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Nauuhaw ako
Bitak-bitak ang lalamunan
Sabay lunok, iba ang indak ng tag-init.

Humiling ako
Sa bulsang gula-gulanit
Sa retasong sando
Sabay hanap sa munting kaluping
Singit sa maingay na sapatos.
Siyang nakikipagtagisan ng laway
Sa putik na binubuhusan ng langit.

Muli, nauuhaw ako
Pero sana'y mapawi ito
Ng mahika't eksperimento
Ng itim na likidong kumukulo sa lamig.
Taglamig, taglamig na takipsilim;
Yakap ko ang kapoteng maitim ang tagiliran.

May karatula sa kanto,
Kaya't napasugod ako sa pagkasabik.
Tangan ko pagbalik ang litro.
Magaspang ang mga kamay
Kaya't makapit ang bote sa mga daliri.

May karatula sa ikalawang kanto,
Tatlong kulay, pero hindi matukoy
Gabi'y makasarili, walang nais na kahati.
Ulap ay hinawi, kabiyak ang buwan at bituin.

Isang bloke ng yelo,
Yelong pinira-piraso
Binasag sa sementong kwadrado
Pahaba't may mga bumbilyang mamatay din.
Isang ihip lang ng hangin, lagas ang liwanag.

Isang basong walang laman,
Walang bahid ng pagsabon
Buhat sa mga nakasalansang na pagkatao,
Iba't iba ang pwesto,
May kanya-kanyang tambayan.
Tuluyan silang naging tambay na lamang.

Nauuhaw ako pero hindi ito napawi,
Mga kalapating pumapagaspas sa himpapawid,
Senyas pala ng paglisan.
Musikang hele patungong langit,
Pagtulog ko'y pahimbing nang pahimbing.

Nauuhaw ako, nauuhaw na naman ako
Pero pauwi na ako sa Tahanan,
Doon na makaiinom, magpapahinga na ako.
Paalam.
(Madalas, pag gabi, naghahanap talaga ako ng Coke kasi iba pag gumuguhit sa lalamunan. Trial tong tula na to, dapat kasi about sa pagkauhaw lang sa coke but while writing this, I just saw a story of a beggar na gustong makatikim ng softdrinks. Yes, medyo tragic kasi he ended up dead but death was a new beginning for him. Also, I salute those people who tries their best to pursue in life, but let's all be reminded na minsan, we seek too much, Sometimes, we crave for something coz we wanna try it. Yung kaya nating ibigay ang lahat for that certain thing but at the end, we may found something else and sometimes, it's worse or worst. Be careful lang. Saka, sa mga katulad ko, hinay-hinay sa softdrinks, Wag na hintaying magka-UTI ka. God bless at alagaan ang sarili!)
Dhaye Margaux Apr 2015
I said I love that black sando
You said it's tank top
Whatever it is, sweetheart
I just want you to know
You are always adorable to me
Whether you wear black or white
It is not the outside that I see
But your golden heart inside
So when I say I love that tank top
I want to hug and kiss it
I actually mean I love you
I want to hug and kiss you
The way you hug and kiss me
*Since you took my heart
I will always remember their story. :)
joel jokonia Jun 2020
Tite tichitambidza ivavo sando dzavo
Ivavo vatinavo
vek'kukanga kek'tanga
Kukusonera ganda
Ukavapo
Ukak a mbaira uka k ama
Vakakuridzira ukamira..
Pawasasvikira vaikutambidza
Vaikunakidza ka
Ivavo usafe
Wavasvimise misodzi
Emperor Icecream Jul 2013
We are suppose
to be walking out of
the house together
but he left earlier than ussual
today.

I spent the whole
dinner time alone.

The first time
after six or seven years?

I can't barely remember.
He even forgot about the
seventeenth.

He was suppose to be
home by now
but the tail of his shadows
wasn't even here.

I did the ritual i've been doing,
we've been doing for the past years.
I took his bag
Like he walk me out of the house
earlier this morning.
I gave him his neatly folded
white sando
Like I did not spend dinner time
with myself.
I run my hand through his hair
like he did not went home late.

Something has changed
we both know it.

I put my lips on his nape
like he remembered seventeenth

Something sweet lingers
A stain of red on his collar
Seems like he settled for a better perfume
and a better brand of make-up.
just thought of it while having some date with myself. It's ME time anyway!
Martee Joanne Dec 2018
Habag ang loob, pinto'y tinungo
Suot ang lumang sando, aburido
Sa paglabas,  saka napagtanto
Suot na tsinelas, hindi terno.

Hindi inalintana kahit kalangita'y nagbabadya
Sa parke, doon magbibisekleta
Kumulog, kumidlat, saka naalala
Si Inay kaya ay nag-aalala?

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