This is How I Love You
March 14, 2017
When I tell you I love you
It will not be a benediction
It will not spring from my chest
Like a breath I’m holding
And letting loose into a sigh … More This is How I Love You
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Indelible
March 4, 2017
She is long gone But her presence lingers I smell her in your silken sheets A hint of cinnamon and vanilla And something else I can’t place I hear her laughter when the wind Coax music out of the door chimes I feel her gentle hands Everytime I take out your coffee mugs And rinse … More Indelible
A Futile Waltz
January 31, 2017
How can it be so banal And yet irresistible This bizarre dance Of uncertainty You and me Taking one step forward And two steps back Back and forth We sway in a rhythm No one else can hear We are waves Kissing the shore Only to retreat Gather our frayed nerves Praying this time It … More A Futile Waltz
I Look at Life on Both Sides Now
November 30, 2016
Both Sides Now Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, I’ve looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun, They rain and they snow on everyone So many things I would have done, But clouds got in my way. I’ve looked … More I Look at Life on Both Sides Now
A Vignette: Black Saturday
November 29, 2016
Image source: monk3y.tumblr.com There are a hundred memories I would like to bury but one When you looked at me And saw madness in my eyes And instead of turning away You embraced it wholeheartedly As if you almost understood The demons residing in my soul
A Requiem for Dead Souls Among the Living
October 15, 2016
I thought I could smother Those yearnings with quiet ease So I resolved myself into a life of solitude But the voices inside my heart Want fireworks and shooting stars They scream for supernovas and black holes I cave in, signing a thousand death certificates As little by little, I scatter a piece of … More A Requiem for Dead Souls Among the Living
Unmasking your Thyroid: An Awareness Campaign
October 4, 2016
Last September 29, I attended an awareness campaign on thyroid disease hosted by Merck Inc. The informative talk was given by Dr. April Melody Abcede of the Philippine Society Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. … More Unmasking your Thyroid: An Awareness Campaign
Patience, Heart
September 29, 2016
From the brilliant mind of Nizar Qabbani: Days will pass, and you’ll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally, accept a reality. Stuck at cancelling a dream. But I can wait.
Untainted
August 23, 2016
Little one, I come to this place again Where vines crawl like snakes to wrap themselves Around the stone in which your name was carved The humid air stay still Not one leaf turned, not one bush swayed I want to bring you news from home About father’s constant battle with his demons Liquor, gambling … More Untainted
I Have A Question
August 11, 2016
Or Pablo does: Where does the rainbow end, in your soul or the horizon? -Pablo Neruda
