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Wild Thing
Perhaps I am not just a flowerSoft and delicatePerhaps I am a weedOr more than thatUnwanted but growingVigorous and wild Perhaps I am not just a flowerIndeed, easily plucked butPerhaps I am more thanThe grass you stompStubborn and persistent I am pliant and resilient Maybe I am not just a flowerMaybe I am something more…
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Art of Deception
Hungry for power. Abuse. Fear. It’s dissipating like a virusPlaguing our chaste purposeThe more we try to curb the infectionThe more we are infectedStealth dispersion of infliction.We are downtroddenWe are doomedWe become victims. Abuse of power. Fear.They spread like wildfireAnd we are burningWhat’s the use of our struggle?Indeed, we are but lowly servantsBut do we all…
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The Abyss
The curse hasn’t been brokenwhen you tried to liberate mefrom the vicious clutch of misery,the misery you inflicted on me.Your promises were sweet,your kisses were addictiveand your warm embracefulfilled my heart’s desire, yet everything was ephemeral And I didn’t find my wayto dance freely with your fire,and your warmth didn’t permeatethrough the freezing darknessinstead, I plummeted into…
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Ghoul
Prophecy has it, you are no longer yourself.But, a hollow, an unnamed identityYou do exist but you do not live. As foretold, you are no longer complacent.Though you believe you are simply divergent,Everyone branded you the maleficent. You became the ghoul that extracts joyAnd resistance to ignominy you are not coy.You became the demented or…
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Rant
-Now what? Starting again is not easy. But letting go is liberating. Walking away is not cowardice if you walk away from those that destroy your confidence and self-worth, from those that kill your peace and happiness. It’s not easy to purge something that has been in your system for so long. It’s some sort…
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Karma
Do not think that I chose youSo I would only let goWhen everything turned amiss.True!I did ponder on it a thousand timesBefore taking a step forwardAnd kissed that past goodbye. If you could be, (thought I,)Another erroneous judgment,So be it. Let it be,‘Cause fate welds it.Let us bask and savor the momentWhile we can,And let…
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Train Tracks
In those bewitching moments, I admitMy will was seduced, I lost track of time.But what can I do when it’s too late to whine?That wasted luck, from my fingers, they slipped.In this wicked world, the weakest do not surviveDreams went awry, chances I cannot revive.Love drifted off, but this broken heart stayed;Yet hopes faltered, courage…
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Cursed
From a deep slumber, I rouseStartled and scared I scurried awayWanting to escape, to run far awayFrom the invisible monsters trying to vanquish me.With hurried footsteps, I left my roomUncaring if outside there was a storm.The need to get away heightened my spiritI must leave this cursed place at once.I run outside, it’s quite dark…
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Your Nightmare
I noticed how your face twisted with disgustWhen you saw me enter the room though with careful steps.Your lips curled up in irony, it made me wonderDoes my presence make you unwell?I tried to draw my face with a friendly smileBut you turned your head as if you loathe my existence.I tried to greet you…
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Perhaps
If you were in my shoes,You would know how many miles I walked,You would see how many times I tripped,You would feel how it’s like to rip apart(But what can I do? To you, I was just some disposable stuff.)If you were in my shoes,PerhapsYou would know how many times I got tiredBut continued to…
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Thank you
There’s a lot to be thankful for… Though every day is a challenge and every step we make is a test of how far we can go, where will I be tomorrow is yet to be determined based on my journey today. I may halt at certain moments, and take a break but the most…
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That Thursday Afternoon
Thursday afternoon I went on a trip with my friends. I was hesitant to go because I was sick but I went anyway, lol. It was all set so I didn’t want to miss it. But while we were driving along that long bridge, an accident happened. I think everyone was screaming and panicking. Thank…
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How are you?
“Are you okay?” They asked.“No. I am dying inside and you don’t know. I am not okay in every sense of it but when was the last time you truly cared though you’ve been asking me how I was? When was the last time you listened when I needed someone to vent my grief? When…
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Flores De Mayo
We were going home one afternoon when we came across a long procession. And I remember my officemate said she was going to attend the Santacruzan mass etc. Vehicles were parked on both sides of the streets and spectators crowding. So, I had to walk down the road to go to my officemate’s house to…
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Learning Myself More
Still learning and discovering those parts of me I haven’t seen yet and I’m saving space to meet them… Maybe I have been held by my past for ages. Maybe I was intimidated to go out into the light. Maybe I was too feeble to confront my demons. For a very long time, I have…
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We are Public Servants
“Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.” -Constance Wu •••Working inside an air-conditioned room doing a staring contest with your laptop all day doesn’t sound exciting at all. But working under the heat of the sun or pouring sky, and meeting new people from different walks of…
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What is love?
I happened to spend time with this young couple last week. They were fun to be with, lively and in love with each other. I was amazed tbh. I guess that’s what young love is about. However, I got this question in my head… What is love? So I asked some of my friends (including…
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