Tag: blackandwhite
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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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Succumb
Let your fire burn me ’til this longing is quenched,I’d be thrilled to submit to your passionate torment;Let your flame melt this frosty spell ’til I drip in elation,I’d be delighted to succumb to this ecstatic possession…
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Thrill
Penetrate the crevice of my oasisSlowly dip into the cleft of my wanton desireOr plunge like a skilled diverAnd swim with the waves of thrillUntil you find the sweetest pleasureThe pinnacle of our euphoriaTogether let us ride withThe raging tempest of ecstasy…
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Abandoned
You grew weary But here I stay faithfullyWith my fatigued soul You wandered farI wait for your returnPerhaps you’ll never come back Our storms were giganticYou were lanky and weakThe vows I spoke made you sick You left, I stayedAnd your words torment me moreEven when you’re gone Why did you make oathsYou cannot keep?
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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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Play Me
I sit in the cornerAlone and forgottenBruised by timeRavished by fateMaybe I already forgot to singFor I was robbed of my voice You used to cherish meAcclimated with your touchWe were one, perfect for each otherYou adored me in all my gloryNow I am in this nookWallowing in melancholy Then came that dreadful timeYou relinquished…
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Earthly Coercion
Rain me with your kisses, I won’t shy awayTo drink from your lips, I’ve been waiting for ages.With your scorching passion, do set me aflame.But would you love to swallow my sighs and cries?Nurse my wounds and kiss my scars?Embrace my nomadic soul and pacify my sorrows?Despise me if you behold my cumbersome thoughts?Or loathe…
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Tirades of a troubled soul
Tonight I lie down quietlyIn this cold hard bedWith this still nightAnd deafening silence.Yet my mind’s noisyToo loud that I can hearMy thoughts, my rants.Agonies from reminiscences,Tirades of a troubled soul.They’re screamingIn my headRestless, boisterous.I covered my earsWith my trembling hands,But I can still hear themGrating, gnashingExcruciating.I shut my eyes tight,But I can see themClear…
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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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Affliction
This afflictionIs perpetual torture.Cries clogged my throatStingingBloodshot eyes,Heart-wrenching reality,Repressed lamentsAnd muffled cries… As I crouched down on the cold floor,Hugging my trembling kneesI let my tears fallUnder the cold waterWishing all this burdenWould go down the drain.But it didn’t.It torments me more.I covered my mouthTo suppress a screamYet my heart agonizesSeverely.I felt its faint beatingAs…
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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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Linger in your hold
The night is old and exhausted to hearMy griefs and sentiments and fearTo let it out at once with the coldnessAnd the numbness and your carelessness Rain softly pours outside along withThe melody I created upon the deathOf my sense and your presence both(In my heart sadness was you quoth!) The rain did fall but…
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I died tonight
Darkness caves in on me slowlyMy feet are stuck on the ground.The ground shakes, moving in circlesAround me, pulling me down,Swallowing me into its deepest core.I have nothing to hold on toI scream but it came out like a muffled cryAnd I choke on my fears until I slowly sunk,Plummeting to the ground.Someone’s watching me from…
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Need to escape
It’s broad daylight but I see darkness,The sun is up and warm but I feel cold,Everybody’s talking around me,But why does it seem quiet here and gloomy?I search for your eyes hoping they’ll find me,I long for your touch hoping it’ll soothe me,I desire your kiss wishing it’ll help me forgetThe agony I am currently…
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Intrusion
Pardon my intrusion dear sir,But you only speak highly of yourself.The ill deeds you committed,Have you contemplated it yet?Or have you gone blind to discern the truth,Deaf to hearken the plea?Pardon my audacious approach, sireBut you only speak debauchery.
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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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Coffee Mood
Your sweetness doesn’t charm me, wrath does.It pacifies me, complementing my cumbersome mood.I love the brewing hurricane, the aroma of chaosWaking me up in an elegiac morn, keeping me alive.How do you like your coffee though? Mine’s like that.
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Doomed Fate
Yet the glimmering lights fade into the nightShe vanishes into thin air, taken by the dark knight.As it was written in the stars, her breath expires tonightA fate she cannot rewrite, a doom she cannot fight.
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Summer
May the summer breeze warm the heartOf those who were left, whose lovers hath depart.May their cheeks be kissed by the sun,May they never again be broken…
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She finds solace in the shade
Away from the beguiling schemes of colorsAnd tempting flickering lights,She finds solace in the shade.And there she chose to hide her miserySo you’ll never see her tears,You’ll never see her heart breaksAnd you’ll never catch a glimpseOf her smile ever again…
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Stolen Sunrise
If I had never kissed the sleep off your eyes,You wouldn’t have stolen my sunrise away.If I had never kissed the morning dew from your lips,You wouldn’t have stolen my soul away,And now I am imprisoned in this darkest cavernWhere no light permeates to subdue my grief.
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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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Memory Lane
I lost count of how many times I missed a step and fell scraping my knee.I wasn’t stunned at all about how much it pained me.But I found the peace I have been waiting for,My everlasting desire has finally come to me.For quite some time I kept on traipsing down memory lane;The battles I fought,…
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You are my song
You’re like a songThat keeps playing in my head,Humming constantlyThat my heart memorizes every melodyReverberating through my soul.While you play in a loop,I keep dreaming of you‘Cause you are the songThat keeps my spirit singing.
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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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New Dawn
The sun will shine like a fresh dew in the mornTo quench the souls with a new love bornAnd the Earth shall smell of the purest scentThe sign of healing and beginning-A new paradise shall bloom.
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Pills
I took the blue pills and downed a coupleFor it says it will stop me from feeling blueBut I guess it was a hoax and I had no clueSo I question what is a fallacy? What is true?If I took the red ones would the pain goI need your smart opinion on what to doFor…
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Ramblings of a sick heart
I didn’t ask you to carry me on this journey, all I wanted is for you to be my guide.You knew from my past journeys, I got lost along the way trying to find the right direction.And when you found me you said you would lead the way.I didn’t tell you to smooth out my…
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Starting to befriend the devil
Had packed some stuff and put my sneakers onAll set and ready, gotta hit the road one more time.Headphones on turned the volume upReady to course through the effing odds.I stepped outside, greeted by the glaring sunForced out a smile, crossed my fingers tooAnd with a hopeful spirit, I heaved a sighWishing this day won’t…
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Alone
On a cold lonesome night, I dwell aloneNo warmth, no laughter, no light.Almost had I made a pact with sadnessTo tarry in its addicting loneliness-Tempting, bewitching darkness.Perhaps I was desperate to flee or dieYet sooner or later I shall say goodbye.I wallow in the pain, feel it gnaw at my fleshDevouring my sanity, waiting for…
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In Memory of Me
Her innocence was robbedHer trust was rapedShe suffered in silenceWhile you laugh deriding at her idiocy.Your sugar-coated words Sweetened her soulDamn! Curse you!You were a master of deception.You used to be her dream,But you gave her nightmares.To you, she was an insignificant story,Alas, you became her miseryAnd into the valley of death, she fledWhile her tears…
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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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Torment
I’ll close my eyes to ne’er see the horrendous tragedy,Shut my ears against the screams of recurring agony.So, I must take a break from pain or sorrowAnd sleep like there’s no tomorrow.But if tomorrow I won’t see the sun againCertain that I will be saved from going insane.Yet, it will be a joy for me…
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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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The beer got me good this time
Felt my head pounding with an excruciating sting.Wait, did I just hear someone whistling?Yet I saw visions reflected before meFlashing night lights, well, are they?Maybe I long to see a thousand visions of theeNot the dancing fireflies, not St. Elmo’s fire,But your fire that’ll consume the whole of me.Still, my head hurts like hell, such…
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Coffee and You
You invaded my life like a balm soothing my soul,Touched my bitter heart with your sweetnessAnd the bitter-sweet spell has perfectly blended in.
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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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A war broke out inside my brain
A war broke out between angels and devilsVying for freedom, perhaps supremacy And I can feel their strengths as theyHurl lances and mortars hitting my fences.I cry out in each blow, I tremble in anguish.This misery I endure, how will it vanish?Gladiators stomped in like giants Throwing fists, blades and armors clanking.For days, they battle unwavering they…
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Dope
Poured wine down my throatTo drown my wicked thoughts but,My heart cried instead. Tried to sober up I was already drowningIn pain and tears, tragedy. Nightmare tasted sweetFine poison aged like wineBut I puked it out… ‘Cause I will sufferFated to agonize moreTorture, sweet torture. The pain and pleasureOh, started loving itPain and pleasure more If…
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Boxing My Office Stuff
You make my world spin while bitter memories flood in.You are the epitome of my miseries, I loathe your presence.So, I gotta clear the clutter and ditch you in the dumpster.Gotta do it sooner before the countdown to 30 is over.‘Cause I see you like a trauma that makes my gut churn,You murdered my dream…
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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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Charlatans
Why must I hide when I cry?Why must I pretend I don’t get tired?Why must I face the anguish alone?‘Cause I am used to fighting my battles alone.And I don’t need to hear well wishes from actors,I don’t want to tell my rants to the deaf,I don’t like to listen to their deprecating scrutinyWhen all…
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