even poets do laundry

Even poets do the laundry
Wash the dishes in the kitchen sink
Even poets are enslaved
to the schematic daily routine
Even poets do the laundry
But meanwhile they dream
Of someone else's pain
and of their own suffering.
Even poets do the laundry
From their own colorful thoughts
Picking words from the scattered pile
and assembling sentences line by line.

bagong buhay

nasilaw sa iyong anino
di nararapat na ika'y masilayan

at sa pagdapo ng iyong mga labi
sa aking makinis na balikat
at ang kanyang pansamantalang pagtigil roon

buntong hininga
sabay pikit -

dinala ako roon
sa lugar na pinakatagu-tago sa lahat

buong buhay kitang hinihintay
inaasam na mawari't makilatis
ibiging himayi't pupulutin ang mga butil
ng iyong sibulan ng pag-ibig

lisanin natin ang buhay ngayon
humarap sa buong pagsikat ng araw
mainit at masarap ang silat-kamay ng Diyos
tayo'y pinapatawa Niyang pilit pinasasaya.

ako'y iyong tuklasin
sa pamamagitan lamang ng isang malalim na tingin
at kahit sabaw na ang ating mga utak
pagsinta'y walang kakupas-kupas,
mahal q.

jeff buckley

Looking out the door
I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations
As their shoes fill up with water


Maybe I'm too young
To keep good love from going wrong
But tonight, you're on my mind so
You never know


Broken down and hungry for your love
With no way to feed it
Where are you tonight?
Child, you know how much I need it.
Too young to hold on
And too old to just break free and run


Sometimes a man gets carried away,
When he feels like he should be having his fun
Much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that, really,
He has no-one...


So I'll wait for you... And I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return?
Oh, will I ever learn?
Oh, Lover, you should've come over
Cause it's not too late.


Lonely is the room the bed is made
The open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one
Who dreams he had you with him
My body turns and yearns for a sleep
That won't ever come
It's never over,
My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over,
all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her...
It's never over,
All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter...
It's never over,
She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever...


But maybe I'm just too young to keep good love
From going wrong
Oh... lover you should've come over...


Yes, and I feel too young to hold on
I'm much too old to break free and run
Too deaf, dumb, and blind
To see the damage I've done
Sweet lover, you should've come over
Oh, love, well I'll wait for you
Lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late.

Kung Ibig Mo Akong Makilala

Kung ibig mo akong makilala,
Lampasan mo ang guhit ng mahugis na balat,
Ang titig kong dagat—

Yumayapos nang mahigpit sa bawat saglit
Ng kahapon ko't bukas.

 Kung ibig mo akong makilala
Sunduin mo ako sa himlayang dilim
At sa madlang pagsukol ng inunang hilahil,
Ibangon ako at saka palayain.

Isang pag-ibig na lipos ng lingap,
Tahanang malaya sa pangamba at sumbat
May suhay ng tuwa't ang kaluwalhatia'y

Walang takda—
Ialay mo lahat ito sa akin

Kung mahal mo ako't ibig kilalanin.
Kung ibig mo akong kilalanin,
Sisirin mo ako hanggang buto,
Liparin mo ako hanggang utak,
Umilanlang ka hanggang kaluluwa—
Hubad ako roon: mula ulo hanggang paa.

-RES Mabanglo

romans 6: 12-18

nibble

just waiting for a bite
cast off into the ocean
a piece of my heart

you give me back your ear
to nibble nibble on

you feast on my mind like it's life's last banquet

deep into the depths of the ocean i go
never to be found again

our own paradise
in still slow motion.

the keys to my heart :)

When I fall in love
It will be forever
Or I'll never fall
In love

In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart
It will be completely
Or I'll never give
My heart

And the moment
I can feel that
You feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you