poetry
Dream big
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been running.I have wanted to escape, but I had no idea where to. As the months passed by, I reconnected with my childhood fantasies; and slowly, slowly, I felt myself finally dream again. The dream started taking form; it was no longer wisps of half-formed yearnings and…
Keep readingDaybreak
daybreakwarm hugslow lightsshadowsstillness and quietlanguid and slow keep me herein your armswhere it’s safe tangled sheetssun half-risenno world to face 16th November 2025
Keep reading[Poem] From the Moon
• 🌿 • And when you hear my nameor recall the way I lookDoes it make you think of happy timesor only the pain it took When you look at her faceand she doesn’t smileDoes it make you missthe tears I criedWhen we’re sat on the couchand I whispered howNot even light yearscan measure the…
Keep reading[Poem] Tension
Everytime I call your name, Does this heart’s yearning reach you? At night I see just these four corners, I am a prison of a regretful past. My darling, it’s only you that remains. But your silence is giving me pain. I hear you, loud and clear. Though I wish I can cut my ear.…
Keep reading[Fiction] Civilized Apes | Part I
Genre: Fiction, Series Summary: Two strangers’ discussion about the current state of civilization She went inside the establishment, not at all flustered considering she has never been inside one before. She had no idea what kind of bar it was. She was too rattled. She just needed a drink. Today was supposed to be the…
Keep reading[Poem] Ulilang Pangarap
• 🌿 • Sa pagdaan ng oras, araw at taon,Ang dapat mawala’y hindi na naglaonAko’y sabik parin sa pagkakataon, Sa’yong mga titig na kay lambing noonNgunit ayoko nang masaktan na muli,Sa paghangad sa iyong naglahong yumiAno ba ang sanhi, ba’t ito binawi?Hanggang kailan itong puso magtitimpi? Isang gabing hindi na matapos-taposAno ang kahulugan ng bawat kilos?Alalahanin ang…
Keep readingPoem – In Time
• 🌿 • I can’t buy you a house, but I’ll give you a home. Against whatever odds, I’ll be your comfort zone. From morning ’til night, I am sure to nag. As sure as I will listen, each time you lag. I’ll push you to the edge until you’re flying. We’ll soar then converge…
Keep readingPoem – Still Thankful
• 🌿 • An hour past midnight, and my heart is thumping. Because I am anguished- For the times lost that I could never relive; for the happiness that was only a reprieve. Because I am anxious- For being mundane and powerless to know the “will’s”. If I can just glimpse on the “then’s” of…
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