Sunday, October 31, 2010

Starapple

The blinded cannot protect you,
The deaf cannot hear you,
No, they do not really know you,
All they know is themselves,
And that is the reflection they put on you,
And that is the echo they make to come from you.


To seem that they have seen what you want,
To seem that they have heard what you need.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Megaphone

In my silence, I am picked up,
Given voice that was not mine:
Yet I have made so loud,
Loud that it can clear chaos,
Create chaos.
Loud that it can break silence,
Make silence.

In my silence, I am picked up,
Given voice that was not mine:
Do I not have a voice?
Must I ask for one?

Monday, October 18, 2010

Silence

In silence, a lot can be said: a problem unresolved, a memory remembered, feelings left unrevealed, fear unexpressed, even reflections left to be forgotten. See, silence is more powerful than spoken words because silence knows no bounds. But then again, silence can be helpful. Sometimes, it can make one’s mind think clearly, it can make one think back and reflect on what’s really ahead. Sometimes, silence is all one needs.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Paper

Like the other ones, I too, am paper.
You fold me into a bird that can’t fly.
You roll me into a flute without tune.
You twist me into a branch without leaves.

I am paper.
As I get pulled on both sides, I am torn.
Though I keep it together, but even tape can’t do better.

I am bruised by your inking sword.
But with it I get a voice.
Every push and pull leaves an indelible scar.
But with it I feel alive.

To be crumpled and set aside,
Like the other ones, I too, am paper.


Disposable.
Forgettable.


Wrinkled.
Blemished.

I am paper. 
I will never be the same. 

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Everything is a derivative.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

If I could turn back time, would you let me jump into your life?
I know to you I'm not just a stop along the way,
but was I the destination?

Ancient Scrolls online

I have come across ancient scrolls,
Carrying secrets down deep
Into the p_i_t_s of memory I
found them,
Thought _________ to be found,
-- now here.

As I skimmed through the writings,
Paper untorn,
but th
e wor
ds wer
e.
It SCREAMS of unrequited heart,
It

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r
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,
i
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.
p
.
s
.
.
.
unshed tears.


I wished I could have seen,
How the scroll was written.

But it is a painful scene,
This scroll shall be hidden,

forgotten.

I make things NEW.

for YOU.

Friday, October 1, 2010

I started writing again. Again.

Out of the darkness, here I come, spreading once more, light.
Having hidden for too long, I have come to be in sight.


This light you have shone, this hand you gave to hold,
Finally, I am home.
We are home.

Pusang Kalye

Pusang Kalye

Dal’wang pusa sa lansangan,
Naroon sapagkat walang tahanan:
Ni walang mapagtaguan kapag umuulan,
Ni walang pansangga pag nasagasaan.

Dal’wang pusa sa lansangan,
Doon na rin ang pook ng lambingan,
Sapagkat wala namang mapuntahan:
Kahit maging tampok sa usap-usapan.

Dal’wang pusa sa lansangan,
Mayroon ba kayang masisilungan?
Palaging rito na lamang ang tagpuan,
Dal’wang pusang walang tahanan.

Sagutan (ekphrasis sa pelikulang Donor ni Mark Meily)

Sagutan

Pag-ibig ko sayo’y parang puso,
Sa bawat tibok, hatid nito’y pulso,
Sa bawat pulso, nabubuhay ako.

Pag-ibig ko sayo’y parang poso,
Kung may pantulak, ito’y aagos,
Kung walang tutulak, ito’y unos.

Pag-ibig ko sayo’y totoo,
Kaya’t wagas ang aking sakripisyo,
Maipadama lamang ito sa’yo.

Pag-ibig ko sayo’y tabo,
Sasalok kung kailan ko gusto,
Hahagod kahit pag ayaw mo.

Pag-ibig ko sayo’y parang dugo,
Dumadaloy sa aking katawan,
Bagamat minsan, nasasaktan.

Pag-ibig ko sayo’y parang daga,
Nakikikain at nakikitira,
Wala ka namang magagawa.

Pag-ibig ko sayo’y parang bala,
Lalo na ‘pag ito na’y naikasa,
Dahil sa  pagputok, wala na.

Sa Kasalan (tulang pambata)

Sa Kasalan

Bakit kaya kailangan pa,
Magbihis nang ganito ka-gara,
Sa kainan lang naman pupunta,
Sobra-sobra kung pumustura.

Kwelyo ko sa leeg ay makati,
Pati likod ko’y nangingiri,
Puno ng pawis aking mga paa,
Dahil magsapatos ay kailangan pa.

Ako’y nakaupo sa initan,
Habang nakasilip sa kasalan
Si Inay nama’y humihikbi,
Si Itay nama’y nakangiwi.



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