"pbl" poems
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
Jul 26, 2017
Jul 26, 2017 at 2:13 PM UTC
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
Dec 6, 2017
Dec 6, 2017 at 7:20 AM UTC
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
Aug 2, 2017
Aug 2, 2017 at 2:37 PM UTC
you ****** me over;
don't expect any kind of
forgiveness from me.
pbl---12/06/17
Dec 6, 2017
Dec 6, 2017 at 7:06 AM UTC
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
Aug 2, 2017
Aug 2, 2017 at 12:52 PM UTC
it's times like these where
the silence, light and time are
consumed by my thoughts
pbl--072717
Jul 26, 2017
Jul 26, 2017 at 1:46 PM UTC