nawala

suminsay ka,
-baka namalikmata lamang

sinisid ang gubat,
gubat na nagbabahay sa kababalaghan,
kababalaghan ng buhay,
buhay na pilit tinatakbuhan.

namaos sa pagkanta,
pagkanta ng papuri,
papuri para sa kung kanino mang magliligtas,
sa iyo.

hayun na nga!
isang guni-guni,
guni-guning likha ng isip,
isip na mapanlinlang.

isip na hindi makasunod,
napapatanga,
sa daloy ng buhay,
buhay na maraming sanga.

payong

nalimutan ko magdala ng payong,
umuulan
nanaman

hindi niya ako pinayungan

Memories

There was a girl
who wrote about herself.
Her dolls, she described,
and most of her guise.
Oh yes she was an actress,
she pretended to be a mother,
a superhero.
and a daughter another time.
And her nephew was the dog,
her sister, still her sister.
Their house was made of pillows,
As well as the motorcycle which got them to the skies.
The old clock on the wall,
it had a key,
and when they turned it,
they'd reach the past and future.

Oh she was happy.
She was everything.
She had everything.

And so she wrote of the time
she was happy.
When she was everything.
and she had everything.
- It made her happy again,
it made people like her too,
For they don't pity her,
they read about her
of the Past,
not Now;
for the Future.

Lie

Why did I do it?
May be because I loved you too much
Or too little.

So much words you should have said,
if only to make me believe;
I might have changed my mind,
I might have stopped praying
for a miracle
which never came.

One more word to tell me
that you're on my side.
I had no fear, I had no doubts,
'til you stopped lying.

Pretty songs for a broken girl
- all you needed
but you risked it
How could you?

"Break her again
Touch her again
Fool her all over again"
I would have gladly flown

naghihikahos

salamat sa iyo kung hindi namatay na siguro ako.
- isang langgam na inanod ng baha.
biglang umulan,
hindi ko inasahan.
buti na lang naalala kita,
- ang yakap mong kailangang kamtin.

meron pang bagang natira,
pwede pa hanggang bukas.