Marcos Martial Law

Marcos Martial Law
mother simply stares at the picture
of my missing brother

Melcichon
December 22, 2009

2 Seconds a Day

i'm thinking of you-
a second before i sleep
until a second before i wake up.

Kon Ugsad

Kon ugsad ag owa ka
Nagaligum-dueom rang banwa
Kon eati ag sa ang euyo ka
Naga-ugsad, rang dughan nagapyesta

Maeara
April 1, 2009

Leading Question

kung ang paghimo kang mga binalaybay
pareho lang ka hapos sa pagpamasyar sa isa ka babayi,
adlaw-adlaw ako masulat.

pero paano kay kabudlay magpili kang sakto nga mga tinaga
para matapos ko ang tula nga d'ya
mas ano ayhan kabudlay nga mapasabat ko ikaw?

kay kang namangkot ko, wara kaw kasabat
siguro kabudlay gid kang pamangkot ko
kung aram kaw, sabta ko bi. =')

Ala-singko ti Aga, Gahulat nga Magbukas ang Dorm

kasanagon,
sangka adlaw antes matapos ang klase
nagsulat ako.

ginapaminsar ko kung
makit-anay pa ayhan kita kar-on
daad kung masugalaway man ta,
indi magbag-o ang imo yuhum

kadya, kaagahon dun
nagnago dun ang mga bituon
kina pa ko gahulat
pero anhaw buhay gid magsanag?

siguro kay kahapon naglikaw 'kaw
kang nasigalaw mo ako
mahambal lang man ko daad
kang mayad nga adlaw-
kay nakita ko ikaw...

haay
daad mabuslak dun ang adlaw.

Thinking of Summer

thinking of summer---
the mango is still
green

Maeara
March 18, 2009

Trangkaso (Stage 5)

kang ako naospital
adlaw-adlaw mo ako
ginadar-an kang imong
mga binalaybay
asta nga sila naging akon
mga bulong.

sa diin kaw dun kadya?
kay ang ginbilin mo
nga mga tinaga
kulang gale
para mapaayad

ang mas lala nga sakit
nga akon naagum
kang wala ka na nagbalik.

Malinong Ro Palibot

Huni eang it suksok rang mabatian
Makaraya man baea kalinong
Ring pini-ino kon owa ako
Sa euyo mo
Ag ugsad?

Ligum Dueom

ligum dueom--
ginsiad it kilat
ro agi't ugsad

Maeara
February 24, 2009

shotgun love

the gun looks at you
as I ask
“do you love me?”

the gun answered me
as you said “I’ll
never do.”

Operating Room

Operating Room--
suddenly
it turns midnight

Maeara
February 15, 2009

"guavity"

like Juan Tamad,
I look at her
as a guava
hoping she'd fall.

y ≠ mx + b

a poet creates lines
by weaving words
how can a mathematician
make one
by just two dots?

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)