The Variables of Jums31 and have been writing leisurely since I was seven. My first short story was about a man who had the worst luck in the universe. I hope to continue writing and I hope this won't be another one of those blogging and getting bored eventually.
“Huwag kang magtatanim ng galit,” my grandma used to say. She said if I did anything, it was to never sow seeds of anger in my heart. To her, keeping grudges was a mortal sin. I remember using that against her as a kid, but I don’t exactly remember how or what was said. All […]
SPOILER ALERT Starting in the first thirty minutes or so into the movie, where Reagan uses a crucifix as a dildo and turns her head around to 180 degrees, my first thought was, “that was cool.” I forgot why we even got there. We started as an anthropological documentary, with the blatant use of “Allahu […]
Read the first letter per line that’s the title ♡
My love for you scares me. Life has taught me that things end, even when you don’t want them to. Even when you force them not to–eventually life eats them away. In whatever exit, in whatever form. This scares me. No one knows this better than me. I have lost not only things but people […]
I painted this today out of love for lamp posts. I realized it’s more fun to paint things I enjoy painting and not try too hard on pieces I don’t enjoy and am bad at.
The stairs are dark It takes time for each step Flattening my feet on the wooden staircase Each second, each step awakens me Life washes over me, creeping underneath my skin From the blindness I’m awakened by fear Fear of what I don’t see I just want these thoughts tangible – The need for pleasure; […]
Hindi natin kailangang Banggitin ang salitang ‘mahal kita’.‘Pagkat sasayaw tayo sa saliw Ng hirap at ginhawaSa hangin, tayo’y lilipad– Kakanta Pakikilala natin ang isa’t isa sa mga mukhang hindi natin kilala Lahat ng makakaalala Mabibigyan ng pabuya ng ngitiMagbabago ang awitBabagal sa ating sambitMagsasabit ng mga kulay na ginto at putiAawitan kita at silaAt walang […]
Adlaw-adlaw ginapaminsar ko Kung ngaa ginapalangga ta ka, Indi ka man gwapo, indi ka man manggaranon Sabtang indi na naton dapat Ginapamangkot ina, mapuli ako Sa imo, Ikaw ang ginpili ko sa tanan, ikaw ang akon puli-an
My aunt died last July 3rd. She was like a mother to me as most people who knew me would know. I even decided I loved her more than my biological parents. Yes, both parents. Why am I writing this three months after she died, in the middle of the night as I’m trying to […]
Some have left and some just arrivedOn their own or by my spiteAnd though I walk forward with those who stayOne person will never walk awayI’m keeping myself, I will thrive Circa 2017
The Variables of Jums 