Pbl poems on Hello Poetry

Paola Jul 2017

minsan kong napagtanto:
"habambuhay bang gan'to?"
hanggang sa sabi nila,
"wala, ganyan talaga."

sometime i've realized:
"would it be this way for life?"
until they told me,
"it is what it is."

pbl--072717

From Wikipedia: The Tanaga is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line --- that is to say a 7-7-7-7 Syllabic verse, with an AABB rhyme scheme.

Thought I'd try to write one, just in time for Buwan ng Wika (National Language Month) in August. Challenging, to say the least. :---)

Update (02/18/18) Added a rough translation. Forgive my ****** translation skills.

#tanaga #filipino

Paola Dec 2017

katotohanan

Ang nahamugang salamin ay binuhusan ng malamig na tubig.
Tila ito'y natauha't nagising, dahil tubig lang ang nakapagpawi ng kanyang duda, nakagising ng kanyang diwa.
Hindi na nito kinailangan ang ibang remedyo na makapagbibigay ng panandaliang ginhawa sa uhaw; sapat na ito para sya'y magpatuloy.

Cold water was poured on foggy glass.
It seemed as if it became aware and awoke, for only water was able to relieve its doubts, to awaken its spirit.
It didn't need other remedies for temporarily quench its thirst; this was enough for it to continue.

pbl---11/20/17

I'd translate but I'm too lazy to...

I just want the truth.

Update (02/18/18) Added a rough translation.

#tagalog #filipino

Paola Aug 2017

my train of thought at 2:30 am

would anybody care if i died?
i wanted to talk to a friend of mine
checked his birthday, october 8
fell on a sunday; my gift would be late

then i remembered my own birthday
also coincidentally fell on a sunday
opened up my facebook account,
2016, number of greeters didn't amount

to the pain i felt realizing i hated my life
i think i'd become an unemployed, poor wife
who was so scared to reach for the stars
because heights barred her, thinking, "i might fall from afar".

pbl-080117

i'm always so scared of death, the future, not being able to do what i want.

#sad #worry #anxiety #depression

Paola Dec 2017

...i'm done (haiku)

you ****** me over;
don't expect any kind of
forgiveness from me.

pbl---12/06/17

Not this time, I guess.

#anger #heartbreak #angst #haiku

Paola Aug 2017

alone

a man is an island: foremost,
he has eyes on himself,
does right by himself,
benefits only himself.

i am man.
i have my eyes on myself,
i do right by myself,
i only benefit myself.

i could be part of an archipelago,
but when the sun sets,
and i stare at darkness,
all i have is myself.

pbl-080117

i feel so dead inside.

#depression #sad

Paola Jul 2017

1:00 - 3:00 a.m. (haiku)

it's times like these where
the silence, light and time are
consumed by my thoughts

pbl--072717

i hate overthinking.

#haiku #sad

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