Let’s not talk about daydreams anymore. Or those times where we fill each other’s baggage when unloading wasn’t an option. Let’s not think of all the possibilities that life gave us the moment we believed we were each other’s dream come true. A part of me already wants you out. A part of you is…
Read moreBut thank you for passing by.
My life was lonely before you came. It felt like living in a nutshell for so long that I almost forgot how it feels like breathing new air. I didn’t wish for you, you never expected me either. It was just the late afternoon in March when someone knocked on the corners of my void…
Read moreBut maybe I just stopped caring about you.
I can’t wait for the day where you’ll finally notice I’m not your biggest fan anymore. Or the annoying one. Or the girl who pushes her luck to someone who can’t love her back. I hope you figure out what happened after you lost track of me. That somehow, my smiles made you vulnerable on…
Read moreHopefully, I could.
I wouldn’t look into your eyes again and tell everyone how much I craved for your sparkles that night. We almost had that incandescent feeling. But I’m glad we never ended. I’m glad I never let myself get trapped into your void again. It was too dark in there, too dark and suffocating. And maybe…
Read moreThank you for killing me.
I didn’t know a time will come where your name won’t remind me of the stars anymore. This is the time where I’d breathe peacefully, not minding the baggage you left. It was heavy, it was hard. But I didn’t know it’s a possibility I can hold someday. A possibility of new chances without my…
Read moreIntroduce me to Love
All the things before my eyes, Saw nothing but sparkles of delight. Through the window of my soul, You captured my delicate heart. For I still never know what love is, Like a dove who only knows how to fly. A baby mind that I possess, An empty cup about upbringing. You can teach me…
Read moreI still need a poetry to break me.
I’m still here with my pen, writing everything that I could think of. Suddenly, it occurred to me why I am being like this — that sort of imaginative yet realistic dreamer. I wasn’t surprised when I found you in my thoughts. You are a good help. In fact, the only help I’d forever cling…
Read moreAnd yours was never mine to carry.
Somewhere in the next life, there will be a place for us. I’d see myself intertwining my fingers to your hand in reality. I’m sure by that moment, we could finally happen. But I’m not going to bring these memories chained with me in our present times. I will leave this lifetime empty-handed because that’s…
Read moreYou’re still my favorite mistake.
I wish I could scrape you out of my soul forever. I’m sure my heart never stopped beating because of it. It felt wrong. It’s toxic that limits my system to fathom love again. You showed me a sin that I’d be willing to forget. I never thought loving you makes me a sinner already….
Read moreI guess it’s his favorite color – yellow.
The color of the sun. Whenever I see him, he brightens up my day. The color of joy and celebration. Whenever I see him, my soul is in feast and is overjoyed. The color of lemon. Whenever I see him, I get gitty. His favorite color. And, whenever I see yellow, I always remember him….
Read morePara sa aking tala,
Pwede kong isipin na ilang taon mula ngayon, ang ating mga landas ay muling magkakatagpo. Huli kang darating sa pagtitipon at ako’y kunwaring magtatago sa isang sulok. Pwede kong sabihin na muli kong maririnig ang iyong boses sa aking likuran o di kaya’y ang iyong tawa na tila isang musika sa aking tenga. Pwede kong…
Read moreAnd I thought you wouldn’t leave a scar
— but I was wrong. You were just a little wound when we first met. You didn’t hurt that bad. It was the reason why I never took the medications given to me. I thought I could ease myself like I used to. Like a tip of an arrow, a random chess piece, or a…
Read moreMeet me in the next lifetime.
Even if my name doesn’t sound the same way to you, even if our hearts would never meet the way we do, and even if we are destined no more, I’d still hope to meet you in my afterlife. Because in there, I know my heart would still crave for the same longing, and that’s…
Read moreYou’re always an impossibility to me.
“Someone once asked me why I should wait for the next life when I can have all the things I want today. The truth is, I started giggling. It was a funny move. It made me laugh. But I knew it was a hurricane that kept me awake for nights. Maybe he’s right. You don’t…
Read moreMaybe I deserve a price for loving you.
In a game of chasing hearts and seeking love, only a few get to the finish line. You only get to have two options in finishing the battle. Some fall apart instantly, others keep finding the love they want. But I don’t know what kind of recognition I’d give myself for taking the challenge. I…
Read moreYou are the only one I could give.
You are the only man I’d spend my one to seven lifetimes with. But I don’t know why you couldn’t see that. Maybe because I always avoid your eyes every time we meet. I’d always think if leaving you in my past life is enough. And I almost did, love – almost. Maybe because I…
Read moreHindi ko alam kung bakit,
mas pinili kong manatili sa sakit na dulot mo. Marami nang nagtatanong sa akin kung tila ba’y nahihibang na ako sa aking ginagawa; na mas mabuting kalimutan ko na ang dapat sana’y mga alaala lang. Pero hindi ko kaya. Siguro nga mas mabuting itago ko nalang ang nakaraan kesa magkunwaring hindi kita nakilala at minahal….
Read moreYou are a voiceless echo…
Lingering in the core of my mind Distract me in my deepest sleep And no pill nor cup of coffee could help So tell me, How can I forget you When this voiceless voices are as loud as your silence Back when I said,’ Forget me so I can forget you’ – Kath Panugan
Read moreAnd even if you wouldn’t let me,
I’d still write another poem for you. Thinking that maybe someday, in between the days we’ll be lost in words — you will need it too. – El
Read moreGusto kong aminin na kahit minsan,
isa ka sa mga naging rason kung bakit mas pinili kong mamuhay nalang sa panaginip. Ito ang mga panahong pipikit ako dahil sinunod ko ang aking puso. Pipilitin kong huwag matapos ang gabi nang hindi tayo nagpapalitan ng mga titig o di kaya’y iisiping ang iyong kamay ay nasa akin habang nagsasayawan sa ilalim ng…
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