Visions in verses

Poems
January 26, 2019

Paalala

Hangga’t baligtad mong binabasa ang liham ng mga parirala sasayaw lang ang letra sa saliw ng bigong harana walang galak, walang sigla tanging metro lang at paghinga tintang walang marka pasensyang paupos na sa ningas ng puting kandila

Poems
September 11, 2018

The Rain Removed the Blanket and Woke Me Up on a Thursday

From a distance, the rain tiptoed as if I wouldn’t hear it gurgling with the thick hem of its robe, scraping the heaven’s floor “If I knocked, you wouldn’t open the door,” it said by my window, pouring its morning

Poems
August 21, 2018

You are an Art Making Art

Don’t put that brush down, darling. It’s beautiful. It’s odd. It’s irregular, just like you and the pigment of your skin, the warts on your arms like little gems you wanted to pick and pull away but an Artist put

Poems
July 25, 2018

The Quiet Loves

Be grateful for those quiet loves that didn’t ask for attention or be loved in return but rather just kept shining on you like a benign sun or a radiant moon content to watch you with an unsent love song

Poems
July 16, 2018

A Letter

I am writing this post to let you know that I know that I have been doing the easy things and I am sick to my stomach because of guilt and pity. Privilege is a carton box I hide safely

Poems
July 12, 2018

Rooted

If people will ask me if I had any regrets of being a tree, I’d say, no from where I’m rooted I’ve seen people grow and die and bloom again, new seeds take form, singing hymns with their heads raised