She lies gently on my shoulder,
Playful and soft in her grace.
Her perfume dances in the quiet air,
Her hair cascading down her face.
I listen to her gentle breathing,
Sensing her skin pressed against my own,
Anchored by her warmth and weight.
Resting there, she looks like an angel;
I wish this stillness would never break.
Yet I freeze, afraid she might hear
My heartbeat softly whispering her name.
Deceived by the beauty of innocence,
Yearning for your love,
Even as you betray his unconditional devotion.
He waits patiently with open arms.
Breaking down, he bears his disgrace,
Losing his mind throughout the process,
Wandering through space and time,
Far away, yet holding his ground.
He asks forgiveness for himself
Giving up is not an option, nor is defeat.
Pushed aside by the one he loved the most,
He cannot learn from his past mistakes.
Ironically, he insists on his feelings,
Like a fool who cannot understand his own fate.
The sun sinks into the dark abyss
As a hollow night engulfs the world.
A bitter defeat, a quiet death
Like blood-red ink pouring onto the page.
Spilling bitter words from deep within,
Tracing scars across his broken heart.
Yet your light awakened new desires.
Dazzled by thoughts of you,
Caught entirely off guard by your smile,
He is terrified, yet helpless to stop.
Quite by accident, he has fallen in love again.
Pusong giniginaw, mali ang tinitibok,
Uhaw sa pag-ibig, ulilang lubos.
Nababaliw na isip, nagmamatigas
Batong lumalaban sa subok ng tadhana.
Siya’y nagtitiis habang nasasaktan,
Mga matang laging nakatingin sa kawalan.
Isang lalaking hinding-hindi ka pababayaan,
Naghihintay na mapansin ang nararamdaman.
Laging nariyan, handa’t naghihintay ng pagkakataon,
Siya’y nag-aabang ng kaniyang tamang panahon.
Meron akong tinatagong lihim
Hindi alam kung paano sasabihin
Daanin ko na lang sa pabirong paraan
Ang pagpaparamdam ng nararamdaman
Hindi alam kung anung gagawin
Natatakot na baka hindi mapansin
Itatago ba o ipaparating
Isa puso ang bawat letra ng alpabeto
Tahakin ang landas ng isang manunulat
Wag titigil hangang hindi ka kuntento
Magsanay upang maging magaling na arkitekto
Wag mag da’dalawang isip gawin mo mismo
Lawakan ang ka-isipian gamitin ang natutunan
Maging mahusay na makata malupit sa literatura
Ilabas ang saloobin sa bawat tinta
Ipagyabang ang nilikha ng talino
Ipaglaban ang sining na nagawa mo
Mga sulat na hinulma ng karanasan
Pagyamanin ang sariling kaalaman
Igalang ang mga bihasa sa panitikan
I don’t want to be the best. I just want to be better than yesterday.
Everything have I surrendered unto thee
Wherefore, then, hath she left me all alone?
Yet once we laughed, when all was merry,
And by her smile my heart was made her own.
Whither thou goest, let me follow near;
Whence came the doubts that cloud thy mind?
Thou callest to the gods in solemn prayer,
Though truest love was offered thee to find.
To shew my devotion, bitterly I cried,
Yet by her hand a thousand times I died.
O fair Venus, return unto my embrace!
Honor my plea, and grant thy saving grace.
In frozen solitude my spirit lies,
Unseen sorrow masking weary eyes;
Yet rest assured, though worlds fall into night,
Our souls shall bind in eternal light.
I kissed her forehead in the middle of the night,
Under a veiled moon hidden from our sight.
Darkness enveloped the silent hilltop air,
While distant skyscraper lights flickered in a glare.
Before me, my beloved stared into my eyes
A gentle soul wrapped in a dress of white.
A simple man, once longing for love, I felt divine.
Then the cold winter wind brushed against our skin;
A quiet sacred presence stirred from within.
She took my hand and tried to whisper something near.
I brushed her hair aside, but could not hear.
I stepped closer, but her hands pushed me away,
Her tearful eyes speaking what words could not say.
As the truth settled in, my spirit broke in two:
She found peace in my silence, and turned from what we knew.
She walked into the night with no intent to stay,
Until the dark horizon swallowed her shadow away.
And quietly, without a sound, our tragic story closed.
