To Cherry

for you changed when fall came
a different seed that the old couple had planted
‘you reap what you sow’
but they have done no wrong
and now this rose has made her thorns sharp
we come from the same stem,
but we parted

to this change I have not expected
as if a foreign flower has bloomed beside me
and I have my faults
of pushing her away
seeing the differences between us

and now my actions have taken its toll

she hisses my name like its poison
as if we don’t come from the same stem
but it seems the farmers would like to harvest her first
for her beauty and wit
‘I might as well wilt’ I say

you have won this lifetime
for you lived and I died, and keep dying each day

In Reverie (Come back to me)

Every night I see your face
and it feels like its been a daze
of all the things happened to us

You changed how I see the world
made me tread paths I never could
these feelings so new
maybe too good to be true

Yet you left me once again
I find myself unable
to let go of the pain

How did you do this to me?

Now the world’s changed again
and everything seems to be cold
– I have never felt more alone.

Come back to me.

 

as a gift for Vieverie

Dilaw

Sa tuwing ako’y may  nahahagilap na dilaw,
isipan ko’y natatarantang matanaw ka,
na sana ikaw nga ang aking nahagilap ng nababaliw na pagtingin.

Andiyan ka nga ba? Hindi, wala.
Inilinlang lamang ako ng aking hamak na pagmamasid.

O sawing pananabik, wala na itong patutunguhan pa
kung patuloy pa ang pagtingin na ito.

Dilaw dito, dilaw doon
Kaunti pa mukha ko’y maninilaw na rin.
Halina’t magpakita ka na sa akin
dahil sa kaibuturan ng aking puso,
nais kitang makapiling;
yakapin moakosa iyong matipunong bisig
at ikulob mo rito ang inaasam na pagmamahal.

Dilaw, dilaw,
ipipikit ko ang aking mga mata at pagdilat ko
ay masisilayan muli ang walang wakas na dilaw.

Sa bilang ng tatlo, dapat ay nariyan ka na.
Isa, dalawa, tatlo
andiyan ka na ba?