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Pupuntahan kita sa kahapon mamaya.
Dahil doon lang naman kita siguradong makikita.
Dahil hindi mo na kayang pumasok sa ngayon at bukas.
Ang pag-ibig natin ay naglalakad paatras.
Bibilangin ko muna ang bawat hakbang palayo.
Hanggang makarating ka sa isang pook sa aking puso.
Sa lugar kung saan pareho na tayong nakangiti.
Tatlong linggo bago nang ang tayo’y nasawi.
Bibigkasin mong muli [...]

Where are your dreams?

When I was in nursery I dreamed to be a doctor. I dont know why. Maybe because I felt doctors save lives.
 When I was in kindergarten I dreamed to be a teacher. I desire to mold minds and direct them to a bright future.
 When I was in elementary I dreamed to be a scientist and invent a robot that would [...]

fragments

1. im single
but im not searching
im just sitting here, idly watching people pass by
some holding hands, others holding grudges
maybe someone would plop beside me and hug me
but im not holding my breath for that
i stopped looking for the hand to hold a long way back in time
and its somehow freeing not to join the fray [...]

pag-apuhap

Tumakas kanina ang mga kataga sa aking kamalayan,
Dahan-dahang humakbang papalayo sa aking ulirat,

At isa-isang dumausdos sa pasilyo ng ating kahapon;

Naglaho silang parang mga tala sa sikat ng araw
Naroroon ngunit di maaninag
Tinatanaw ngunit di masipat;
Kung sakaling bang maapuhap ko muli
ang mga kataga ng ating kahapon
at ialay sa iyo ang bawat porma at agos,
maigi mo ba itong [...]

on with the struggle

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
By Gil Scott-Heron
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag
and Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised. The revolution will not be televised.
The [...]

the visit

The day after,
The weather wears her most appropriate suit
Properly clad in a black dress and stilettos
Dark clouds on her ears
A lightning on her lapel
Roars of thunder dangling from her wrist;
She purposefully strode to my door,
Knocked once,
And entered without preamble.
I looked at her straight in the eye
Blurry but distinct.
This is it, she said
This is the worst [...]

alone

the fear of being alone is more prevalent than we think
not just in the sense of being alone in life
but also in being alone in a moment
there is a tendency for people to run away from solitude
no one purchases a single movie ticket
no one eats by himself in a restaurant
no one parties alone
there is a [...]

no more cliches

By Octavio Paz
Beautiful face
That like a daisy opens its petals to the sun
So do you
Open your face to me as I turn the page. Enchanting smile
Any man would be under your spell,
Oh, beauty of a magazine.How many poems have been written to you?
How many Dantes have written to you, Beatrice?
To your obsessive illusion
To your manufacture [...]

ako at ang mga iniwan mo

Binuklat ko kagabi ang nakaraan,
Dahan-dahang inalis ang pagkakatali sa gunita,
Pinikit ang aking mga mata,
At binuksan ang nakapinid na pagkalimot. 

Ganito pala ang pag-alala sa mga sandaling
Dapat ay nililimot na,
Masakit.
Isang mahapding pagkirot ng mga sumbat at hinanakit
Na matagal na siniil sa naghihimutok na dibdib 

Sa bawat pagpihit ng pahina ay ang muling pagpunit
Ng mga sugat na [...]

emotional archeology 4

why does the sun set when we touch?
i look for the lines between the silences.
you only look for the silences.
-hango kay erica jong