Poignant

parted pieces forcely
pasted hanging in the horizon
scenes, oh please vanish
wrecking the bliss that
for long - indefinite time
i did establish

gone are the phases
when kisses are sweet melodies
graceful sway of lips
now, bitter days
easy to remember - hard to forget

i

tell me in pleasant words
and break it like clock leers
our faded music

Dagupan Bus 71751

motionless eyes on a coach's window
soundless cars passing
neon lights engulfing darkness
it breaks deep within
but where is it coming?

that i cannot answer

curtain covers this glass
embrace my fragile heart
conceal its cracks
like blush on in her cheeks
to dry the tears

hard it is to stay calm
when something undefined
gnaws you inside

i ought to smile

i am tired.

Spaces Between Our Closeness

long itineraries make me feel

i

am

alone

sitting beside a person
i don't know
with words muffled

i

was saddened

she doesn't know me either
she sits adjacent
Is she dejected as well?
Or was

i

the

only

one

who dare cares?

Playing Verses

verses cannot compensate
the bliss

you cracked bones in your fingers
your loud
the imperfections are perfect

be the head resting in my shoulder
be the eyes looking inside me
let my love take your heart

breathing in
the silence that you
breathe out

you and i
solitary moon lovers
tied in arms that night
as chests collided
came no plights

to where is this going?
that, i am waiting
for the fate is dancing
is that our song playing?

my dear
listen

Mangaakit

sa ganda niya ako'y natulala

hinaplos ang kanyang laman at ako'y tinigasan

nanlamig ng bahagya ang aking kalamnan

hubog na kay rikit

perang inipit sa bulsa'y kinalawit

binili, ikaw na lubhang nakakaakit.

tinanggal dahan-dahan ang iyong damit

kalaunan ay dagliang pinunit

pagnanasa'y hindi mapigilan

agad dinilaan at nilawayan ang iyong makinis na laman

namasa ang lahat, nagtubig ka't nangamoy pa ang katas

hinagod pataas-baba, ninamnam ang bawat paghinga

pagod ay hindi na alintana, matikman lang kita

kumaga't sa labi't napahiyaw

sige pa - sige pa.

ay! ice cream pa!

I beg for verses

hassled by predicaments

knocked by frustrations – hesitations

softly getting killed

never stop dreaming the dream

fountain of art, god and goddesses of the craft

chanting the curse of verses

potion of passion, the obsession

desperation, state of rigor.

chasing.

the lines in transparency

rhythms in noiselessness

meters in wilderness

unchain me – suffocate each constituent of language

unshackle emotions, liberate thoughts

now.

engulf the pen with the shadows of the mind

drive it in the still world

inflate expressions not yet written

decline natural senses – the need to feel it

sweet sweats I care not

berate – berate

care not as long as I  can write

break the bars imprisoning a heart

fatigue’s not block

pain’s not leash

the more it bleeds

the more it pleads

much worth it

A daily ritual

suffering moans in the morning

twisting – turning

forcing the enforceable, extracting

the results of processed necessity – homo sapiens

source of energy.

sniffing passionately the gases

igniting flames in my senses

defining the indefinable, loving

atmospheric natural aroma – my morning dilemma

be used to it.

words uttered blurring the visions

of comfort – hovering, prolonging...

release it – let it fall.

and it did, so as i masturbated the piece.

A flower for love

Breaking up is easy

Just say goodbye and sorry

What makes it hard is moving on

Like a flower that blooms today

Love will fade the next day

Forever is a lie just like a fairytale

You’re not a princess, I’m the poorest prince

Happy ending story is purely legend

Fantasy that will never come within reach of reality

Like the life

of rose

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