Thursday, June 13, 2013

leftovers

your loving hands write once more. but not for me. your fingers entwined, not in prayer. but with another's. how it burns!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

shiranai, wakaranai

i don't know why
you avoid me like the plague

i don't understand
your struggle with shame and guilt

i don't know why
a video of you singing off key
brings tears to my eyes

i don't understand
why you bring so much pain
when it was just a game

i don't know why
i could only wait

Thursday, December 8, 2011

counting down the hours

until i see you again
until you leave me again

why can't i just let you go?
why do i defraud you
when i'm not sure if my love is true,
when i don't know if i can wait for you,
when you can't promise me
that you can wait for me, too?

i feel like i'm finally home
when i'm in your arms
but now i have to learn to get by
without your warmth
even when you're close enough
for our fingers to intertwine.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Tadhana

Sa hindi inaaasahang
Pagtatagpo ng mga mundo
May minsan lang na nagdugtong,
Damang dama na ang ugong nito
'Di pa ba sapat ang sakit at lahat
Na hinding hindi ko ipararanas sayo
Ibinubunyag ka ng iyong mata
Sumisigaw ng pag-sinta

Ba't di pa patulan
Ang pagsuyong nagkulang
Tayong umaasang
Hilaga't kanluran
Ikaw ang hantungan
At bilang kanlungan mo
Ako ang sasagip saýo

Saan nga ba patungo,
Nakayapak at nahihiwagaan
Ang bagyo ng tadhana ay
Dinadala ako sa init ng bisig mo
Ba't 'di pa sabihin
Ang hindi mo maamin
Ipa-uubaya na lang ba 'to sa hangin
huwag mong ikatakot
Ang bulong ng damdamin mo
Naririto ako at nakikinig saýo
Hooohh... hoooohh...
Hooohh... hoooohh...
Hooohh... hoooohh...

Ba’t ‘di salubungin
Ang puso ko at kunin
Ang diwang malaya
Huwag na huwag magpabaya pa
Ikaw ang pag-ibig
Pakinggan ang himig ko
Wala na sanang lalayo, mundong ito ay hihinto...

[Up Dharma Down]

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

irony

the best i ever had
with the best i never had.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

scramble


matamis at masarap.

madaling matunaw
at nakakatunaw.

libre nga ba talaga 'to
o  kapalit ba nito ang puso ko?

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

bipolars

when i come too close,
you pull away,
so i pull away,
then you come closer,
and we dance on.