Someone

Won't someone stay with me?
Someone who waits and cares
Someone who listens
Someone who understands

Syncopated
Either ahead or belated
Never was I
In the rhythm of this world

Won't someone stay for me?
Someone who can keep up
Someone who can wait
Someone who is willing
For willingness is worth more than ability

They look at me with contempt
With their burnt eyebrows
And swollen eye bags
They avoid my gaze

They say I'm good,
Too good, in fact.
With their mouths they praise
But behind their smiles,
I feel their hate

They who come
Always ask
Always wanting
Never waiting

Won't someone stay with me?
Won't someone stay for me?

No Regrets

Living a life without regrets
Being able to do what you want
Is that all there is to it?

Doing what you want
Never missing a chance
Never missing an opportunity
Living without regretting
Being happy
Is that all there is to it?

Achieving your dreams
Of getting rich
Of a grand mansion
Of a beautiful wife
Of a happy family
Of an easy job
Of good health
Of true friends
Being happy
Is that all there is to it?

Is that all there is to it?

Feelings

Feelings come and go
Like raindrop shadows
Flashed by lightning,
Like thunder roaring
Only for a second
then comes silence...
... ... ...

Holding on to it
Is like grasping the wind,
Trying to subdue it
Is like taming the storm clouds.
Trusting it
Is like sailing on a stormy night:
Never knowing where the wind is blowing,
Never sure where it's going,
Never certain, always doubting
If tomorrow the sun is shining

Feelings come
Feelings go

Thousand Twinkles

Twinkling light, shining bright
The size of a dot, giving sight
To but a speck in the sky

Come closer,
Behold and see
The beauty and majesty
Of a twinkle in a thousand
Blinding, scorching
The sheer size awestrucking

There are thousand twinkles
Like this light
Each different, each unique
But all the same
To the naked eye

Thousand twinkles not enough
To light the darkness of the night
Thousand twinkles not enough
To clear the sun of its light
Thousand twinkles not enough
To outshine a single streetlight
Thousand twinkles not enough
Thousands more still not enough

Twinkling light, shining bright
Not enough until we climb
Higher, closer
To the darkness of the night
Only then can we see fully
The majesty and beauty
Of a twinkle in a thousand

Biti-

Coke na walang
Bula. Ligong walang
Sabon. Tanghaliang
Walang kanin. Apoy
Na malamig. Kotseng
Walang gas. Joke
Na walang banat.
Bagoong na
walang alat.

Biti-