Friday, October 29, 2021

Brave Enough

Have I told you that eyes are like doors

even when they are opened wide

there is no welcome banner 

to greet you?


There were eyes that kept their stare, breathless-

I gave my loudest cry but there is no one there

whatever it is left  while you stand outside

waiting, waiting. They are gone.


How about the thousand eyes all around 

but none made their way to you

to see tears streaming in yours

made you run away to catch your breath?


Now, look at these eyes, and remember

the lines building around them

they will guide you into me

if you are brave enough to enter into them.


Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Sa May Simpleng Isip

Madali lang daw dayain at iligaw
ang may simpleng isip. Madaling
gambalain at agawin ang pansin.

Iyan daw ang totoo ani Maslow,
basic need o instincts muna
tulad ng simula hawak niya

ang serbesang napakalamig,
bumubula-bula pa.

Inakala mo, ang isip niya ay nasa lasa
ng gintong likido na dumadaloy
ang lamig sa lalamunan.

Pero nagkamali ka. Minsan
ang ilaw ay bumukas at tinutok
sa katawang hinuhubog ng liwanag

kaunting kembot lang
kinalimutan na ang katotohanan

ng masarap na serbesa,
ginambala na, niligaw na ang mata
at hinayaang mawala ang lamig at bula.

Huwag kang magtaka sa eleksiyong darating,
iiwan niya ang katotohanang hawak sa buhay
tulad ng serbesang isinantabi kapalit

ng pakembot-kembot at ilaw
sa entablado ng kampanya.