The stars are shining.

The moment feels right.

Everything seems perfect,

But where are you tonight?

I stand here waiting,

With teardrops on my face.

In every soothing music,

I long for your embrace.

As I feel the evening breeze,

I smile and whisper your name.

I thought love will never cease,

But everything won’t be the same.

It is a night to remember,

As memories flashed in my mind-

One night I hoped will last forever

And two hearts that love first bind.

Yes, it is a night to remember,

As the stars lost their light.

With every tear, I whisper,

“It’s over, it’s definitely over tonight.”

the taste of

onions and tears is

a bad combination-

eating my heart

out

from cheap cellophane

and dirty hands

crumbled the past

into a jeepless street:

I missed the freedom to ride

the free ride to freedom.

It’s only the ordinary human day that’s ending.
Thoughts, the same ones, come more clearly.
The material for thoughts becomes visible,
like a readable space with alphabetic symbols on the wall.

I long for him, a caricature.
He bears certain symbols which are immediately understood
somewhere within my system.

The result: Restlessness at night.
Dreams with obvious interpretations.
Easier and easier as days go by.
I’ve got used to the normal.
Don’t have so much to hide from myself any longer.

mahal kita

parang mapuputing bulang

madaling naglalaho, numinipis

sa paglipas ng mga taon

puti man

ay itinatago ang maruming tubig

na paulit ulit na pinaglalabhan.

mahal kita

parang itong mga mumunting

bulang sumasabog ng palihim

hanggang sa naglalahong di namamalayan

tahimik na sumasabog

hanggang sa tuluyang mawala.

mahal na mahal kita

parang mga bulang

kinakakagalakan

ng mga mumunting bata

kinatutuwaang parang sorbetes.

mahal kita

para mang bula

mahal na mahal kita.