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; […]
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More than words
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 […]
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Hospital Bed
We spend another night At the comma bed as he Drove me to calmness And took away my transgressions I combat in level-headed feat And struggle but my eyes Would quarrel with my teeth I gnash and blink Somewhere between The fitted sheets and sturdy beds Comes plastic full of specimens Of my own aversion […]
The Variables of Jums 