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75 · Feb 24
bitch
Tables will turn,
Bridges will burn.
I've already had my last straw,
Caught in a haze, rippling the effect.

Domino tiles will crash you down.
You were made to be built,
Only for me to break you apart.
The world is round, always spinning.

One day, you're soaring high,
The next, you've already hit the ground.
Life is a boomerang—
What you throw will always come back to you.

How dare you drag me down, tarnish my name,
Question my honor?
You said, "I am educated, but I was a thief."
Well then, let’s burst your bubble,
Expose your ***** linens.
"You just used someone to climb your way up."
You used someone just to escape hardship,
Yet you have the audacity to look down on the poor.

You met a narcissist, yet denied he was one of them.
You have a bossy son—
Such a lowballer.
He demands quality work but pays far less than it’s worth.
He burdens me with endless tasks,
Yet he can’t even clean his own room,
Wash his own clothes,
Cook his own food.

He surrounds himself with rich friends,
But isn’t it cliché and ironic
That he’s the only poor one among them?
A social climber,
Spending beyond his salary,
Desperate to prove he can keep up.

she is so ambitiosa
We helped her with all her documents
so she could go to the USA
Since it was her dream to go there
she married a depressed man

a fool woman who cannot keep up with the earthly standards
a pretentious ***** now, are we?
75 · Mar 16
🤡🤡🤡
Do you know that?
I made fun of you
You're no comedy, you're just you
Goofy but trying hard, copycat
Too desperate to try
You're that clown, not from a circus town
But instead, I visualize you as the clown with the red balloon named Pennywise from Derry, Maine
You are such a stupid person to make fun of
Yeah, you deserve it
You are still funny, even if you never try
You're a classic *****
75 · Feb 21
labelled
been labelled as a thief
been labelled as a bad person
by something I never did, by something I unintentionally did
been threatened that I was exposed to be a thief
Get it on, bring it on. I am not scared.
75 · May 14
ghosts of my ex-fling
I know myself.
I am not a gold digger, nor am I a materialistic woman.
But I’ve come to learn this:
when a man truly wants to provide,
he simply will—
no excuses, no alibis, no “what ifs.” Just action.

So the question is:
What made me choose my partner over and over again?
Simple.
Because when he wants to,
he would.

I met someone years ago—
someone who, in hindsight, couldn't even provide for himself.
So how could I expect him to provide for me?

Point taken.
I was serious about the relationship.
He wasn’t.
While I was busy holding it all together,
he was out there fooling around,
treating my loyalty like a game.

I felt like a cup of hot coffee—
left unattended.
And when he finally came back,
I had already gone cold.

But the issue was never the coffee.
It was always the one who was supposed to drink it.

I always waited for him—
until one day, I didn’t anymore.
Because time won’t wait for me,
and I can’t keep letting it pass me by
while holding on to someone
who never truly held on to me.

Maybe I’ll never learn to smile the same again.
Maybe the scars will stay a little longer.
But I know this deep in my bones:
I’ll make it through.

And if you ever decide to wait for me—
truly wait—
then maybe, just maybe,
you'll find me
not where you left me,
but somewhere stronger.
75 · Feb 26
bitter
You made me hate this city,
But this city holds the echoes of my pain.
I'd rather leave it all behind
Than stay and be abused by someone
I no longer wish to see.

Your love was always one-sided,
So I downed a shot of tequila—no lime, no chaser,
Letting the bitterness burn in one go.
First shot—your name crossed my mind.
Second shot—I missed you already.
A drink full of chaos, and suddenly, you were there again.

We used to be the life of the party,
Dancing through neon lights and reckless nights.
But one day, you changed—you cut me off,
Left me stranded in the silence.

Now, you're the reason
I no longer drown myself in liquor.
You're the reason
I quit drinking.
shot puno ng malala hanggang sa naalala ka
74 · Jul 13
typical me
Am I playing with words… or merely playing with my tongue?
Because I can be poetic when I choose, when the rhythm of thought aligns with the rhythm of breath… and I can be careless when I do not. I can cloak the truth in velvet or let it cut, jagged and raw, leaving no trace of softness behind.

Some say we become less of what we are when we give more than what we deserve.
Perhaps. Perhaps that is only true if we hand ourselves over to those incapable of seeing us, incapable of bearing the weight of our fire. But I ask—who determines what is “deserved”? Who measures the value of a pulse, the resonance of a word, the depth of what is felt? I have given freely, and I have withheld freely, and in both, I have remained entire.

I can pretend, yes—I can pretend I care… or I can pretend I do not. I can mask my longing, cloak my indifference, tilt my smile just so, and the world would not know the difference. And yet, beneath the surface, something lingers—insistent, untamed—a reminder that even in pretense, even in withholding, I remain fiercely, irrevocably myself.

I have learned that words can be weapons or they can be wings. They can ignite or they can suffocate. They can draw someone close or push them away, and I am both the artist and the arsonist in this delicate dance. I choose when to strike, when to soothe, when to speak and when to remain silent.

And still, I wonder: am I too much, or am I enough? Am I giving too much, or simply giving what is mine to give? There are those who cannot hold the intensity of a soul unbound, who fear the reflection of their own limitations in the fire of another. To them, I am a threat. To them, my words are too sharp, my silences too heavy, my presence too complete.

I do not apologize. I do not soften for convenience, for approval, for comfort. I will not make myself small to fit the narrow shadows of another’s expectation. I am wide, I am dark, I am luminous in ways you may never see but that do not require your recognition.

So, yes—I can be poetic when I want, careless when I do not. I can pretend, with elegance or with cruelty, I can withhold or I can give. But always, in every line, every glance, every breath, I remain wholly, unmistakably myself.

And perhaps that is the most dangerous, the most exquisite thing of all.
I got no courage to tell you
But this feeling amazes me
All the road I travelled on
Leads me all the way to you

This life is not easy
I hope let us hold on

You have been bullying me
Since the beginning
I hated you so much too
But now, I loved you

My classmates thought we were lovers
Since we look like one
Since we look good for each other
But it's all done
Yet suddenly, unexpectedly

I fell for you
Without giving hints
Oh, since the beginning
This is too tough for me

This feeling is just sleeping
For over a thousand times now
This feeling is not fleeting
This feeling is legit now

No matter how desperate I am to avoid it
Yet all the roads I have travelled on
Leads me back to you
For no reasons at all

Baby, you’re worth it
I hope you should hold on
Hold on to me, I’ll hold on to you
You are my only reason at all

It was iconic and ironic, yes
That a second child fell for you, yes
74 · Aug 2023
Favorite Love (2-14-21)
I know I have said it before
I know I’ve said it today
I won’t ask for more
I just want to say

My love, I love you
My love, I love you
Mi amor, Je’t aime
Mi amor, Je’t aime

I know I’ve said it over a thousand times
But I think about you all the time
I just want to let you know
That I love you, I love you

I had a lot of reasons to go
But I chose to stay
I had a lot of reasons to leave
But I remained by your side

There is no need to leave
Cause you made my day
I swore to be always by your side
There is no need for me to go

I’m yours and you’re mine
From today and until the end of time
You’re my hubby and I am your wifey
From today and until the end of time

Time has brought you closer to me
The moment I first saw you
I knew you were the right one for me
And I promise to love you

Till death we part
Till death we part

You run around like crazy in my mind
And I smile like crazy all the time
But do you know you’re impossible to find
But I find you all the time

You’re the reason why I could be this happy
Cause you always make me happy
I may have said it over a thousand times
You’re still the one I’d love to love all the time

Cause you will always be my favorite love
And you will always be my only love
Your love will always be my favorite love
And your love will only be my only love
73 · Feb 24
itch
My oh my, my demons taunt you, right?
I did nothing for you to be mad at me.
I said nothing for you to be anxious at me.
Does it itch your skin when I boil your blood?
Does it keep you sane, or drive you insane?

Why deny the truth? Look into my tired red eyes.
Tell me straight—right into my soul.
If I'm your enemy, then don’t bother with sympathy.

Are you checking, waiting for me to make the first move?
Or are you bluffing, pretending you've got something real?
If not, why not fold already?
Unless you’re just stalling for time.

I’m all in now—so what’s it going to be?
Raise the stakes, call me out, or back out of the game.
This is high stakes now. No backing out.

No more checks, no more bluffs.
It’s time for a showdown.
So lay your cards down—
Let me see if your hand is clean or drenched in filth.

Drop the act. Show's over, curtains closed now.
Reveal your true self.
Then let me decide if I should despise it.
I used terms such as card, all in, fold, checks, bluffs and raise to identify the schemes of my enemy. If she would either show herself or give up the fight.
I met you in 2014,
Always glued to a screen,
Lost in computer games at the internet café
Where we used to hang out.

We chatted for a while,
Became friends, nothing more—
Or so I thought.

Fast forward to 2015,
Fate crossed our paths again.
You got my number,
And just like that, we started texting.

As far as I can remember,
It was July 9, 2015.
By July 10, 2015—
I was no longer the same.

Let me take you down my memory lane—
Back to July 9, 2015, at 8 PM.

You texted me out of the blue,
Asking if I had ever experienced a kiss.
I said no—
It had never crossed my mind.

And just like that,
We made a plan.
To meet at 4 AM,
On July 10, 2015.

It was my first time—
My first kiss,
My first taste of what I thought was love.

But I was wrong.

He never truly loved me.
I was just another distraction,
One of his passing flings.

Worse, he preyed on a Grade 9 student,
A girl battling depression.
And in the end,
His own actions caught up to him—
Because I pressed charges.

We stayed hidden from each other for five years,
Until fate brought us back together in 2019—
When I settled the case.
73 · Jul 7
a dime for a thought
how to get my thoughts out of my mind
seems quiet, but it was deafening me
I felt like a failure
They said Rejection is Redirection
So I guess, it seems cool.
72 · Feb 21
penny for my thoughts
every pathway I walked on feels like trouble
scents I smell stinks like rumble
I hurrah in chaos and mess
I stand up, wear my crown and never be unbowed

penny for your thoughts?
Maybe I need a drachma for the ferryman to take me there
show me what lies behind or beyond your deception and betrayal
72 · Mar 4
Maybe it is time
We don't know how to swim, but I'm already sinking deeply.
Maybe I can leave you so that I can also save myself and lift myself from the heaviness I feel, which was never my responsibility to carry anyway.
72 · Mar 27
bash me
You can judge me—I can take it,
I am a grown up now, I handle things differently any woman would want to.

You gave it your best shot to know my life—but you never knew the real me
You never knew how capable I am of controlling my emotions but my face says it all;
My eyes says it all,
Don't taunt me, or else, you will never like it when something bad happens to you

You think you can belittle me, go on
The show is about to start
Put your pretty makeup on now
So that it will hide your shamelessness

Go ahead, wear some perfume, brush your teeth, and gargle with mouthwash—maybe that’ll take care of the lingering funk you’ve got going on.

You were so proud to tell the whole world about my ***** linens
Are you sure that you are so pure and clean?
Reel it in, you only know the half of it
The stories and the highlights of my life, are only short info of what you feast on
You never knew my whole autobiography.
71 · Jun 7
you have me
I am that glimmer of hope
That sunshine in your cloudy days
That still voice in your head when you are quiet
That calm and peaceful happy place when you are messy and chaotic
I could pull you out from the crowd
Draw tattoos on your wounds to make it look beautiful
You have me.
I could walk with you through thick and thin
I am that pop of color— a rainbow in your life.
Because baby, you can be vulnerable with me
No matter how depressing or not it gets
You are my baby underneath that thirty-year-old man
You are my panda till the end.
I didn’t notice at first—
how the paper darkened
whenever my mind did.

How my hand obeyed the ghosts in my head,
spilling ink I never meant to pour,
turning every sketch into a dismembered memory
I could not bury.

I told myself,
“It’s just art.”

As I painted a black silhouette,
rope tight around the neck,
calling it “expression,”
but my mind whispered,
“This is how you feel.”

Tell me—
what kind of art strangles you
while you’re still alive?

I drew her lipstick smudged,
eyes screaming for help,
and said, “It’s just a concept,”
but it was me, wasn’t it?

Mascara running at 3 A.M.,
the mirror whispering,
“Wipe it off before they see you’re breaking.”

I painted limbs cut, bones broken,
stuffed her into a bag on the canvas,
called it “creative,”
but it was me, wasn’t it?

Chopping parts of myself
to fit into spaces I don’t belong,
breaking what won’t bend,
silencing screams in the back of my throat.

And when I toast to a goblet,
pour another bottle before bed,
I tell myself, “I’m just tired.”

But the wine is the only one listening,
nodding back in crimson reflections,
never telling me, “Don’t think like that,”
only hushing me to sleep
when I whisper, “I can’t do this anymore.”

I wish I could read between the lines,
match the types, connect the dots,
but I am the lines, the dots,
the smudges on every page I touch,
the type they skip over,
the dot they miss,
the line they don’t read.

So I draw my pain,
sing my sorrow,
dance with ghosts that cling to my ankles,
spin for them—
round and round and round,
until I’m dizzy enough to forget,
because it’s the only way I know how to breathe.

Funny thing is—
the saddest people give the best advice.
They know what to say,
they know the words you crave,
because they crave them too.

They don’t know I say those words
because I wish someone would say them to me.

So when you thank me for saving you,
remember: I was talking to myself.
Telling me to hold on, to breathe, to stay.

My art is not just art.
It’s a confession,
a silent scream hidden in brush strokes,
in shadows,
in black silhouettes.

It is a dismembered memory
on canvas, begging to be remembered,
begging to be seen.

And maybe—
just maybe—
one day,
someone will look at what I’ve drawn
and say, “I see you.”

And I will know,
I am not alone.
A longer version of dismembered memory
71 · Mar 28
Yeshua
My God, Our Creator—
Is so forgiving, has forgiven me
So, who am I, an imperfect mere human
Would not be forgiving to the ones who wronged us.
71 · Mar 17
👌👌👌
Calling the attention of the people who ruined me—face yourself in the mirror, fitted for Hell.
You, who ruined my peace—Let us wait for the right time, in God's will and right timing;
While, as I waited, I sat on my couch, sipping a coffee or smoothie, when the tables turned, for you to experience the same pain and trauma you did and put me through.
When you come back crawling to me, I will make sure to burn the bridges, for you to never cross once again.
I will make sure that when I blink— only once, not twice, and look you in your **** eyes
I will make you sweat coldly, as you run out of breath and make you feel like a deer in the headlights.
Fear me for I growl and it makes you shiver and flinch.
70 · Feb 26
natural
Did you receive a death threat?
Or did you simply wish me misery?
But why do you react like a rabid dog,
Like an uneducated, ill-mannered woman?

Cerberus was kind enough to let you in,
Yet even Hades refuses to accept you.
A pretty face hides impure intentions—
Neither Persephone nor Aphrodite would ever welcome you.

But I do not need an invitation, to see you suffer
I do not even need a chauffer, I just needed a drachma for the ferryman
To send you to River Styx myself
Or to the pit of Tartarus instead
So shall we? Cerberus, Scorpioks, Manticore, Kraken, or Hydra, choose your battles wisely, my friend
Since all of them is waiting for a feast—to eat you up alive

Just like a rainbow, you revealed your true colors.
I get it, I swear.
You don’t have to prove to everyone how kind you are,
When deep inside, you let your intrusive thoughts take control.

If a fish rots, so do your dark pasts.
Even if you drink perfume like a potion,
Or rinse your mouth to make your words seem flowery,
You remain a foul person with a rotten personality,
Behaving like a rabid dog.

You forgot where you came from,
Tarnished your family's name,
Abandoned your identity and heritage,
Just to chase someone of a different race.

Like a snake, you shed your skin,
But time has stayed on our side.
In the end, you revealed yourself—
A gambler with nothing left to hide.
70 · Aug 2023
With you (2-22-21)
Come with me and close the door
Let's celebrate and live our life
I just want to have a private life
With you, I'll never ask for more

Let’s just keep it low-key
Though these setups never made easy
My whole world revolves again
My whole life started again

What I had with you, with you
I don't want to share it with everyone, pray tell
It’s a secret I’ll never tell
Oh, I just want and need you

What I had with you, with you
I just want to keep it to myself
Let’s keep them guessing
Baby, this feeling ain’t fleeting

No more, no less
I want you all to myself
I don't share you with everyone else
No more, no less

I'm bedbound with you
I ain't going to leave you
I'm never going to leave this bed
Just like the way you never leave my head

We'll make love as if it's always our honeymoon
What I had with you was over the moon
I'll never get tired of loving you
And discovering you

What I had with you is timeless
Whenever I think of You
I smile all the time
You are all I want and need all the time

No more, no less
My love, I love you

Let me take you away
Somewhere far away
Where no one sees us
In a place, where it's just us

Come and hold me closer to you
I just want you all over me
Whisper in all your intentions to me
I promise to never let you go
70 · Jun 17
death note
Maybe you like to be my Adonis
But you have no face, to face the crowd
Expose your secrets like ***** linens hang outside the house, in the backyard
Or a dug secret, untold to everyone just like every skeleton in the closet
I highly doubted, many will miss you
I got a pistol and a shovel
Make no mistakes, soldier
One wrong move and you are out.
You may be the one in higher position, but I am still your commander.
Do not mess with me, if you wanna still be alive and breathing...

—Signed by your wife.
(No shovel involved)
To all the women with soldier husbands. Goodluck! If you have a faithful husband, good. If not, take charge.
70 · Jul 31
Letters...
Lights low. A figure sits on the edge of a bed, voice soft, breaking, like glass under pressure.

Support.
It’s just a seven-letter word, right?
But to me… it feels like a hundred.
Each letter soaked in the weight of all the times I needed comfort
and got correction instead.

You say you support me.
But scolding came first.
Nagging came first.
The yap-yap-yap before I could even breathe.

Sometimes… I don’t feel it at all.
Because your actions—
they don’t match your words.

You said, “I’m here.”
But you weren’t.
Not really.
You were there to judge.
There to lecture.
There to remind me of everything I wasn’t.

And maybe that’s the truth people don’t like to say out loud—
Parents don’t really know their children.
Not the real version.
Not the bleeding, breaking, buried parts.

You think you know me?
You think I just use my phone for nothing?
To waste time?
Because I’m lazy?
You said I have no dreams…
no goals to chase.

But did you know I applied for work—
and got rejected?
No.
You didn’t know.
Because you never asked.
You just assumed.

You just told me I’m picky with jobs I want.
You didn’t know the struggles I went through.
Didn’t see the nights I stayed up rewriting resumes.
Didn’t hear the silence after every “we regret to inform you.”
You blamed me for your suggestions when they failed.
Like it was my fault they didn’t work.
You blamed the outcome without seeing the effort.
You saw the tears—
but you didn’t ask why they were falling.

You think you know everything.
Well, you’re wrong.

Did you know I got bullied in school?
Yes, I told you—once.
And you said, “Just let them be.”
Let them bully me?
Really?
Is that what support looks like to you?

Did you know I cried myself to sleep most nights?
No.
Because I made sure to cry quietly.
Because every time I showed weakness,
I got blamed for it.

And now…
I have a heart that’s enlarged.
A real condition.
A heart that’s sick,
because I cried in silence for so long,
my body started breaking
before you even noticed I was hurting.

Support?
You say it’s love.
But love that hurts like this—
isn’t love.

So I’m asking—
no, begging:

Can you love your child without yapping, please?
Can you hug her…
just hug her…
without a sigh,
without complaints?

Because she’s tired.
Not just her body—
her soul is tired, too.

Seven letters.
But for me…
it still feels like a hundred.

Support is... doing it without hesitations. not with lots of words to say.
70 · Aug 2023
Breakthrough (8-25-21)
Silver and Gold — that’s what you are to me.
Black and white — that’s the hell that lives in me.
Red and Blue — peace and war collide in my mind.
I guess I was rare enough to find.

You need a target just to pull the trigger—
One bullet is all it takes,
Whatever it takes—
And the thought alone makes me shiver.

Let it rain.
Let it rain bullets now.
My life feels miserable somehow.
This pain—so much pain—won’t wane.

I am who I am (Fearless)
If I think I am (Dauntless)
Then therefore I am (Oblivious)
And I am what I am (Dangerous)

It runs through my veins, in my flesh—
You might want to brace for a flash flood.
My feelings? Already dried.
Like my eyes, already tired.

I smile like terror.
I scare with horror.
I grin like Nanno—
And I just thought you should know.

You said you want to see me at my best angle,
But you also said, “every angle.”
Now everyone looks at me—
And stares me dead in the eye.

Oh, I cry. I cry. I cry.
The way you pity me—
The way you try,
So hard, just to insult me.

Nice try, *****.
I’m not a baby to weep for you.
Try harder—
Make me weep blood like ****** Mary standing right in front of you.
70 · Apr 2
dark
When I was young, I was so afraid of the dark—
                     Later on, I realized that I could really find comfort in the dark.

When I was young, I was scared of monsters lurking under my bed or blending in with the shadows—
                 But now, I am one with the monsters,
Where I can control the inner demons inside of me;

I love it here in the dark,
I hope no one will come and find me;
Your daughter is too tired already

I find comfort here in the dark, because:
No one can see me cry.
No one can hear me sob at night.
No one can see how tired my eyes are already.
In darkness, I find the moon and stars.
In darkness, I find my weary soul.
70 · Mar 7
whore phase
I drowned myself in anything that numbed the pain—ran from the tears, lost in a haze of smoke, maybe just wasted, maybe high, maybe both.

Shots after shots, strangers’ hands on my waist, empty kisses that tasted like bad decisions.

Talking nonsense in front of everyone, laughing too loud, dancing like I own the night.

Cut my hair, inked my skin—each mark a reminder that I’m still here.

A little more reckless, a little less soft. The rebel is back. The ***** is untamed.

My head throbs from all the crying—oh, mercy me!

Drenched in heartbreak, drowning in sin, I light another cigarette, take another shot, let another stranger trace their fingers on my skin.

Anything to forget. Anything to feel alive.

The pain is a lullaby, and I'm dancing to its rhythm.

The rebel is back. The ***** is unleashed.

You made me hate this city.

You made me hate you—ooh.

Every street feels haunted, every corner reeks of memories I’m trying to burn.

I walk past the places we once called ours, but now they feel foreign, tainted, ruined.

So I drown in the neon lights, let the music swallow me whole, lose myself in the arms of strangers who don’t even know my name.

Anything to forget. Anything to erase you. The rebel is back. The ***** doesn’t care.
69 · Aug 2023
Friends (11-01-21)
Led by fate
I hope it’s not yet too late
I hope we can try it
There’s no wrong in trying it

I just stood next to you
I cannot hear you that much
Until you got my attention
Oh, I know it is too much

If I could tell you
Beg to you
To love me instead
Oh, you keep running in my head

Aren’t you tired of wandering off in my head?
But loving you is red
This feeling is sincere and real
This is truly how I feel

You look at me straight in my eyes
And call out my name
I know it’s not the same
The way you look into her eyes

And the way you look into mine
But I’ll be fine
Rocks and stones may break my bones
But offering something on behalf will help me atone
I was weak.
That’s the truth I’m trying to swallow.
Not proud—never proud.
Just... hollow.
It wasn’t love.
It wasn’t joy.
It was me, trying to outrun the man I failed to become for you.

Her perfume didn’t enchant me—it distracted me.
Her laugh didn’t move me—it made me forget the silence I created between us.
You were there every night—polishing shoes, folding shirts, But I looked at comfort and called it routine.
I mistook loyalty for obligation.
And when I felt small, I found a way to feel wanted again—cheaply, recklessly.

Yes, it was weakness.
Not temptation.
There were no fireworks.
Just a flicker in the dark and the sound of me closing the door behind your back.
I regret it—every mark she left And every trace I brought home to unravel you.
You didn’t deserve to feel second to anyone. Ever.

But here I stand, not asking for forgiveness— Just owning the wreckage and calling it mine.
69 · Aug 2023
Wild side (7-20-22)
Ohh, I love the way you **** me
It made me crazy
Tease me until I beg for it
Tease me until I want it

I want you in my bed
Can’t get you out my head
Been imagining things lately
Your seduction consumes me

The hornier I get
I still wanna *******
The more I crave for you
What I see is what I get

I’m that drug you’ll forever take
Until you get so high
Until you overdose
I’m that history you would forever remake

Your addiction in me will make you fly
Until you overdose

I want you to **** me baby
Come closer to me
And be a good boy baby
Now come to me

Gotta press play and hit rewind again
Let’s do the foreplay once again
You are insisting in doing so much more
We both crave so much more

I gotta let you know
I’m so addicted to you
Crazy for you
I just wanna love you

Only you got my wild side
Only you got me this wild
You let my inner me expose
You let my outer me impose
68 · Aug 2023
Weak (5-6-22)
This guy I met online
I thought was already the one
He tested my patience when he crossed the line
I lose control and now he’s all alone

When he’s dealing with me
I felt that he’s ignoring me
Since he thinks I was superior to him
He thinks it is making him weak

And he thinks he was inferior than me
That’s why it made him feel weak
I got a lot of things to deal with him
Since it both made us feel weak

He is ******* up all my energy
He is making me feel drained
My mental health’s breaking down again
I felt depressed again

He was so terrible at pretending
He was so miserable at lying
He apologizes countless times
But repeats the same mistakes all the time

He tries to fool me again
Then tried to manipulate and control me
And no sorry could ever bring me back to normal again
Since the trauma, betrayal and trust issues in my head remain
68 · Jul 8
Untitled
I am walking on sunshine
She walks on eggshells
But let me know,
We will cross that bridge when we get there
Just like this poem, you are a nonsense— a nuisance.
68 · Mar 17
🤭🤭🤭
Your son will be the death of you— remember that, remember that
Oh wait, I forgot
Because when you literally walk around town
You do not have a brain in your head

Clueless as **** now, are we?
You keep telling people **** about us
When you feel so clean and pure

How hypocrite! All of them know what the truth is now
Stop blaming us for the ******-up life of your son
Clean your own mess, stop letting us clean your own mess

As for your son, directors and scriptwriters would be so proud of him
For creating such a ******* brilliant masterpiece
He could be featured in one of the news, or write stories for films
I could cry while I applaud for him— crocodile tears and flowery words won't work on me this time
He could prepare a speech, I'd prepare for a eulogy for him
He could receive a bouquet from one of his fans, I could give him a funeral wreath, saying "Condolence to the bereaved family"
Because I'd love to see you in your deathbed, covered in blood, stabbed in different parts of your body
One million—not a pocket money or a spot cash but rather, stabbed wounds
Slitted throat, fractured bones;
Sawed limbs and gouged eyes.

I dreamed of it, to be this gothic
And you, my dear, is my main prospect
But I ain't the suspect or the mastermind
I am the victim, for this ******* of yours

Time will come, your first hurrah and laughs, will be my last hurrah and laughs.
Mark my words, be careful with your life
Because one day, you might not wake up alive next day.
It’s hard to let go
When you’re at a crossroad dilemma
It’s hard to decide
You would ever go or never go

When you’re at a crossroad dilemma
I just wanna let you know

There’s no battle to compete
Nor a topic to be argued
Your presence can only be felt once in a blue moon
Oh, there is more to be told soon

No need to compensate
If it is what you have viewed

I don’t know which way to go
Or where I have been to
I don’t know why I am here
Sometimes I just wish I would disappear

Nobody loves me anyway
So, I’ll just go my own way
Where nobody sees or recognizes me
Cause no one is meant for me

Lost and jaded in the middle of the road
Got so depressed like my mind was gonna explode
I may be quiet but my mind argues a lot
So, what’s the plot?

You told me you love me
How come you left me unattended
You said you missed me
But you took me for granted.
Dearest Maria Ligaya,

I do not know where to start. Perhaps because we began close, yet ended like strangers. I am not one to judge—though they do. I am not biased—yet I chose to walk away, not to fight, not to quarrel, but to avoid hurting each other further.

When I sensed a quarrel was coming, I blocked you—not out of hatred, but to protect you. And yet, I realized the more I tried to protect you, the less you did the same for me. It felt like we were rowing a boat together, but in opposite directions. The wind could not be controlled, but the sail could—and you never adjusted yours. You were focused on the wind, not the sail.

At first, I avoided testing the waters. But then I saw the alligator swimming. I learned to test the waters, survive the tides, rise and fall with the waves. Calm moments came, then storms. Like the waves rushing to meet the shore, we never met halfway. And yet, I am grateful—for the buoyancy, for the warnings, for staying afloat even when I almost drowned.

Perhaps you felt like a hero, speaking unfiltered words to me and even toward my family. I will never forgive you for that. But I chose to forgive—not because I am weak, or because I accept defeat, but because I wanted to act with honesty and maturity.

I wanted to speak, to confront, but I chose to protect your feelings. I did not want to hurt you. I know myself—I can be tactless, impulsive. Even if we were at war, I still chose restraint.

You hurt my feelings. You hurt my family. You never paused to assess, to gather information, to verify the facts. You judged without proof. You believed your son over us, unquestioningly. Of course, he is your son, your flesh and blood. And who are we? Just your servants? No. We are your family, yet you treated us as lesser. Spoiled us with your padala, your reject clothes, buy-one-take-one items—but in return, you deceived us.

With your ambition to go abroad, who helped you? My mother. Who sent you there? My father. Did you show gratitude? None. Nada. You did not owe us repayment. We sent you to the airport because we loved you, not because of obligation.

Let me take you down memory lane: she was my aunt. My cousin, her son. And her gold-digging girlfriend entered the picture, claiming power and status. My cousin and I were like siblings, knitted close from birth, but that connection fractured because of her.

When her girlfriend arrived, I felt a bad aura. I asked questions—not to interrogate, but to understand. And yet, I was painted as controlling. Yes, the house belonged to my uncle legally, but my aunt paid for it. All my mother’s life, she stayed behind to care for family while my aunt went abroad and my uncle worked in the provinces. My mother carried burdens silently.

When Grandma fell ill, my family’s absence left chaos in its wake. I took care of her, and my mother’s back deteriorated from the weight and strain. While we suffered, you were comfortably in your mortgaged apartment in North Carolina. Edi sana all.

What is your point, Maria Ligaya? To belittle us? At least my family is grounded in love and kindness, unlike yours, shaped by narcissism. Your son reflected that, becoming just like them.

I may forgive much, but I will never forgive you for hurting my mother. She cared for you, sacrificed for you, and you repaid her with cruelty. Let your son take care of you now—karma and God will handle the rest. God saw me at my lowest, helpless. I hope He forgives you for what you did to us. Inhumane, indeed.

We chose to walk away. To move forward without your ghost haunting us. We felt like shadows in your presence. You even fractured my bond with my cousin because of your entitlement. Be grateful—I do not seek revenge. God will do justice.

That is all.

—Me
68 · Aug 2023
Me. (3-28-21)
My mind is occupied lately
Of ******* that **** me up,
My inner demons are controlling me
They can’t shut up;

All the words you said
Keeps on running through my head
All the things we did
Cannot seem to leave my head

All the places we’ve plan of going to
Now I go visit them all alone
All my friends I talk to
Keeps on asking why you’re gone

Now I realize what you did to me
I know I’m no longer that fool
That will be easily fooled
Because baby, you cannot fool me

I am not a puppet on your strings
For you to manipulate me,
I am not a magnet
For me to stick around.

I have a pair of wings
But you cut it and stole from me,
I chose to live in regret
Now I came back without a sound,

The blood in my veins
It stains, remains and I’m in pain
It came from the blood of a sinner
He was once my lover,

Our relationship should be a two-way street
Cause we should take what we both give
And give back what we took
Oh, it is a two-way street.

Life’s not always well like this
Don’t just live in a world like this,
Don’t just give and give
You also have to take and take.

You don’t have to live in a cruel life
It gives you bitter strife,
Just don’t give and give
You also have to take and take;

He told me I was his everything
I was his happiness,
I treated him like a king
But I was only his temporary happiness.

I am trying to pick up the fragments of myself
That’s been shattered also by myself
And bringing back the pieces together
Now I don’t believe in forever

If what we had is already over
I just had the chance to remember
Oh, I’m already back to my old self
I built you up, you tore me down

I don’t want to give up, I ain’t going down

You can’t fix me
cause only I can fix myself
You can’t complete me
Only I will be responsible for myself

You no longer love me
Only I can love myself
If you can’t choose me
I will choose myself

If you can’t make me your priority
Only I can prioritize myself

I don’t need you
I don’t want you
I only need myself with me
I only want peace within me
68 · Feb 23
slander
I did everything in my power to protect you
Defended your name, your honor
Looked up to you
Almost made you my idol
But it was not enough.
You returned so much worse of what I did great to you.
Debt of gratitude was useless now that I know
Now that blood is no longer thicker than water
I believed too much
I was betrayed in return
Gave you what you deserve
Followed you like I'm an unpaid dog
What else do you want from me?
You ruined me enough, messed up my life worse
Hell is where your throne is
My God is my salvation.
See the difference, would you spot it?
That I am a poet and you are a reckless beast
67 · Mar 24
LEPT.
I survived the battle,  
but this was no ordinary war.  
A battle of wits—  
with questions sharp as bullets,  
fired straight at me.

Yesterday was my breaking point,  
faced with choices I had to justify.  
Weighing each option, reasoning every path—  
I can only hope I chose the right one.

Crying was the last thing on my mind.  
I faced this battle with bullets of doubt ricocheting in my head,  
but I stood my ground,  
answering exactly as I intended.
67 · Oct 2024
runaway from here
Take me back, to where it all began
It was never according to my plan
We met back in twenty-twenty
You had me at hello and lost me at being lowkey
I thought you need me

I never realized, seeing you in those eyes
Staring back at me, Was I the only one you see?
I felt like I was love bombing or back burning
Or was it a slow burn trope you want?
You only needed me to fill you up
I now realized I ain't that ******* you want

We were born in the same neighborhood
You live from right across the block
Born in the same generation
Led to a life so different from each other
Grown from a different environment
You from the neighborhood full of chaos
Mine from a sweet and giving one

I thought you needed me,
Perhaps, maybe, baby you wanted me

But that was then,
when i was naive
I lost my faith and it was what I believe
And i thought it was fine
I thought that you were mine

Take me back, to where it all began
I kept recalling everything that I can
But I don't understand
Why you held and let go of my hand

Does it ring a bell?
When you said, I wish you well
I mean well, you seem so happy
Not when you're no longer with me

Fate is where it all began
But it seems distant
It's not you, it's not me
Now who is at fault here?

I want to run away, run away, run away from here
I want to run away, run away, run away from here
Make me disappear, take me away from here
Far away from here

This must be a mistake, seeing you once again like nothing happened
It must be a dream,
A dream I can no longer wake up from,
For you are only here with me now.

Moments lost, suspended in time,
Your presence feels both near and far,
In this dreamscape, where shadows whisper,
I reach out, but you slip through like sand.

Reality’s cruel trick, playing on my mind,
An echo of what was, of what we left behind, Trapped in this endless loop of longing’s brand
Where you and I, forever, stand hand in hand.

You vanished without a trace, but here you are, back like a phantom reborn.
Like a ghost, you returned and now I am torn.

Take me back, to where the stars align
Before the echoes of our past began to chime
Your laughter was my favorite symphony
Now it's just a silent, empty melody.

I wish you well, it's what you said,
But inside my heart, it’s a storm instead.
Our fate began in a distant dream,
Now it's shattered glass, or so it seems.

We blame the stars, we blame the sky,
We can’t see eye to eye.
I wanna run away, run away, run away
But memories chase me, they make me stay.

You are that man I used to love from across the block
67 · Apr 9
un/pity
Don't taunt me—
Or less, I might wrap you up, tie you up in your neck
Until you change color from skin tone to purple. 😏

Or burn you up until you turn into a memory or a butterfly
Or else, an urn of ashes, to scatter you into this world

Or not, I will tell the whole world about you,
Expose your ***** linens, conceal your truest of true colors
Is it in the rainbow?
Or what, could be your intentions?
Are they genuine or of pure greed alone?

Guess, which is which. Good guess, I never tell a single soul about it
But I itch to tell them, they are dying to know.

Sweet smile, crooked teeth
Ragged white skin tone, **** skims, filthy schemes
He only likes you for your money, no more, no less
If you have nothing to offer, he'll leave you behind
Left you with nothing on your life

So sad, your future mother-in-law is a witch,
Grooming you to be like her
The apple does not fall from the pear tree, honey
It fall on its own kind

I pity you! You know nothing about what cards they play
You gave it your all, why ask when it is still never enough
No matter what you do, it is never enough.
67 · Aug 2023
Give up. (7-621)
I already gave up
I know it's not easy giving up
I am now letting you go
Now I am losing you

Feel free to go
Please never come back
I am already losing track
Maybe we will see each other again

Maybe we will meet once again
Don't ever come with me and look back
67 · Mar 16
Karen
Even red roses withered and turns to black when dried
Even candles run out of wick
Even people run out of steps to walk on
But you never run out of emotions—angry of petty reasons
Making a big deal out of it
I am so tired from all of this drama
I never even signed up for this
I never even subscribed on it
But why does it keep messing up with me?
Shut the **** up. But nah. You never listen to me anyway.
So, thank you for this opportunity you gave me, and let me label you as the Karen of our family.
66 · Jul 5
player being played
you want game? I will place you in one.
beware. no one makes it out alive.
how does it feel?
to be played in your own game?
be tricked in your own set of rules
Is it fun to be played? No right?
so why play when you do not wanna play fair?
you do not know the mechanics of this game.
but you seem to act as if knowing the rules by rote memorization makes you win
know the rules by heart and you win.
honey, you are not suitable for my liking.
and so is the game you play.
66 · Jul 2
🌪️
I play pokers with snakes,
I play hide and seek with monsters under my bed
I play truth or dare with backstabbers
Well, it is called truth for a reason

I mirror unparallel versions of you, mimicked into one
The deception of the trickster was acted upon by the *****
For them, money is god. For God, you are pulverized— like ***** and Gomorrah.

Forming words like scrabbles is like forming words of questioning abilities
Be it a word or a phrase— make up your mind and lay the tiles on the scrabble board
Like a domino effect, I stack you up and you fall

Pick up sticks, fell down and picked up
But sticks and stones will surely break your bones.
The games of the general or checkers, move for the red or the black one
Bull's eye like darts or archery, you could swing by in a baseball bat.

Knowing a mastermind's mind games is wicked
But knowing your move is like playing chess with the enemy.

Not knowing when he will bite or blow,
Fed by fear and latin prayers
behind the latin prayers written in the red handkerchief

I was wise enough to tell when I let it burn
Out with the agony, with the truth one person tells through smoke
Like this poem, my mind is in scribbles too.
I do not mind being a villain in your story. Let the pages call me wicked, cruel, the darkness you fear.

For you are a clown in mine, juggling lies and hollow gestures, a spectacle that entertains no one but yourself.

I do not mind being a witch in your story either. Call me what you will, label me, mock me, paint me as the nightmare you dread.

For you are a puppet on a string in mine, dancing to your own foolishness while thinking the world bends to your whim.

Whatever you throw at me returns—tenfold, precise, inevitable. Whatever malice you craft in secret boomerangs straight back to you.

Do not curse at me. Do not spit your envy in my direction. Karma, that quiet and relentless force, will handle it.

I am patient. I am quiet. I am the eye of the storm you never see coming, the calm that hides the coming reckoning.

Your insults, your whispers, your envy—they are nothing but echoes in a cavern where I am the only presence that matters.

I do not need your approval. I do not need your applause. I am the story you cannot control, the narrative that refuses to bend beneath your lies.

I do not fight for recognition, nor for revenge. I fight for myself, for clarity, for the elegance of knowing who I am.

I smile quietly, the smirk of inevitability curling at the corners of my lips—not joy, not malice, but the knowledge that all will be revealed in time.

Your clownish antics amuse me. They teach me. They show me exactly what I refuse to be.

I watch. I measure. I allow your poison to linger, heavy in the air, before it returns to its sender, multiplied.

I am the shadow in the corners of your mind, the whisper behind your shoulder, the echo of your conscience you pretend not to hear.

You think you control fate? You think you can shape reality with your small hands? I move with a purpose you cannot see.

Do not curse me. Your spells are weak, your intent hollow. The universe bends to justice, not your malice.

Each curse you cast returns, multiplied, as if the heavens themselves are laughing at your hubris.

I am the calm before the storm, the smirk on lips that no one dares cross, the patient force that watches while the world collapses around fools.

I do not bend for comfort. I do not bow for approval. I do not soil my hands with the dirt of your envy.

I am the shadow that lingers long after the laughter has died, the quiet storm no one notices until it is too late.

You will continue to juggle your lies, but I have no hand in your tricks. I watch, calculating, waiting, knowing the weight of your deceit will fall.

I do not chase closure. I do not demand apology. I do not wait for recognition from those who will never understand me.

I am soft-spoken. I am still. I am deliberate. Every glance, every silence, every smirk is a choice, a lesson, a warning.

You can label me villain, demon, witch, misfit—whatever suits your fear. I embrace it. It is freedom, not condemnation.

For in your story, I am the nightmare you cannot escape. In mine, you are a farce, a folly, a reminder of how easily truth can be hidden beneath laughter.

You dance on stages built from arrogance, thinking the world applauds. I watch, silent, noting every stumble, every misstep.

I do not need to fight. I do not need to argue. I do not need to explain. My life, my path, my peace—they exist beyond your reach.

Your strings are tangled. Your puppetry fails. I do not pull them—you do, unknowingly, against yourself.

Let them whisper about me in fear or disgust; I am already beyond the reach of their petty judgments.

I am the storm that passes quietly, leaving ruin unnoticed until it is too late.

Your envy is a candle. I am the wind. You burn yourself while I watch, untouched.

I am patient. I am deliberate. I let your malice collect, weigh, and return to you exactly where it belongs.

I am soft-spoken, but my silence is a weapon. My calm is a force. My smirk is a reminder that every action comes with consequence.

I am the quiet inevitability, the reckoning you refused to see, the shadow that never leaves.

Call me villain, witch, misfit, storm—I do not mind. I am free. I am unshakable. I am untouchable.

You are the clown, the puppet, the fool, and yet you strut like a king, blind to the truths you cannot see.

I do not mind. Let the story paint me dark, let it whisper my name in fear. I am the calm, the storm, the shadow, and the smirk waiting at the edge of your world.

And in the end, every curse you cast, every malice you harbor, every string you pull—it finds its home, tenfold, in the story that is yours alone.
65 · Jul 8
H.E.R
Her mouth speaks volume— ways to turn a vermin down the notch
A disconnection notice, an unpredictable, unscheduled power interruption
A warning from the tides, eye of the cyclones
Swept away everything at once
I was told, that even the nonsensical things thrive on its own
I bring chaos as she brings war along
Words like bullets, tongues no bones but bleeds through your heart
Unweary of things brought me trauma
For, I was once alone in darkness
Now, I am one with the silence
65 · Mar 3
scratch that thought
I know what you are
A poison in my mind
A potion in my soul
A pill on my body
You intoxicate me
You keep messing on my head
Living rent-free
I already buried you deep within
Lust is the only reason why you keep coming back
Asking me for more
65 · Aug 2023
I miss you
I wish you were here by my side
So that you can hug me closer
Cuddle with me and let us stay in bed
Oh, darling I will never leave your side

I hope we will stay like this forever
Cause I can’t seem to get you off my head
Cause, I miss you love
Oh, I miss you love

I miss your eyes, the way they stare at me
I miss your lips, the way they smile back at me
I miss your voice, the way it calms me
I miss your face, the way it relaxes me

I miss your hands, the way I used to touch them
I miss your hug, the way it keeps me sane
I miss you, please stay, remain
And never listen to them

And how I miss your presence, it feels like home to me
And I miss you, the way I fell in love with you
The way I am crazy in love with you
I know you always think of me

All I ever dreamt of was to be right next to you
How I wish I could be this close to you
We’ll talk and plan of things we could ever do
And go to places we love to go


With you, right next to me
There is nothing more I could ever guarantee

Your smile is all I wanted to see
The way it bright up my day
For you are enough to me
And right by your side is where I will stay

Through the good times and the bad
I’ll remain right by your side
I swore to never leave your side
Even if I am both mad or glad.

Because I dated you to marry you
I vowed for Commitment
I vowed to be your lifetime partner
I want to be yours

Because I do cherish you
I want to be your fulfillment
You have also vowed to be my lifetime partner
I want to be yours

I miss you
You want to be mine
I miss you
I want to be yours
65 · Mar 17
📝📝📝
Maybe E.A. Poe is my idol—Or rather a favorite Because I get my inspiration from him.
Oh well, Annabel Lee, My aunt is no Annabel Lee.
We neither have to experience The Fall of the House of Usher,
Nor wander in the shadows of The Raven's lore.
There’s no Tell-Tale Heart beneath my floor
Nor do we tremble at The Masque of the Red Death's door.
We shan't endure The Pit and the Pendulum's sway,
Or face The Black Cat's ominous gaze.
The horrors of The Cask of Amontillado are far from view
As are the riddles of The Murders in the Rue Morgue, too.
"Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
Time will only tell
When I will be okay
Time will only tell
When I will be able to forget you?

It took me time to understand why we have to let each other go
It took me time to move on, it took me time to let you go
It took me time to hold on, it took me time to forgive you,
It took me time to accept the fact that you’re no longer mine to keep
It might take me a lot of sleepless nights counting sheep
It took me time to be happy

It took me time to accept and move forward
It took me time to stay in one location
It took me time to slow down
It took me time to resent you

It took me time to think it through
It took me time to ignore you
It took me time to decide
It took me time to let things go

It took me time to master everything
It took me time to rest on love
It took me time to smile
Until it was now my turn to smile
To laugh, to be happy and everything

It took me time to socialize
It took me time to adjust
It took me time to smile back at you
Until I learned to smile back at me too

It always took me time to love myself first
And never entertain any suitors yet
Before forgetting you
It took me time to talk to you
And ask for closure

It took me time to heal, it took me time to feel
All the pain first before moving forward
No more walking backwards

I’m not going that way, I’m moving forward this way
65 · Jul 9
A to Z hate
A — A mouse ran up the clock, Chasing time before it chases back.

B — Because she bites, not barks, An easy force to flee—if you dare.

C — Cunning cat, can’t calm the itch,
Curious claws digging her own ditch.

D — Dagz likes daks *****.
A gold-chaser on the prowl, no looking back.

E — Eager for riches,
Ego splintered over broken bridges.

F — Faking warmth, feigning grace,
***** around and masks her face.

G — Gold is the goal, not growth,
Glitters more than vows or oaths.

H — Hungry for high-born hands,
Hypocrite when crossed or reprimands.

I — Ingrate, inked in infamy,
Ignores her stench of treachery.

J — Joy's a name she never knew,
Jester smile, intentions skewed.

K — Killer thoughts line her kiss,
Knows how to wound with practiced hiss.

L — “Love” is her favorite lie—
Laced with longing for the life he buys.

M — Marie writes as Maria Ligaya,
But joy escaped her, left only drama.

N — “Not so fast,” she says with sneer,
Needs to cleanse her mouth to hear.

O — Oh, what silence sings,
Out of words and broken things.

P — Place me in your shoes, pretend—
Play it back, see where it ends.

Q — Question me? Or question you?
Queen of masks—what’s false, what’s true?

R — Respect is earned—not faked,
Robbed from those you’ve double-crossed and snaked.

S — Slithering, sultry, sharp-tongued ****, Stabbed her sisters for a shallow cut.

T — Truth, though late, still tolls—
Tide turns, exposing inner holes.

U — Universe keeps its tab and time—
Until your fate collects each dime.

V — Very well—go play your part,
Vain woman with a vacant heart.

W — Wilson, now happy with Rhoda—
While Wijo whispers empty pleas.

X — Xenon, your flame, burns too fast, X-marked stories never last.

Y — You, ungrateful to the bone, Yet wonder why you’re all alone.

Z — Zero grace and zero truth, Zipped inside a poisoned youth.
Might delete later
64 · Aug 2023
Guilty Pleasure
Kiss me baby, hold me, hug me
I’m all yours to keep
From nine up to five, no sleep
Come love me, love me

You were both good and bad for my health
And your love is my wealth

I long for your touch
I miss you so much
I crave for your taste
Come and be with me

Come and be with me
Never hesitate
Come, my new guilty pleasure
My guilty pleasure

I just want to be your favorite hello
And your hardest goodbye
Out of curiosity baby, I want to try
I want to know how you taste

I don’t want to see you go
And leave this bed
Just stay here with me, stay with me
And never hesitate

You are my sugar rush
My ******* blisses
My legal and illegal high
I just want to fly

My perfect kisses
You’re my ecstasy
Just please me
But honey, there’s no need to rush

You know I have a sweet tooth
And you are like a forbidden fruit
Provide me all the ways
I can take you away

I don’t know what it is that makes me want you badly
Even the way you stare drives me crazy
Cause every inch of your skin
Traces me back to where we want to begin

Let me worship you
A holy grail that’s hard to find
Let me be your daily grind
Let me take care of you

I just want you here with me
Please stay with me
You have loved me unconditionally
And I have loved you faithfully
Please be with me till the end
Until the end
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