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Dec 2021 · 63
The Silent Wallflower
I do not like the sound that comes out from the tunnel of my chest nor the tingling words that crumble out from my mouth—awkward and uncomfortable, it is, for I am not a master of speech, and speech do not abide with my tongue. So, I turn to writing, my trusted friend who understands me when no one can. Together, we scribble the ink on empty pages, leaving the sheets with a picture painted in vibrant words.
As she took a step under a desolated roof,
there speaks a cold symphony of ferocious screams,
shattering every light bulb in a blink of an eye,
tearing precious jewelries into forgotten fragments.

She left her footprints on a forbidden path,
trying to balance herself at the edge of a sword,
and below of which,
lie countless of unwanted thorns.
Nonetheless, did she had a choice
but to dwell in her reality.

And with this…
She heard nothing
but the woes of the frail,
the scratches of the raging claws,
and the unheard screams of the deadly silence.

And with this...
She saw nothing
but the fractured reflections,
the dried tears from fragile windows of souls,
and the silhouette of an atrocious tragedy.

And with this…
She felt nothing
but a cold blanket of rejection,
a sore from the aftermath of the fray,
and the disturbing atmosphere of a thunderous storm.

Yet, with this…
She stood firm
in the middle of a scourging battle,
and sought for the light to find her might.
There, she faced her ugly reality with her beautiful soul.

Although now, she holds the triumph in her palms,
there, her wound still lies under her flesh
for the unforgiving bullets had shot her so deep
that this, her pain,
will always haunt as she lives.

But look at this woman now,
there grew a laurel on top of her crown.
Her smile grew so wide,
as genuine as pure white.
Now, she’s stronger than her dying unpleasant past.

This, because her soul is astounding,
like the firmest stem of the most stunning flower,
that blooms after the sun rises for the seasons,
and never dies even when the sun stops to rise.

This, I tell you for she is my inspiration,
the savior of my dying motivation.
For the broken is the stupendous,
and yes, my mother is the true prestigious.
Apr 2021 · 79
Comfort in Distress
Your voice,
a Puccini symphony,
a utopian fund of melodies.
With bittersweet tender lyricism,
there is warmth in thee.

Its musical chords, perfect tone.
Classical notes, dots and ties—
all assemble a serene sanctuary
inside my melancholic catastrophe.

— The End —