Eati

eati--
ginkutoe ni Siony
ro sukoe nga gumamila

Maeara
January 24, 2009

new moon--
Siony cuts off
a gumamila bud

Translated by Maeara
February 15, 2009

"I Choose You"

"I have to flip a coin
a hundred times," she said.

"It's tiresome, just say
you've got a 48-52 result," said I.

"She might be flipping a coin now."
That night, I tried it too.
"This is my last shot."

If I get a head, she's mine.
If I get a tail-
I'll flip over and over again.

Fate

"i have to flip a coin
a hundred times," she said.

"it's tiresome, just say
you've got a 48-52 result," said I.

at night, i tried it.
"this is my last shot.
if i get a head, she's mine."

at the toss of a coin,
47-head
53-tail
i just sighed.

You, Me, and I

I and Me love You
Me loves you more than I
but You loves I more than Me

If I will be gone
Will You find Me?

You chose I
yet I has found another one
so You is brokenhearted

You, don’t be stupid!
I has been gone
but Me is here to stay
yes, Me can wait forever
yet Me can’t stay any longer

Me is still waiting for You
will You give Me a chance?
I has been a fool to let You go

finally, I has been back
but You is now with Me.

Virus

you’re lost inside my universe
if i tell you the right way out
will you ever come back?

because i need you
and i’m lost inside you’re heart

but please
don’t tell me the right way back

because if you do
outside,
there is only nothingness
without you, i’m lifeless.

Windstruck

how can I breathe?
for you’re my air

you have no ears, eyes, nor mind
but how do you know that
I need you?

you’re always there
but I can’t even hold your hand
you can’t speak
yet I can hear you whisper

you’re the wind
ephemeral, elusive
whom i was with
that one cool afternoon
as we’re alone together
in that lonely bench

you once passed by me
how can you ever chill my heart
with sadness?

yet if that’s the only way
for you and me
to be the two of us
as you pass by,
take with you my being
and leave me breathless.

Igto Sa Kanae

igto tanan
sa kanae ro tatlong
pueang rosas

Maeara
January 17, 2009

A Poet's Love

How do I love you?

I love you, not just as how the roses bloom without the aid of the day
or as profound as my lessons in advanced accounting
I love you, not just as how a desert lily longs for a single drop
or as how Sleeping Beauty waited for her prince beloved

I love you, far mysterious than any secret poem ever written
For I love you, deeper than the soul.

Yet, I cannot love you
I do not love you, I will not love you
except because of no because
except because I simply love you.

so simple that I see myself
when you look into my eyes
so simple that my chest moves
when you breathe
so simple that I dream
when you fall asleep.

Stay

I want to stay with you
I need to stay with you
but
You only want me to stay
You just want me to stay
away.

Gravity

(who said it is not responsible for people falling in love?)


ginsugo mo ko
nga sakaon ang mangga

"ihulog
kay saluon ko"

sang nabali ang sanga
kita na nga duwa.


(this was written on Jan 6, 2009, 3:15 a.m. just about 18 hours ago during my moments of agony when i can't sleep thinking of the girl who makes me refuse to refuse to write)