Aurelio

Aurelio Apr 2016

Distance

Sometimes I wonder if you’re better off without me,
If the miles between us set you free.

I was holding you back, dragging you down.
Yes, you’re definitely better off without me around.

From a distance, I’ve watched you spread your wings and fly,
Do things you wouldn’t have dared to try.

By now.. I’m almost certain, by now I’m almost sure,
That me leaving you behind was your cure.

T.11.I

#love #*** #prose #intellect #remedy #detour #flexin

Aurelio Jul 2014

You

You,
It's always you,
You bring a smile to my face,
You make my heart pace,
You keep my mind in place.

It's been so long,
And I wonder each day,
How do you do it,
What makes you so special,
That I can't get you out of my head.

My mind running marathons,
Just to grasp you for a moment,
Even if it's just an illusion,
The way I gently grab your hand,
And pull you in for a kiss,
Only to realize I've been day dreaming.

What is it about you,
Please tell me,
I wanna know why your beauty,
Wanders in my sweet dreams.
Give me an answer,
Even if it's just a tease.

You're the reason,
Why my nights are spent sleepless,
Why my days are spent dreaming,
Why each time I look around,
I see that amazing grace you lay around me.

Won't you come to me,
Because you and I know,
That you know,
That I know,
That it's you...

T.11.I

To the person I love most.

#love #beauty #you #unsaid #manhid #bogo #bday

Aurelio Jun 2014

Thief

Hello there, too, mister
I see you more like a stranger
Just stop it right there,
don't even try to win my heart,
I tell you, it's deadlocked already,
don't you even dare.

I won't open it
for you --- you will just come,
and take the pieces of me with you
without my permission,
and vanish eventually
just like a thief in the night
who comes and steals
and then run away.

T.11.I

Aurelio Apr 2014

Someday

I don't mind seeing
the season change

spring
summer
autumn
fall

on my own
as long as i can feel
your palm pressed on my cheek,
hear you say my name,
and hold you close
when the perfect sunrise comes.

T.11.I

Camotes, Cebu City. Circa 2014

#fall #summer #spring #autumn #ldr

Aurelio Mar 2014

Dust

I used to think I could catch dust motes
with my bare hands.

I would dance around in the sunbeams of my childhood,
watching my hands whip through the slow
drifting constellations of dead skin.

I swore, if I just moved fast enough,
I could cup the colorless specks in my hands.

You were never really mine,
I just thought I held you in a sunlit moment.

T.11.I

Aurelio Feb 2014

Favourite Worst Nightmare

Every night, I drown in a world of nightmares.
They don't scare me anymore.

I've seen the people I love
die a thousand deaths.

I've been chased by a million monsters
that I didn't even know existed.

I've felt more humiliation and guilt in one dream
than in my entire waking life.

But the worst nightmare of all
is the one in which I lose you.

Those nights leave my face
wet with tears.

T.11.I

Aurelio Nov 2013

11:48 AM

11:48 am and I’m thinking about how good
we were at pretending.
masters of the art, me and you.
you with your light laugh and fickle friends,
pretending you know what it’s like to be loved.
and me on your lawn, picking at grass,
pretending I can’t feel.
I left because I’m good at leaving and
you ignored because you’re good at ignoring.
no one can throw stones, we did what we knew best.
we did what we knew best.

T.11.I