Musicophilia

Musicophilia
Picture taken from the wall of The Mind Museum at BGC. The blog name "Poetophilia" was inspired by Oliver Sacks' book Musicophilia.

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Shorties

[1.]

I've often wondered what you'll think
And feel when I show you
The ugly essay that explains
The deepest things I feel for you.
You've started deeply in my heart,
I can't simply deny;
But trust that I will soon forget.
I promise you, I'll try.

[2.]

I've often wished you'd write me back
For after all I've written you.
It seems the very proper thing
To do when someone writes to you.
I can keep wishing you'd reply
To everything I've sent and said,
But know that what I want right now
Is have you somehow off my head.

[3.]

You cry at night from TV shows
That do not seem to matter.
I turn the lights off and you sigh
A Great Wall of disaster.
I slip away to Neverland
While you go back to watching,
Then rise to catch the stillness of
The sunrise in the morning.

Banig na Gawang Banban (Ambahan)

(2nd place - Write Green: Premio Ambahan 2014)

Sa tumpok ng kawayan
Tabing-ilog ng Kuywan
Mahirap ang anihan
Tuwing buwan ng tag-ulan
Ngunit dito sa Kuywan
Umuusbong ang banban
Natatanging halaman
Handog ng kalikasan
Walang kumakalaban
Sa kanyang katibayan
Matagal ang gawaan
Pinagtitiyagaan
At pinagpapaguran
Pinagsusumikapan
At pinagpapawisan
Higit pa sa ‘sangdaan
Dahon ang kailangan
Upang makapaglaan
Banig na gawang banban
Para may mahigaan
Sa buwan ng tag-ulan