Posted in Literature, Memoirs on Aug 1st, 2009 3 Comments »
There was a time when I thought happiness
was infinite and the night full of stars.
And I have my way of keeping track
each day written on a page. There was a time,
when the breeze came to my sails
as it float away myriad of dreams-
like kites braving the sky.
And the harvest is here,
filled my basket overflowing
of summer [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs on May 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Two nights ago, I tossed left and right in my bed , restless and not knowing what I have been missing these past few days. Isolation takes a toll and there are days that I can’t bear the reclusivity. Those were the days when I felt that I don’t differ to the things you can find [...]
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Posted in Literature, Memoirs on May 15th, 2009 1 Comment »
Fish crackers, salted
peanuts, chicharon
and Coke in can.
Five peso and fifty cent
fare to a jeepney ride.
I inhale the pungent
breeze of the balmy bay.
As I watch the murky water
when the sun walks away,
its face hiding down.
The lamp post aglow
to your face, a pale moonlight.
Do you remember-
when I cuddle you
on this lonely bench? Together,
neophytes to tender love
leaning into each [...]
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Posted in Literature on May 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
I am smoldering in the night.
But you’ll see no passion, only sober
semblance to a gargoyle, seating.
And towering over the city lights.
Ah, the fahrenheit must have drop
below sub-zero. My steely psyche
a block of ice emitting smoke,
numb in whiteness. I froze.
Ignite me a matchstick. Tell me
what you see when melancholy
lurks slowly in my bones. Splintered
cinders, then into ebony [...]
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Posted in Memoirs, Music on Apr 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
I am a bit choosy with the music I used to play in my playlist. Bluegrass and country genre is a daily staple of my waking music life. I have fallen in love with the soothing voice of Alison Krauss since day one, when I heard “Now That I Found You” and her own rendition [...]
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Posted in Literature, Religion on Apr 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
That day,
you made the sky heavy-
falling tears like rain.
When a down-trodden
waded through a flood
of despair, and I am
walking away in shame-
as if the world
crumbled, suddenly
turned pale to gray.
My heart
I offered in a plate-
full of strawberries
its first fruits.
But your words-
that rejection
knifed and sliced
into bleeding pools.
Until I am strained.
That day,
my eyes were opened
of reality here-
I am standing
this gulf
between [...]
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Posted in Literature on Mar 20th, 2009 1 Comment »
It’s dress rehearsal tonight. You came
early as usual finding me,
perched at the proscenium
like a gallant cavallier.
Looking at you
with the warmth
of a thousand suns.
The stage is empty.
The krieg lights are dead.
The orchestra has no music.
The amphitheatre is a crowd
of empty chairs
waiting to be filled.
To watch our lonely hearts
find some happy endings.
Star-crossed lovers as we are
waltzing innuendos.
The [...]
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