Archive for October, 2006

Kakaibang Lungkot

Posted on October 20th, 2006 in Ampalaya Files, Poetry, Project Tagalog

Pambihira.
Kaya nitong sakupin
ang buo kong pagkatao.
Sumasabay rin ito,
wari’y itinutulak ako
habang pinipigil ko ang
padausdos na pagkakatihulog.
pagkatihulog? pagkahulog?
mali yata yan. ang tawag
dito ay pagkalaglag,
pabilis nang pabilis
na pagkalaglag sa kawalang
di ko mawari kung may katapusan.
kakaibang lungkot.
pambihira. makapangyarihan.
kayang tabunan ang araw
mula sa aking mga mata,
kayang tumupok sa katiting
na pag-asang unti-unti na
rin namang nawawala.
ngunit nahuhulog, nalalaglag,
ano nga bang pinagkaiba?
pareho namang […]

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Until Then

Posted on October 19th, 2006 in Poetry

Hold me still, hold me still,
I can’t seem to stop moving.
The clock’s tick-tocking me away
when all I’ve ever wanted is to stay.
Never restless yet never really at rest,
always so careful but fumbling at best;
so stubborn but so weak a will,
this lack of control is such a bitter pill.
Hold me still, hold me still,
time doesn’t […]

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A Quick Fix of Melancholy

Posted on October 12th, 2006 in Ampalaya Files, Poetry

Clouds hover ominously above
and yet walking head on
and ignoring the incessant warnings
looks like the only plausible option.
The mouth opens as if to shout
let out the pain, drain out the agony
and yet the voice exists not
no way to escape this melancholy.
What is it clouding the eyes?
Seeing becomes harder as everything is blurry.
They aren’t rainwater, the skies […]

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