Two Inches To Perfection

18 June 2010

Fire and Ice

Silhouettes of lights and darkness
from a distant horizon, now superimposed
in my mind's eye whirls of colors and shapes
from a forgotten past or a distant future.

Haze of purple sadness, streaks of blue
and white, as pale as your skin next to mine.
Goosebumps and sweat and smiles, in an endless parade
of laughing faces now, faces frowning with sadness.

Two for the price of one, laughter and sorrow for a bargain
The tears flow as the laughter ends, the happy mask
breaks and now frowns at eternity, gray and white and
an endless black like the colors of my soul.

Funny how your bed mocks mine, your pillows throw
themselves in the air, yes the same air we breathe
when the moon holds her breath as she swims like
a ghostly galleon in an endless ocean of night.

Funny how your smile turns to a crooked frown,
a half baked grin perhaps to scare the light out of
these four corners that embraced the darkness
of our souls, never to reveal their colors.

I sit pale and weak and shivering
denying your existence from my own
making knots out of bits and pieces of
ropes that bind our very souls

Your soul intertwines with mine
mine threatens to takeover your sanity
and the same fire that you burn
is extinguished by the storm I bring

You will cease to exist....

04 March 2010

Baka Bukas

Baka bukas, mundo ko’y umikot
Magbubunyi sa’yong paglisan
Sabay ng umagang babati
Sa isang matamis na ngiti sa aking labi

Baka bukas, araw ko’y sisikat
Susunugin ang mga anino ng kahapon
Liliwanag sa isang sulok ng mga pangarap
Na binuo natin noon.

Baka bukas, ulan ay titila
Mula sa mga matang sayo lamang bumaling
Mga titig na sa maganda mong mukha
Lamang nakapako at natutong tumingin.

Baka bukas, halakhak ko’y marinig
Mula sa mga labing walang sawang
Sumambit ng walang katapusang
Pagmamahal at panunumpa ng katapatan

Baka bukas, lungkot ko ay mapawi
Sa pusong sa’yo lamang nakakilala ng saya
At natutong maging maligaya
Sa kapirasong langit na nadama.

Baka bukas, matuto muli akong mangarap
Buuin ang pira-pirasong bahagi ng
Nagkalat na pusong nagmahal
At patuloy na magmamahal

Baka bukas, pandinig ko’y magbalik
Para marinig ang boses mo sa bawat
Tawag sa telepono
“Kumusta ka…. Kumusta ako?”

Pero bukas pa yon…..
Mamahalin muna kita ngayon……