New Love

It isn't new
this feeling I feel
everytime my mind
wanders to you.
Eventhough
I know for sure that
this is the first time
I felt it in this lifetime.
All those times spent
on the brink of falling
into those mornights.
Maybe it's true 
that I have met you 
in another lifetime,
that's why it feels like
something as old as time.
It may sound like a cliché,
I know,
but there's a reason
why it's a cliché at all.
Because it is true.
Because it is real.
Because it is you.

On Poets and Muses

I write about You
not knowing if You'd even know
that it is about You

I write to You
not knowing if You'd even
get the chance to read it
and know that it is for You

All I know is that when I write 
about love 
about hope
about pain
about tomorrow
They all mean You

Maybe that is the curse
of the poet and their muse,
like an astronomer to his stars,
maybe we were only meant
to admire You
from a distance

Kung Okay Lang Sa'yo

maaari ngang tunay na ika'y habangbuhay

na mamamalagi sa aking puso't isipan
isang alaalang di na malilimutan
alaalang baon upang harapin ang kinabukasan

sa bawat kirot na dala
ng mga  alaalang umaahon
mula sa karagatan ng aking kaisipan
ito'y taos puso kong hahagkan
maibalik lamang kahit isang saglit
ang ligayang dala ng ating nakaraan

Favorite T-Shirt

you asked me where it is
my heart that i always
wore on my sleeve

i told you i lost it
blaming  the wind 
that blew it away
you said you'd help me find it
never knowing the truth that

you already have it

because i secretly pinned it
at the back of your shirt

Coney Island

I would have settled 
with just being 
constantly happy with you.
I never would have 
expected for more,
demanded for more.
Maybe if only I had known
that when we reached 
the tipping point,
it would only mean that
everything will just be going
downhill from there.

and I'm sitting on a bench in Coney Island wondering where did my baby go?

Skidamarink

Maybe you really were just 

a figment of my imagination
Maybe my crazy thoughts 

brought you to life
Maybe it was all meant to happen 

the way they did
Maybe we were meant to be then

only we're not meant to be endless
Maybe you're just a heartbreak 

waiting to happen

More Than You'll Ever Know

I guess I should've told you

the truth when we still had time

now all I have are pieces

of memories that we both shared

in that space in time

I guess I should've told you

how you made my heart

skip to the beat of the drums

and yet managed to calm it too

with your soothing words of comfort

Before

a love song is just a song

nothing more

nothing less

But now each love song

that I hear on the radio

is like a time machine

that always brings me back to you

I love you more than you'll ever know

I love more than you'll ever see

More than my heart could ever show

I love you more than you'll ever know

Falling In Love

you
are an exciting adventure 
you
are a calming balm to my soul

the way 
you
make me feel
frightens me down to the core
the way 
you
make me feel
makes me feel brave

to fall 

into the unknown
into the crashing waves
with you
as long as
you
are with me

Phantom Limb

it's been a while
and i thought 

that the open wound
you left behind 

was already healed
every day is 

just another day
until i feel again 

the ache from that void 

in my heart
that you used to fill

Still Falling For You

i thought it was over

when the ground broke my fall

and i hurt all over;

all i can do was crawl

it took me awhile 

to regain my footing

yet after some time

i felt the ground crumbling

and through the crack

that swallowed me whole

suddenly i'm back 

to where it all began

Look at the Stars

the night was quiet
when out of the blue
your song played
and it reminded me of you

of the last time we met
around almost a year ago

where my shirt was
drenched with your tears

it's been almost a year
when i unexpectedly,

and regrettably,
left you without a goodbye

i just hope that - 
as what the song says -
i hope you know 

i love you so...

Somewhere Only We Know

It's two am
and I've lost count
how may times 
I imagined
the time when 
our souls will meet

It's two am
and I've lost sleep
from tossing and turning
wondering if 
my soul will recognize yours
when our eyes finally meet

Lost in Translation

I lost all the words
I once knew
and what they meant
when I began searching
for ME.

Then,
I found YOU
and I learned
a whole new
language

Make You Feel My Love

when the pain makes you
want to close your eyes
and forever be numb,
rest your bones my dear
and just reach out your hand,
and i promise
even through the dark
you will always find mine

Dare You to Move

another night closes in 

wrapped in blankets

and its make-believe warmth

i stared out my window

and saw the clear sky

i watched the stars

and felt a twinge in my heart

thinking how we might be 

looking at these same stars

foolishly thinking

that if only 

i was brave enough

i would have been 

wrapped in your arms instead

If You Believe

You said
I am as pretty,
as bright and sunny, 
as a sunflower in bloom

You said
the only difference 
between me and the sunflower
is that I don't need the sun to bloom 

Because

you believed

that I am my own sun
and I can make my own light

Then, 

I said,
yes I am, and yes I can
still, you make me shine brighter

If you believe that dreams come true

There's one that's waiting here for you

'Cause I believed when I saw you

That when you want something enough

Then it can't escape your love

There is nothin' in the world that cannot be

If you believe

Stickwitu

hopping on parallels

shifting timelines

crashed into you

never meant to stay

could never stay

yet

when i ran away

pieces of you

still got stuck

under my skin

Lost at Sea

as another year closes

another one begins

life truly is 

a cycle of 

endings and beginnings,

ups and downs

like the unpredictable

ebb and flow of the sea

but it's the in between

that matters the most

because it is where

i found myself

and it is also where

i found you

Sky Full of Stars

you are a good one
a memory to look back to
when days seem darker, somber

you are a good one

like pinpricks of light

scattered across the dark sky

even if each second that passes by
from that moment we said goodbye
drags me deeper into the abyss

in the hopes that maybe
when i hit the bottom of the pit
all that's left  for me to do
is to go up again

Cardigan

I turned the sound up

letting the music float

finding its way towards me

as I lay on my bed

staring at the ceiling

picturing the shape of your face

imagining the crinkles on your eyes

no other line on any song

could be more truer than -

"I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs"

But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss

I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs

The smell of smoke would hang around this long

'Cause I knew everything when I was young

I knew I'd curse you for the longest time

Chasin' shadows in the grocery line

I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired

And you'd be standin' in my front porch light

And I knew you'd come back to me