Silentium…

Rustles of leaves…and yet…

Silence…

The breaking of small twigs…and still…

Silence…

 

Deafening…tragic…

 

A cry

A wail

A scream

And yet…silence prevails…

 

Sirens in full blare, and yet, silence takes it’s toll…

The wise man chants, and yet, no one listens…

The enchantress casts her spell, and yet, no one can hear…

 

Silences…triumphant till the end…

 

The proletariats riot, but still fall to deaf ears…

Deaf ears fail to heal…

Deaf ears lay upon apathy…

 

To whom is the blame?

Atrocities like this cannot go unpunished…

The creature must be killed…and the king, replaced…

 

And yet…

 

The new crown will remain with traditions old and unforgotten…

Omerta stays the same…

Same practices, different faces…

 

The red text stays alive…

Still written in the blood of the lost…

The victims of silence…

The cries of the innocent…

 

The death of the free…

Musings at 3 AM

Truth be told

There’s no one that I’d rather

Be with

 

Truth be told

Your smile alone

Has kept me gazing

 

Truth be told

I’d make my way

Through every corner

 

Truth be told

I couldn’t lie…

 

Because all I want to do

Is hold you close

All I want to do

Is just be near

 

I’d break the walls

I’d give more than my all

Just for my chance

To be with you

 

You are all I’ll ever need

Through thick and thin, I see you

Through all my fears, I need you

You are all my heart is longing for

This heart is longing for a home

To be with you, I’ll wish

Forever more…

 

Truth be told

I’m not afraid

To seek the challenge

 

Truth be told

I’d give my all

For you

 

Truth be told

I’m usually out of words

To say

 

But today

I feel brand new

 

Because all I want to do

Is hold you close

All I want to do

Is just be near

 

I’d break the walls

I’d give more than my all

Just for my chance

To be with you

 

You are all I’ll ever need

Through thick and thin, I see you

Through all my fears, I need you

You are all my heart is longing for

This heart is longing for a home

To be with you, I’ll wish

Forever more…

 

Your laugh is all I need

To get me through the day

Your smile, it melts my heart

In every single way

It’s true, I’m running out of

Cliché’ lines

I’m sure this time

My heart is now my mind

 

You are all I’ll ever need

Through thick and thin, I see you

Through all my fears, I need you

You are all my heart and soul is longing for

A chance for me and you

To hold you close

I’ll wish

Forever more…

 

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By: Ryan Uy and JC Casimiro

I spilled my martini
of rosary beads
On faces of heretics
the manangs who asked
for my palm
who blamed failure on my aura
if white tuxedo, some
Armani coat, branded barong
by the rugby boys of Tondo
with gin stained pants
of piss and tattoos…
some bistro
long forgotten by decades passed
say hello to friends from Aruba;
now welcome to Quiapo
where my heathen brethren roam

Slight-seeing

The night shall play its course

Slowly, unsure, and insecure

 

With hopes

That by the end

the smallest lingering sense of fulfillment

in some small, sweet way

 

I’ll give you a smile…

 

Kay Sarap Matikman ang Gulpi sa Simula ng Isang Bagong Taon

Putangina

Wala na akong ginawang tama

 

Wala

 

Lahat ng tama

Nagiging sala

 

Ang munting saya

Sadyang nagiging drama

 

Tangina

 

Naknamnputcha

 

Wala

Wala

Wala

 

Lahat nalang, mula sa aking munting sikap

Sa sadlit ng aking pangangarap

Sa kakaunting sandal ng pagiging indibidwal

 

Wala talaga

Putcha

 

Mabuti sana kung may lunas

Eh, wala

 

Mabuti nalang lumayas ng bahay

Eh, hinahabol ng jaguar

 

Mas mabuti nalang magpakamatay

Eh, magagalit ang langit

 

So ano ang dapat gawin?

 

Wala.

 

Palagi nalang wala

Walang sawang wala

Natapos nalang ang mura

Wala pa rin

 

Inabot ng gulpi

Walang wala pa rin

 

Inospital na

Wala talaga eh

 

Tumira nalang ng alak

Oo, alak

Nalasing, nalasing

 

Wala pa rin

 

Putcha, walang sawang wala

 

At paulit-ulit mangyayari ang mga sandaling

Ako’y nangarap na sana

Mas mabuti ang matapos nalang ang araw

Matulog

Managinip

 

Mamatay

 

…

In an ellipsis

Why is it always the last two dots

That get noticed?

 

The first one

Is only good

For your first prick

 

The last 2 get the attention

 

They’re the special ones

They make an ellipsis what it is

 

Without them

The first one would simply be

A period to end all things

Glances

It’s every

Single

Moment

 

Seconds, tick-tocking

To minutes

 

Minutes, click-clacking

To days

 

That I only wish

It could last forever

 

To hold your hand

To kiss your lips

To be in your presence

 

I will be content…

In Days Time

Beyond the City Skyline

There’s a place for us

Away from the noise we hear

Far from the nightmares we once feared

 

Tonight

We dine in candlelight

Where solace echoes through the night

Where you and I shall sleep in peace

 

Tonight

Fixed

I can gaze all I want

 

It’ll always be there

 

A taunting, glaring

Reminder

 

To never put my heart

          …In harms way

Marguerite

Something ’bout you
Catches my eye

I just can’t explain

It could be
Your smile

Or the way
You laugh for a while

Somewhat a mystery
A difficult beauty

Concepts differ

But you
…Entice me

Happy Hour

The fear that grips me

 

With every

 

Slow

 

Drip

 

Of 100 Proof

 

The headaches kick in

With nausea soon to come

 

Fuck all there is

Let the freedom reign

 

Emancipate yourself

And fall into a state

 

Of Bliss