Believe what you want to
Live how you desire
Think with knowledge
But speak like a liar
Be angry at mistakes
Because its not your own
Rely on others
But pretend you're alone
This is your world
Your one-sided existence
Where you are innocent
And deserve no penance
Thinking you're perfect
And everyone is wrong
Keeping others weak
So you appear to be strong
That's your decision
Nobody can judge
That's how you live life
And I know you won't budge
Remember me
As the fool you hurt
Look at me
With shame and pain
The atrocities you did
I can hardly count
The lies you spread
I can hardly forgive
Hey my young brother
Hey my long time friend
The one I fought for
And protected with blood
What you did
Still pains me til now
You cut me deeply
And kept opening the wound
Yet here I am
Still feeling the loss
When I was innocent
And still ruined by your acts
Away ng away
Tampo ng tampo
Wala bang takas
Sa ganitong klaseng gulo?
Mga araw, linggo
At mahahabang buwan
Na parating nagiisip
Kung kailan at saan
Bati na kasi tayo
Kung pwede lang sana
Para naman walang iniisip
Pagsilip nng umaga
Paumanhin lang kailangan
Upang muling ngumiti
Balik sa kasiyahan
Na nasira ng saglit
Peace na ba mister?
Peace na ba misis?
Tapos na ba sa wakas
Ang walang humpay na tsismis?
It was a maelstrom
Of beauty and joy
I sat there meelky
Controlling every thought
Choosing my every word
Watching my every move
Faithfully determined
Not to make a mistake
I felt unworthy
Mostly insecure
Ugly in comparison
To her radiance
Unconfident and uncertain
Yet willing to take the risk
I spoke with shyness
But my words held strength
I shared my opinion
And was amazed by hers
I found an equal
Probably my better
We talked for an age
An found refuge in each other
This wonderful person
I'm glad I encountered
The sun was up
For the first time in days
This day was perfectly bright
The air was soothing and cool
Children were running
Enjoying their summer
Their carefree laughter
Clearly filling the streets
Teens all over the malls
Enjoying endless chatter
Adults taking relaxing walks
Happy with the pleasant day
Tourists taking pictures
Friends having coffee
Families getting together
Individuals having fun
Smiles all around
In this first beautiful day
Special for one and all
Because of the vibrance it brings
Yet it's just another day for me
Empty and ordinary, rain or shine
Just another meaningless day
Without you to share it with
Up and down
All over town
Seeing the sights
Hearing the sounds
My feet and legs
Begin to tire
My muscles ache
I feel on fire
I walk up these stairs
And grabbed a chair
Sat by the window
And took in the air
The green table cloth
Riddled with holes
Reeled back memories
From the days of old
A cup of java
Two sugars no cream
In each short sip
Same time I dream
Smiling at its simple charm
Relaxed and calm
Reminiscent of days
When I hardly gave a damn
Our cries
are the first
Our needs
Are Priority
We are the children
From the womb of warmth
A living testament
To the love of Our mothers
Never act wrong
For she cannot bear it
In her eyes
We are perpetual angel
Our mothers are
And forever will be
The only gift
We will truly need
We do no wrong
Though we may never be
Always right
In their hearts
Say it now
And show it tenfold
"I love you Mom!"
Beyond these lacking words
Rarely a day
Of true productivity
Seldom a week
Of true accomplishment
A sleeping fool
A backseat passenger
To a life
I once held tightly
Knowingly discontent
With how things are
Also a malcontent
Of how things were
No crossroads
No forking paths
No options
To choose from
Just a long straight road
A narrow path
That passed all choices
Years and years ago
Only one thing left
No other alternative
Hoping to get back on track
Via the last and only choice open
So many questions
No time, no answers
Barely conscious then
Now awake but way too late
A chainsaw violently roars
A tree helplessly falls
With all discussions
Extending for years
While nature suffers
We argue and debate
Actions come
When it is too late
Prevention is forgone
In place of words
Laws are passed
Enforcement is lax
When one side wins
And the other loses ground
The worse has already happened
New problems will be found
All that was done
Was sit and talk
The costant blame game
Is played yet again
While our denuded forests
And fauna continually suffer
Our poor choices
In how and who to pick
Our flawed criteria
Superficial and unfair
Leads us to mistakes
And bad judgment calls
That leave us in ruin
Asking the wrong questions
Blaming fate
Wallowing in pity
Not seeing our faults
Only those of others
One-sided, biased
Subjectively mistaken
Tears that could be avoided
Through correct mentality
Blaming the she-monster
That we preferred
Compared to a female spider
Who eats it's mate
Overlooking the idiocy
That we alone nurtured
Passing the blame
That we should rightly suffer
Suffer the living
In this world of eyes and ears
Suffer from opening mouths
Revealing all our fears
Hunger for words
Searching for praise
Hunger for truth
Til the dying days
Fight for life
A red dawn comes
Fight to the death
As our one mother sadly hums
Search for answers
Ones we cannot accept
Search for it in others
And raise your prepetual debt
Thirst for enjoyment
Until it is quenched
Thirst for what is undeserved
Engorge until you are drenched
This world of eyes and ears
Comes with a cruel price
This world of mouths and feelings
Where malice will suffice
A corrupt official
Gets re-elected
The people's champion
Becomes qualified for anything
Public interest
Becomes the norm
Words win again
Where actions should be involved
Another fading celebrity
Runs for public office
Sex scandals
Flood the country
Another meaningless outcry
Will be called people-power
Publicity will be used
For a dying career
Millions will be given
To the rich and so-called champions
The poor will go hungry
Funds will be misplaced
Pressing issues will be delayed
While the trivial is addressed
What do we value if not our own gain
While others suffer miseducation remains
The formula so common
In years have not changed
Another child gets stolen
Another innocent is caged
Another person is bought
By the rich and corrupt villain
Another person falls
For what is uncertain
I laugh at causality
And the effects it brought
I laugh at the bland imagination
That experience never taught
A single bullet will be fired
That will cause a grand explosion
A deafening volley of gunfire
The unhurt hero remains in position
Yet another one gets amnesia
Another necklace will be kept
More of our precious time wasted
By the same formula right and left
Quite sad but seemingly likely
Our creativity has been drained
The same predictable plots
Redundancy gets blamed
To clearly declare our faith in God
Simply to curse him when things go wrong
Take flawless pride
In not needing anybody
But suffer daily
For companionship
Strive to be recognized as wise
Only to become a fool for love
To complain about the rain
Only for it to disappear
So you would fry
Helplessly in the sun
Scream for our independence
Only to wallow in our own filth
Try to foolishly solve
Simple or even hard problems
Only by means
Of creating new ones
To see things clearly today,
Fuzzy tomorrow and be blind the next
To ask the world
For true equality
But truly desire
Unparallelled dominance
To fight this world of selfish injustice
Only to hate absolute cold justice
What do we really want?
Hudyat ng pagiingat
Na hindi binigyang halaga
Pagwawalang bahala
Sa hinaharap na problema
Nasugat, nasaktan
Pagsisisi'y naramdaman
Lumuha, nagalit
Sa bagay na di maibabalik
Asal payaso
Ang naging puno't dulo
Sa nagdurugong biyaya
Salungat na gantimpala
Maghilom man ang sugat
Alaala ay di na mawawala
Leksiyo'y mananatili
Iniwang peklat ng tadhana
Walang kabayaran
Walang kapalit
Ang biktima ng di pagiisip
Laban sa kamalasang mapang-akit
If you're afraid of what your loved ones will say about you when you do something that makes you happy and does not destroy you, then that just means they're holding you back. (or you have poor judgment)
If he/she says "I Love You!" and then sets rules that limit what you do despite your commitment towards him/her, then that just means they don't trust you. (or you just don't know your correct limits)
If people keep ruining your name despite the fact that you feel you are doing the right thing and have never hurt anybody, that just means they're jealous. (or maybe you just don't notice who might have gotten hurt along the way)
If you present a sound idea and know that you have thought about it well enough to know it is effective but someone disagrees with you and suggests an idea that you don't agree with, that just means they haven't thought about it as well as you did. (or maybe they could just have a different opinion and you just have a closed mind)
Life is based on perspective...
It could be half empty or it could be half full
You could be fast or they could just be slow
Just because you are smarter than them, it doesn't mean they're stupid
If you had a Steak and he only had soup, are you richer than he is?
If you 2 choices and the one you picked was correct, does that mean the other choice was wrong?
If you ate something and it made you choke, gag and puke, does that mean the food was bad? or did you just have a different opinion on what is good and bad?
Just because you see the world in black and white, doesn't mean that the world is in fact simply Black and White.
