These past three days,
the hopeless in me
started to believe
in something worth believing
These past three days,
the weak heart in me
stated to throb
in ways I never thought it’ll be
These past three days,
the oppressed feeling in me
started to be empowered
in means i never saw coming
But all things that started quickly
will eventually end up abruptly
I am just glad, at least I tried
These past three days
Nasa iyo ang talino.
Mahilig bumangga kahit kanino,
babanat ng punto por punto.
Naghahanap ka ba ng away, o ano?
Nasa iyo ang tapang.
Di iiwas sa anumang anghang
na ibabato ng taong mangmang
na sa iyo ay pilit hahadlang.
Nasa iyo ang pusong may ipinaglalaban.
Hahamakin ang lahat para sa kagustuhan.
Bilang ng kaibigan man ay tuluyang malagasan,
sapagkat ikaw ay hindi magiging sunod-sunuran.
Loving Leo
is like reading Romeo and Juliet
You already know what will happen
Yet you still flip the pages
Loving Leo
is like riding a Merry Go Round
It makes your head spinning wildly
Yet it remains as your favorite ride
Loving Leo
is like eating cheesy fries
Your fingertips will surely turn yellow
Yet you still savor every bit of it
Loving Leo
is like crossing the highway
You feel like the cars are too fast
Yet there is a need to cross the road
Loving Leo
is like cramming for an exam
It is a bad habit
Yet you still do it from time to time
(Because, you see)
Loving Leo
is worth taking all the risks
He’s a goal that seems farfetched
Yet you know that it is still attainable
Loving Leo
is tragic and euphoric at the same time
It gives you a certain brand of melancholy
A sickness and a cure bottled in one
Loving Leo
is hard and complex
It is like being trapped in a maze
But you are confident in such games
Loving Leo
is losing yourself
along the process
and finding it fixed
Loving Leo
has all the uncertainties
but it is something
that is all worth it
Time stopped
when he finally met
the one who
made his heart melt
Time stopped
when he got
that name
he’d been dying to know
Time stopped
when she finally said hello
after gathering up all his courage
to call her on the phone
Time stopped
when she opened the door
of that fancy restaurant
he spent his savings for
Time stopped
when she laughed
from those jokes
that he copied from romcom films
Time stopped
when she agreed
to walk with him to her frontyard
where her father awaits
Time stopped
when he held her hand
and he looked at her in the eye
he had been waiting for this
Then a familiar sound was heard
A sound that left him shaken
It was his alarm clock set at 6 AM
Then, the time stopped
It was past 5 pm,
time to go home
from a long day at work
away from a stressful day
Said goodbye to workmates
and saw you saying goodbyes too
then suddenly you approached me
no goodbye but a hello
Then as I went out the gate
You followed and asked
something that was never asked
and that is if you could walk with me
Our walk was filled with talks,
with questions from you,
I was supposed to ask questions too
but my heart was disarming my mind
Then we reached the two way road,
You asked my name and I answered
I am sorry I forgot to get yours
for in that moment, you already got me
the loveless poetess 