Two weeks of prolific energy

June 16 2004

An Ode to the Steadily Forgotten

It is a sad life you live
Your footsteps are shadowed by weakness
Your footprints marred by regret
Blood trails the path you tread
And whispers fill the air you breathe
You had a name no one remembers
An existence everybody forgets
A presence nobody feels
And your heartbeat is the only sound that fills your head
Pray tell me who you are, you who live the life of the steadily forgotten.

June 2004

Meanderings

Mistakes must be forgotten and victories remembered,
failures buried and triumphs glorified.
Look back at those titans we slew and how heavily
they fell to the earth.
They were once great, great as we are now.
And they fell as surely as we too shall fall by
the hands of those who aspire for the same greatness.
But it is our time now.
We are the predators and they the prey.
Take heed the call of glory and bring forth what is duly yours.

June 2004

To Age

You look almost like her but without a doubt definitely older.
The lines of your face are more refined. The curve of your back
stronger and more defined. The way you speak more mature. It is
obvious that you have been tempered by time and age has brought out
your bittersweet character.

June 15 2004

Sa Mga Lumipas na Sandali

Madalas akong wala sa sarili
Tahimik o di maka-imik
Naghahanap ng kung anumang bagay na di maaaring
angkinin at di lubusang maintindihan
Umuusisa sa kung anumang bagay na di kayang hawakan
at di man lang madampian
Ganon talaga ang buhay ika nga
Pawang walang katapusan habang tayo'y bata
ngunit paiksi nang paiksi sa ating pagtanda.

June 10 2004

Sa bukas

Sindalisay ng wikang kinagisnan
Sintamis ng pagibig ng inang hinahagkan
Ito ang yapos ng maliwanag na bukas na
aking dinaratnan
Malayo at makislap
Malapit ngunit mailap
Ito ang kapalaran nating lubos
na mapagpanggap

June 10 2004

Me

I have yet to uncover the ends of my hubris.
My passion it seems has no bounds.
My anger and loathing are apparently endless.
And my desire infinite.
My mind would be everywhere and anywhere were
it no for the fear, regret and shame that
bind it.
Shadows of the past unforgotten and unresolved,
distinct in their madness and strong
is their will.

June 10 2004

Di ko nais na maging ganito. Na umabot sa sukdulan
ang lahat. Na pumanaw ang ngiti sa labi mo.
Na gumising ang luha sa iyong mata. Ni minsan hindi
ko hiniling na mawala sa iyong piling.

June 10 2004

Aking mundo

Aking mundo, wag mo akong sakalin.
Di ako makahinga sa kapal ng usok,
di makakita sa dilim ng langit,
at di makagalaw sa kapal ng yurak
na bumabalot sa akin.
Aking mundo, bitiwan mo ako.
Matagal mo na rin akong hinahagkan
ngunit nais ko nang kumawala.
Hawakan mo na lang ang aking kamay,
yapusin mo ako sa isang huling
sandali at pakawalan.
Aking mundo, paalam.