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Hanggang Kailan?

Posted on November 21st, 2006 in Poetry, Project Tagalog

lahat ng tao, may hangganan
wari’y lubid na kahit anong tibay
ay mapipigtas din.
hanggang saan dadalhin
hanggang saan aabot
wala na nga bang katapusan?
- saan pang sulok susuksok?
hanggang anong klase pang
pagpapakasalimuot?
lubog na nga’t nagpapalunod pa
imbes na labanan ang agos
nagpapatianod na lang.
lahat nga ng tao, lahat
mayroong hangganan.
ngunit hanggang saan?
hanggang saan?
lahat ng bagay may kanya-
kanyang takdang katapusan.
ngunit hanggang kailan?
hanggang kailan?

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You’ve Always Known

Posted on November 06th, 2006 in Poetry

Do not be flummoxed
by the blank stare you usually find
plastered on this passive face.
You’ve always known
that silent waters run deep,
that emotions do run high
despite the nonchalance I keep.
You’ve seen firsthand
how the cold and calm demeanor
masks away the panic
and the restlessness and the pain,
masks them so effortlessly
it seems feelings are held in disdain.
Do not be surprised […]

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