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Continue reading →: Summer (夏)The days get warmer each day and yet they bring a similar challenge as that of the freezing winter air. Not with the feeling of getting a cool breeze but mainly on immobilizing me in finishing anything (or even starting). My face turns red, my back fills with sweat, and…
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Continue reading →: People Come in SeasonsHow do you know when people are already drifting apart? Are there certain signs that you look for to be sure? Or does it come without the people knowing until they are already too far from each other, and there is no means to get back to how things used…
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Continue reading →: My City LifeWhere am I this time? Always in between here and yesterday. I stand in a dark alley where the street lamps are blinking, blinding my way here and there. I walk forward, but One, two, three, off. One, two, three, still off. One, two, three, all turns on. One, two,…
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Continue reading →: AlalahaninSa loob ng isang taon, ilan nga bang beses dapat bumangon? Ang mga panaginip na pumupuno sa aking gabi ay madalas dinadala ng alaalang di na maibabalik. Pero sa mga nakaraang linggo, ang bawat panaginip ko ay unti-unting nagbibigay linaw sa mga alalahanin at pangarap na hindi ko na inakalang…
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Continue reading →: EchoesWords came scratching their way up my throat. I wanted to scream my feelings out to breathe, but everything seemed like a slo-mo, black and white film. What was I about to say? I saw through someone else’s eyes. Or were they mine? I walked back through my mind to…
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Continue reading →: 10/18/2023To everyone who never doubtsShe is contented and overjoyedFor beauty is on her side, always‘But isn’t there more to life than this?’Her heart bursts to pieces as she walks Her face is a beautiful paintingYet her eyes speak so differentlyWhenever they catch people lookingThey scream so loud, but no one…
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Continue reading →: Muse of DreamsMore than a decade has passed since my university professor required our class to get a copy of Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing. The name struck something familiar, but I didn’t give much thought to it. I never knew that in that short span of time, I would…
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Continue reading →: AfflictionA disease, an escape from the stringsBreathe in and out, count to tenI love thee but he loves herA thousand times over Heartbeats fast, slow, peaks, and pitsI love thee but he loves herOver and over, for today and tomorrowTo this I stop, look, and laugh Heartbeats pauseBreakLeave no trace…
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Continue reading →: Pag-ibig sa Panahon ng Tag-arawHindi ganoon katagalAng panahon ng pagmamahal Sa sikat ng haring arawMakikita ang tanglaw Sa mata ng bawat bata’t matandaMay kislap na nakatutuwaNgunit mapait pala talagaAng tunay na kuwentong dala nila Kay gagaan ng kanilang yapakAlam mong napakabusilakMay mga makukulay na bulaklakSa daang kanilang tinatahak Ngunit sa tuwing tag-arawSa puso lang…
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Continue reading →: Is it wrong to live in your own bubble?
Stepping out of my comfort zone has always been challenging. The safety of being in my bubble at times helped me survive. As I got older, I put less thought into the various events and happenings beyond my circle. I have kept myself in a bubble to save my sanity.…
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