Sulat Na Wala Sa Ampao

SULAT NA WALA SA AMPAO


Ilang beses ba itataya ang buhay ko?
Sa mga humaharurot na sasakyan ako'y akyat panaog
Sumilip ako, may laman ngunit hindi tao
Natakot siguro sa balat kong tila nasunog

Hindi mawari ang kanilang salita
Mga mukhang may sinasabi, may nakikita
Matalas na sinusuri ang aking hitsura
May iba ba sa aking pagkanta?

Paglingon ko sa kaliwa, pumikit ang iba
Pagtingin ko sa kanan, umiling ang karamihan
Ilang beses ko ba dapat gawin ito?
Ang piliting kumanta sa lugar na walang tao

Sisisid na lamang ba muli sa karagatang noon ay namalagi
Kung saan sa aming paniniwala kami ang nagmamay-ari
Maging kanta ng mga isda matining na maririnig
Mahihimlay sa sayaw ng tubig kahit manlamig

Di tulad ngayon, sa mga mata ng iba'y nalulunod
Paghinga'y pinipilit sa maitim na usok

Teka, makinig ka't may paparating
Pagbukas ng mga mata ko mula sa larong tagu-taguan
Sabihin mo
Tao na ba?


12/18/2014

Kalawang sa Pakpak

Kalawang sa Pakpak


Sabi nila nakikita mo
Sa tingin ko hindi, ni anino
Kung oo, siguro malabo
Ano pang dahilan upang ako'y iyong masalo?





Nakita mo ba kung paano ako nanalo?
Paano natalo
Masakit, pero sabi mo bumangon ako
Saan nanggaling 'yon?





Naisip kong baka kailangan kong maging kwago
Magtatago sa mga punong malalago
Aabangan ka sakaling tuwing gabi ika'y nagbabago
Lilipad at hahanapin ka sakaling ika'y nasa kabilang mundo





Paano kung ako ang mawala sa paglipad
Sa ibang dimensyon ng mundo ako'y mapadpad
Lalanguyin mo ba ang karagatan upang ako'y matagpuan
o bibilangin ko muna mga natirang balahibo bago ako'y mapuntahan





Ako ay isang kwago
mabibilog na mga mata, maglalayag
Ako ay isang kwago
inaasahang makakita, bulag




10/30/14

Firmament

Firmament


You restore me like the waters in the ocean
Like keeping it blue even more through the ages
What more can I say?

You fill me up like placing the stars on a dark filament of sky
An ornamental tapestried moon, I pry

10/21/14

Ethereal Sublimation

Ethereal Sublimation



It turns out to be beautiful
When it came out not in its full form
Half is the word
Its embellishment strikes to the fibres of my being

The cloud's like a sheep's coat
Gradually embraces dispersion
City lights dashing like embers
Yet nothing compares to the streaks of the cold sun


09/24/14

Heiligenschein

Heiligenschein

Take away from me the wings past I can bear

In great acquiescence yet let soul float with the dusts of the atmosphere

I tried to find rest

Ere, wrestled down

He said, he said, he said

Your whisper is but a clamor

Seems the ear is covered with numbness

It hears, but the flight is too much

Jumping off the cliff

O’er the fog maybe I’ll see

As I suspend in the air, blood can’t stop oozing

At the sight of the wings, mud soaking

This is not what you mean for me to fly

Or how to fly

I flew it anyway

With pure clouds and scented sky

I talked to him, I think of you

he gave me wings, you gave me armor

And this is for me to fight

To embrace the light of the real flight

Brook By The Bay

Brook By The Bay 

“Bring me back”

The woman said. Yes she is a woman

The apple of his eyes

Yet drifted away by the clamor of identity

Once she asked, she will be away for a night

Then it had gone twice, thrice and more

A pajama party, it must have been

When will the sun rise again?

Tranquility turned to bewilderment

Secrets after secrets, lies after lies

She died but she is alive

She gasps but she can breathe

Breathe temporarily

Is her heart callous?
She hears but she's blind

Open her eyes, you can

Soon she will hear, she will see

How does it feel to hear what’s right when you do what’s wrong

Caged heart wants to get out but obscured by the terrors of the night

It is between him and her

No one will ever remember.

07/29/14