Thursday, August 6, 2026

Nagmamahal ng Totoo

Mahal kita sa paraang 'di mauunawaan ng iba

Dahil sino nga ba ang magmamahal ng lubos

Pagkatapos ay hahayaan lang ito lumayo?

Sino nga ba ang nakatagpo ng hiwaga

Pagkatapos ay itatago lang sa mga tula?

Ngunit sadyang 'di ko maikakailang mahal nga kita

Dahil sino nga ba ang magmamahal na walang hinihintay na tugon?

Basta't alam na masagana at maligaya ka sa'yong mundo

Sapat nang mag-umapaw ang pagmamahal kahit 'di ito mahawakan


Dahil ang taong nagmamahal nang totoo

Hindi nakabatay sa pag-angkin ang lalim at rubdob

Na tila ba kahit kaya kang angkinin ay mas piniling manatiling malayo

Dahil hindi makasarili ang pag-ibig na totoo

Ngunit aaminin ko, may dalang kabigatan din ito

Dahil mas malalim masaktan ang taong nagmamahal ng totoo

---hindi pangkaraniwan pero lubos at totoo.

Thursday, July 9, 2026

That's the Truth I Don't Like To Admit

There's this truth I don't like to admit

because admitting it wouldn't stop the story

because it will reveal how villain I can be


But since you have shared something truthful

allow me too to unfold the load I carry

for once, let me be the villain I am, not the damsel in distress


 Truth is, I don't want you to move on from me,

I want you to remember me when you look at the moon

I want to be the name you scream out on top of a mount

I want you to curse the night you let go of me

and cry a river for the things you haven't said in my face 

I hope you never heal no matter how many letters and poems you write in my memory


That's how villain I can be

wanting we'd have the same pain

for turning our back to a love so great


Darling, please accept my apology 

for being a villain you wouldn't thought I could be

and perhaps, I have gave you enough reason to despise me


That's the truth I don't like to admit 


And in spite of it all

I hope when you hear my name

it'll make your heart leap

as you try to stop yourself from smiling

because somewhere out there 

is the love you found so rare