a lonely man and the sun

Tell me your secret –
how could you be so tough:
beaming with hope,
with radiance.
amidst the passing of the storms
of lightnings and thunders,
you endure the struggle of
being one;

And here I am
suffering your blaze –
that warmth
encompasses all
my body,
my wondering mind, and
I’m all in drought watching you
– awed by your presence.

paglaho

Inspirasyon
inspirasyon nakawala sa akin,
at pilit man habulin
kilometro na ang layo –
peste, lintik na buhay!

Ngayon
ngayon paano na
ang panaginip ng kabataan
para ngang bula
biglaan, pumutok!

Tatawa
tatawa na lang ako
sisigaw ng kawalan
habang bumabalik sa dati
sira-ulo, baliw!

Palipasin
palipasin na lang siguro
sapagkat wala nang bukas
narito na ang wakas
papalapit, nagmamadali!

mga layog-layog

habang nagbabasa kan librong dai ko masabutan
bigla lang sinda nagbutwaan
mga saradit na nilalang kan kinaban
na sa boot ko marurumi sa simpleng pitik
tigmasdan ko sinda, kakulay kan daga
tungka kong mata nagsunod sa saindang layog
mayong gayon, binubunggo lang an pader
napangirit lang ako, mga boang insekto
pero bigla na lang saro-saro naghugpa
mayo nang mga pakpak, natanggal
mga pakpak na maluluya, naputol
duman ako naherak, pero buhay pa palan
naghihiro pa, naglalakaw nin toda
nagdadalagan sa lamesa,
matindi!

two rivers flowing

Two rivers –
they are dripping,
flowing from her lakes
soon as the weary man
commence the leaving

two rivers –
they are dripping,
but the cause not unfolded
guess: was sorrow
or bliss the sense

two rivers –
they are dripping,
and then it will halt
for now lake is no more;
tomorrow it will fill again.

tomorrow

The day is soon no more
without you I expect,
sure you are not today:
to speak, touch
just look at me
without you
I’ll die before midnight.

Even so,
this life gleefully lives the now
still waiting for you;
for in his heart
you’ll always live
another day –
I might see you then.

yesterday

You passed by,
again
shorn of uttering hello
only a hush of goodbye:
and I live down
missing you this moment.

I long to have you
but impossible;
deep in the mind
it is clear,
you’ll always be going by
leaving me today.