak
I’m but a void
that **** everything but time
Time still moves too fast
Too quick to fall in line
I’d want forever
but age won’t permit
So I’ll settle for eve
on nights that I submit
I long for the scythe
to take what was never mine
under the dark hood I loom
begging for it take the borrowed time
Jun 28, 2021
Jun 28, 2021 at 12:35 PM UTC
I don't know what will happen
In the world of tomorrow.
So today, I'll do my best
With the time I've borrowed
Jun 10, 2020
Jun 10, 2020 at 8:31 PM UTC
I have been riding the hand of the clock at the very second I met you.
I held as it tick and tock completing a minute, and I held more as it ran an hour.
I was grateful as it counted a day. I was screaming with joy as it reached more than months.
I was a fool for not knowing it was a timer set to end.
Aug 22, 2019
Aug 22, 2019 at 7:42 AM UTC
_You build your nest of pretty words,
Sly threads of verbiage,
Plucked from outworn phrases,
Secondhand sentiments and frayed metaphors.
A thorny simile, a faded pink ribbon,
Of rhetoric woven with silky streamers;
A warp and weft of fond and found,
Borrowed references and stolen verses.
You recycle the shining heart,
Of another’s penmanship,
Modelling it into a tarnished,
Uninspired and untitled composition
...OF YOUR OWN..._
Jul 6, 2019
Jul 6, 2019 at 8:41 PM UTC
The knife scalps it,
The chaplain advised them to watch and pray,
He is strong and pain is worse to the strong, incapacity is worse,
Once or twice this side of death,
He will just do nothing at all.
Apr 24, 2019
Apr 24, 2019 at 1:31 PM UTC
I have thought about it for awhile
And don't care what other people say
I want to be part of yout life
This might be the only way
Don't see you as the bad guy
Not mad or angry, just hurt
Even though I know it's wrong
I think **** he looks **** in that shirt"
Feel the electricity in the air
Can tell you feel the familiar thrill
Is the alcohol to blame?
Or do you truly love me still?
We reach at the same time to touch
Holding your hand just seems so right
I wish that I did not have to let go
Wish I could stay the rest of the night
When I have to say goodbye
It's hard to pull away and leave
I long to remain in your arms forever
It feels better than I dare to believe
Then you lean down to kiss me
It is bliss. It's too perfect to be real
I had almost forgotten how wonderful
Your lips could taste and feel
I know that you're drunk and it's late
I'm hoping that you feel the spark
And I am hoping my mouth will remind you
Of those nights we spent in the dark
Thank you for making me complete again
Giving me your love to borrow
Even if it is just for right now
I will not regret it tomorrow
Sep 30, 2018
Sep 30, 2018 at 7:39 AM UTC
Her hair became darker and her thoughts became wild
And her heart became heavy and her dreams became mild
Her lips became softer and her eyes became sorrowed
And her hands became beaten and her love became borrowed
Nov 29, 2017
Nov 29, 2017 at 9:43 PM UTC
love something in between
love the chase
love the adventure,
but this time
the wings failed to ****** the wind
love the rush
love the warmth
love the ecstasy--
euphoria by something borrowed
love the game
and play it hard
fight or fold
yet what's at stake
is more than I'm willing to risk
Jan 20, 2017
Jan 20, 2017 at 10:59 PM UTC
Naked I came, naked I’ll leave
Then the worms will dine on me
This circle of life I cannot flee
A painless death is my only plea
There is beauty in bloom, there is beauty in rot
But in the end I’ll care not
Fingers, toes, eyes, and bone
I shall return to earth
Life is a loan
Jan 6, 2017
Jan 6, 2017 at 9:40 AM UTC
Some scars are old,
Some are new,
A borrowed heart,
Feeling blue.
Jun 15, 2016
Jun 15, 2016 at 12:48 PM UTC
sometimes we expect so much from people, because we would be willing to do the same thing for them.
Mar 18, 2016
Mar 18, 2016 at 8:35 PM UTC
I didn't know
the 'I love you's you gave me
were borrowed.
Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 2015 at 11:04 AM UTC
It started with a jacket
left unattended.
I grabbed it as a friend
no intentions.
Wore it the next the day,
it engulfed my shorter frame.
We laughed, a platonic encounter
then I forgot to give it back.
It started conversations,
we discovered who we were
beneath our social façades.
That's when I fell
for you
and somewhere, you fell
for me.
A borrowed moment
A lasting affection.
Oct 5, 2015
Oct 5, 2015 at 10:38 PM UTC
It's not feasible for me to depend on you to wrap me up and protect me from the world as much as I would like that to be so.
I can't come curl up on your lap every time the world takes a swing at me.
I can't call you in the middle of every busy day to whine that people are irritating.
I can't expect you to be there every night to hear me vent or emote about my day.
I can't depend on your comfort. I need to depend on me.
Still, I'm sitting here trying to calm down
And I ******* miss you.
Jul 28, 2015
Jul 28, 2015 at 8:38 PM UTC
The glare of my innocence
Was the image you laid your eyes on
Your eyes caught mine and they exchanged something our minds couldn't forget
Something Borrowed
Every step you took towards me
Was like a mistake waiting to happen
I didn't hesistate to let you step further into my world.
You opened your mouth and whispered sweet nothings in my ear,again
Something borrrowed
I fell into a whirl pool, a storm
Something I thought was a gaze of adventure
Just one touch took me a million places
My heart races,you captured it and again
Something borrowed
You Undress my mind, my body,my soul
The steam we let loose outlined our shadows
And masked our feelings
You enter and take my innocence
Again
Something borrowed
Something as precious as my time,my attention,heart and innocence is something no man has ever embarked on
It was priceless,until you came along,used it and put it back
But not the way it was found
I was just something
Something borrowed.
Jun 9, 2015
Jun 9, 2015 at 7:31 AM UTC
It all started with borrowed shoes
They were left unattended
So I grabbed them as a friend
And with no intentions
I wore them the next day
We laughed like it was all fun and games
Then I forgot to return them
It all started with borrowed shoes
That I eventually did give back
But I guess that's when I fell for you
The way you laughed and played along
Then somewhere along the way
You began to fall for me
And to think all it took was borrowed shoes
Jan 17, 2015
Jan 17, 2015 at 1:00 PM UTC
Touch what is left over
Handsome fingertips
Trace our bodies
The taste of another rots
Tradition takes over
Trample on the past
Forget.
Nov 8, 2014
Nov 8, 2014 at 9:48 AM UTC