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They said it was only just a second

so it wouldn't matter much,

but this extra second

if spent with you 

would mean so much more to me.

An extra second

to watch you stare back at me

with love in your eyes.

An extra second

to have your arms

wrap tight around my body.

An extra second

to feel the warmth of your lips

pressing softly against mine.

An extra second with you

is worth more than a lifetime

on a world without you in it.

***Just in case you didn't know, we're having an extra second for for this day before the clock strikes midnight. It's like June is holding out a little bit longer before July reaches in. I don't know why, but I find it interesting to think that we get to have an extra second to make this day end a little more worthwhile. I wonder what you would spend that extra second on? ;)

Once

***I don't know why, but I'm starting to get a different feeling about this film. It's been on my "to-watch-list" for a very long time, but it wasn't until now that I've decided to finally watch it. I seriously can't even remember the plot of the story, but after a few minutes on the fim, I started to feel miserable. So I'll post it here just for the heck of it, and somebody please be miserable with me. 

By the way, it was this wedding video that accidentally reminded me of this film because they used the song from the movie as the opening track. Being the "hipster" that I am, I was trying my best not to click on the play button to the video that everyone was sharing but somehow, my curiosity got the better of me. And it's one of those moments that I'm glad I did. To see Paul's reaction when Toni walked down the aisle towards him is already enough reason for me to defy my hipster twin self. ;) 

Sweet Escape

Run away with me under 

the shadow of the night sky.

Let our feet pave their own path

on the side of the road.

Let them do the choosing.

I wouldn't mind the pain

if I had to do it with my feet bare,

if it would only mean that

I could do it while my 

bare hands are holding on to yours.

on our way home from a night run at UP. the sunflowers are a bit of an irony here because the rainy season is beginning yet they still bloom. although they only have to survive for a couple of days, just in time for the commencement exercises. :)

*****

We run away, a sweet escape

Nothing can hold us down 

Just like a wave that never breaks

Nothing can stop us now

And if you fall, I'll pick you up

I'll follow you 'til the end of time

We run away, a sweet escape

Nothing can stop us now

Angel

The heavens are weeping

over her worn out frame.

When she felt the rain 

pattering over her bruised skin and

felt the sting on her wounds,

she wanted to weep herself.

But not because of what she's been through;

but because she knew that the worst is finally over,

and that she made right through it.

She patiently waited for 

the moon to once again peek

through the weeping clouds;

to shine its light over her path

so that she could find her way home. 

She wouldn't mind the scars and bruises.

She'd wear them proudly like her own pair of wings.

***Hi there. I'm really, really sorry for my prolonged absence. It's just that it's been a busy week and since school has just begun, alot of kids and their parents were already clamoring for attention and so at the end of the day, it always leaves me too exhausted to open my laptop and write. I do really hope you'd forgive me. Hopefully, the adustment phase will soon be over and I can get back to my regular programming. Till then, please keep faith. :)

Where the Sky Hangs

We live in the same planet.

We are lighted by the same sun.

We are surrounded by the same skies.

But why does it feel like 

you seem farther than the stars,

for my eyes can watch them twinkle

yet a glimpse of you, I have none?

I get caught up in your heartstrings

Way up, where another sky hangs

I'll take all that I can get

Just don't make me go, go

Speak

I'm too wrung out and dry

to speak out what I feel.

Would you mind just sitting 

here with me under the gloomy skies?

To just hold my hand 

as the rain comes pouring down,

as I try to imagine that

it too shall wash away 

not just the grime on 

my hands and feet,

but also the aches

in my body and soul as well.

Tenerife Sea

Beneath the shadow of this gnarled tree

was where I found peace.

I never needed to be part of 

the dancing and laughing,

for watching has always been enough.

What's hard for me to resist though

was the beckoning call of the

blue sea and its crashing waves. 

As if it's trying to pull

all the sand from the shore into its depths,

until it reaches my hesitant feet

that has been too scared to test its waters.

*** This is not the Tenerife Sea though, this is our localized version, the Batangas Beach. ;) 

*****

Should this be the last thing I see

I want you to know it's enough for me

'Cause all that you are is all that I'll ever need...

Lumiere, darling

Lumiere over me...

Surround You

I was once afraid to wander off

to the middle of the deep ocean.

Too scared to be lured towards

the horizon by the setting sun.

I was afraid that the sea might swallow 

me and my bobbing raft whole.

But it wasn't until when you wheedled

me into letting my anchors aweigh

that I truly understood what it means 

to fully surrender yourself to someone.

It is indeed frightening for me

to wander off to your depths,

but it's also in the sea of you

that I found myself afloat.

*** I found myself enjoying it way too much to get behind a borrowed lens
and just clicking away to my heart's content. :P

*****


I want my love to surround you
And I'll just sing it out...

Bloomsday

A quarter of a century,
and her feet have been busy
taking her to places
she wanted to be,
to places she didn't think
she should have been.
The journey might not have been easy,
and when it seemed too tiring to move forward,
she just takes a step back,
to take a deep breath,
to see the world from another point of view.
For in the end, she believed
that it'll all still be the same.
That she'll end up to the place,
right where she was supposed to be.

when wonder awaits. ;)
(Laiya, Batangas)

*** Hello Bloomsday. Hello "Before Sunrise" Day. Hello to the first day of the 25th year of my existence. God, I creak already. Or am I just imagining it? O_o

Driftwood

The sea was my home.

Yet the tides brought me to the shore

and buried me underneath the sands of time.

I patiently waited 

for the tides to pull me in again,

to taste the saltwater once more.

You were like an archaeologist.

You took out your brush

and carefully dusted me off,

revealing my long hidden limbs

to the sunlight.

I thought the sea was my only home.

I never would have thought

that I could find another one in you.

*** Since I just came back from a holiday at the beach, I'd probably take a break from using songs as "inspirations" for my future posts. I might use  some of the pictures I took then instead (like the one above). Or I might not. Either way, I promise to do my best to organize my thoughts and be able to let it all out because truth be told, I'd probably get bonkers if I don't. 

Moonlight Serenade

Out of sight and out of mind
is what I always try to believe in,
whenever daylight streaks in
through my skylight.
But when the cold of the night
and the moonlight creeps in,
thoughts of you comes along with it,
and I can't help but wish then
that it should have been you 
that came with it instead.

So don't let me wait, come to me tenderly in the June night
I stand at your gate and I sing you a song in the moonlight
A love song, my darling, a moonlight serenade

 

Must Love Dogs

"There is this really smart scientist guy,

he thought that people could learn alot from dogs.

He said that when someone you love walks through the door, 

even if it happens five times a day, 

you should go totally insane with joy."

*** Hi there. I was supposed to be writing for my post today, but I eneded up watching this video instead. So now I'm all bug eyes with a pounding headache and my knee is still bothering me after getting injured from my run, So yeah, basically I'm an emotional wreck. For now, please cry your heart out on this video just so I won't be the only one. Truthfully though, this video struck a chord because I too lost one of my dogs and it'll be his anniversary on the 13th. Yip, I lost him on a Friday the 13th and it's a full moon, and just a couple of days shy of my birthday. I swear, I can still hear him howling sometimes, just imagining that he's calling me to talk to him. I miss you Tomas. Hope you're happy wherever you are. Keep them awake with your howling. :')

Hand In My Pocket

Arms stretched way up high,
reaching for the stars in the sky 
and still she never touched them.
She wasn't disappointed though 
when her hands closed in on empty air.
For the warm breeze
or even the raindrops brushing
against her outsretched arms
from time to time
were already enough to make
reaching out worth the while.

And what it all come's down to

Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine

'Cause I got one hand in my pocket

and the other one is giving a high five

Run

Summer is waving goodbye
for the rain clouds are closing in.
The sound of my running feet
were drowned out by the heavy down pour
and yet they kept on taking their turns
even if my lungs were already on fire,
begging for even just a single breath.
My feet won't stop moving
as they try to outrun the rain clouds,
hopelessly wishing that maybe,
just maybe,
they could chase the summer
that's taking it's turn far down the bend.

I'll sing it one last time for you

Then we really have to go

You've been the only thing that's right

In all I've done

*** So I just came in from my weekly run and god don't it just feel good. Fortunately, my supposed company suddenly needed to run an errand and therefore, I had my long coveted alone time instead. With all the hustle and bustle of the previous weeks, this is the first time that I finally had a moment for myself. You don't how many things you could actually think about while running around an endless loop, as you figuratively lay out all of your plans on the road while you try to figure out how to handle them before rolling them up once more and stick them inside your bag.

The Closer I Get To You

I'm a mess of jumbled letters.

It never bothered me before

that how they were arranged

didn't really mean anything.

Until you picked up the first tile

and the next one

and the one after that

and mixed in some of yours

and just gave us

a whole new meaning.

The closer I get to you

The more you make me see

By giving me all you've got

Your love has captured me

*** After coming back from a weekend trip out of town for a wedding, I somehow found myself going back to this video of one of my favorite songs and wedding singer. If only the people I know who are getting married would just get him as their wedding singer, I'd probably be more eager to attend weddings. :P

Ulay, Oh

A minute was all it took,
for a heart to skid and crash
against a lifetime
worth of memories.
A look was all it took,
for the present to turn into past,
and all of the what could have beens
of the future turn into regrets.
A touch was all it took,
for him to know that 
she never forgot his name,
for her to feel once more
the remnants of the love
they shared once, long ago.

*** The only thing that I regret the most upon watching this video was that I viewed it in a public place. One of the greatest mistakes of my life and I blame it all to my big sister. Why did you do this to me? But on a serious note though, this video really did make my heart skid and crash. Seeing things like this sometimes makes me really want to believe that yes, love can still remain even long after the separation. That somehow they were only forced to let go just because of the circumstances. That somehow, someday, fate and destiny would intervene and let their paths cross again. That it would bring them to that place where they really were supposed to be.

Rewind Repeat It

I don't need to search for reasons

to live,

to enjoy life,

to survive;

but know this - 

you are the reason

that makes it all

worthwhile

to press rewind

and just repeat the experience

all over again.

click this link to bring you directly to the song. ;)

Is this what you needed?

Cause I'll find the faith in anything

Don't fight the feeling

Rewind repeat it

If My Heart Was A House

An anxious heart searching for comfort

within these sacred stone walls.

Worn out knees found rest

on creaking pews.

Elbows leaning, 

fingers pressing against one another,

creating a tent of hollowed space

as she prays for a miracle.

For his hands to slide between hers,

and finally displace 

the cold air in between

and fill it with his warmth.

Chills run down my spine as our fingers entwine

and your sighs harmonize with mine....

Circle me and the needle moves gracefully

Back and forth, if my heart was a compass you'd be North

Risk it all cause I'll catch you if you fall

Wherever you go, if my heart was a house you'd be home

Brighter Than Sunshine

We lay on the grass

as the moon sets

and the sun rises.

I slowly tilt my head

just to look at you,

to watch the light

play with your hair 

and the skin on your face

while your twined hands

rise and fall with your breathing.

This sight of you

never fails to make my heart

miss a beat and 

makes it hard for me to resist

to rise and lean closer to you,

to watch your eyes open slowly

and the wrinkles on the sides get deeper

as you smilingly whisper against

my lips,

"Good morning, love"

Love will remain a mystery,

But give me your hand, and you will see.

Your heart is keeping time with me.

What a feeling in my soul -

Love burns brighter than sunshine.

It's brighter than sunshine.

Let the rain fall, I don't care.

I'm yours, and suddenly you're mine.

Suddenly, you're mine.

And it's brighter than sunshine...

***Hello everyone. You probably hate me right now for suddenly dropping out of the grid for quite sometime. My mind's been out of sorts lately and I've been busy with the real world. Hopefully, things will ease out a bit and I'll be back to my usual crazed self, but for now, it's time for me to set sails for dreamland. See you on the 'morrow. ;)