Tanaga para kay Ate

i remember

i remember your charm
i remember your hello
i remember the way
you turned my knees jello.

i remember your madness
i remember your misery
i remember too well
when you said sorry.

i remember your anguish
i remember your pain
i remember the stories
you tell again and again.

i remember every line
on your brave smiling face,
and the way you take my hand
when i feel out of place.

i remember the warmth
of the laugh in your eyes,
your tender sweet smile
that wears no disguise.

i remember your honesty
about your fears and insecurities,
the way you accept my faults
and see the tiniest of my capabilities.

i remember how you call me differently
with a tinge of effortless melody,
how you are always ready to help
even when i failed you so desperately.

i remember you and i forget
those things i used to regret;
i remember you and i come to feel
happiness and love are real.

bigla

naalala kita.
sa tagal ng panahong
hindi kita nakakausap
naalala kita bigla.

marahil dahil sa
pagsilip sa panaginip
na kaytagal naparalisa,
kapagdaka’y naroon ka.

minsang iniwasan;
hindi man natagpuan;
sinubukan wari’y maghintay
ngunit muli’y nagpaalam.

nabigla marahil.
takot ang inasahan.
tiyak makakalimutan din.
iidlip hanggang mahimbing.

we don’t belong

when i met you my days began to shine
moments with you and
thoughts of you filled my mind
but love is cruel i realized in time
breaking in tears for you will never be mine

living a life, sharing a life with you
all is wrong when i’m with you
i know
coz we don’t belong

the words you said can never erase the pain
it will remain and i’ll be alone all the same
oh love is cruel i realized in time
breaking in tears for you will never be mine

living a life, sharing a life with you
all is wrong when i’m with you
i know
coz we don’t belong

coz we don’t belong
your world is different
that no matter how i try
i just couldn’t fit it
i feel like an alien
your world is not mine
so i have to accept
now i know all is wrong
when im with you
coz we don’t belong

pagsuyo

sasamahan ka, pasasayahin,
hanggang mapanatili, mapatiwasay,
tuluyang makapagpahinga, madalisay.

aarugain ka, yayakapin,
pakikinggan, bawat mong hinaing,
tutulungan ka, kakalingain.

ipagtatanggol ka, susuyuin,
luha’y papawiin, aaliwin,
papayapain ka, pakamamahalin.

manhid

ang init ng ulo mo
di ka kamo nireply-an
ilang oras na naghintay
ang text mo lang nama’y
“gising ka na ba?”

naglasing ka na naman
di kamo siya nagparamdam
ilang araw na naghintay
gusto mo kamong alamin
“tayo pa ba?”

nag-iiyak ka na naman
wala ka pa ring alam
hindi ka lang masabihan
busy basta ikaw
walang pakialam.

pakiusap, masanay ka
sabihan ang sariling
huwag naman, huwag na lang
ang umasa sa wala
walang pupuntahan.

i will

i will be
as you want me to be

happy and free.

 

i will love
the same as i have loved

faithful and true.

 

i will make
each minute count

not a second wasted.

 

these were your wishes for me
these i shall do
so you will know
even as we part

i will never break your heart.