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Hindi ko talaga alam kung saan ako magsisimula.
Hindi ko alam kung alin sa mga bumabagabag sa isipan ko ang dapat kong unahin. Pero isa lang ang sigurado ako ngayon—kailangan ko itong himayin.

Magsisimula ako sa tanong na:
“Si Ate na lang ba talaga palagi?”

Si Ate na lang ba talaga palagi ang mag-a-adjust?
Ang utusan sa pamilyang ito?
Kesyo ganito, kesyo ganyan—mga rason na hindi ko na alam kung valid pa ba o hindi. Pero sige na nga, i-aagree ko na lang. Para matapos na ang usapan. Para hindi na humaba pa ang diskusyon.

Si Ate na lang ba talaga palagi ang magsasakripisyo para sa pamilya?
Si Ate na lang ba ang mag-iisip kung paano magtitipid, kung anong dapat unahin—hindi ang luho, hindi ang sariling kapakanan—kundi kayo?
Kayo na lang muna. Ako, mamaya na lang.

Si Ate rin ba palagi ang kailangang magpakumbaba at magpatawad?
Ang aako ng responsibilidad, ang gagawa ng gawaing bahay?
Alam ko naman—may mga kapatid ako. Pero ako na lang ba palagi ang kikilos?
Ako na lang ba ang laging may kusa?
Ako na lang ba ang mag-iisip kung anong ulam ang lulutuin?
Maglalaba, maghuhugas ng pinggan, maglilinis ng bahay?

Kabisado ko na lahat ’yan. Hindi niyo na ako kailangang pagsabihan. Hindi ko na kailangan ng utos.
Pero paano kayo?
Paano kung wala na tayong mga magulang?
Paano kung ako na lang ang natira?

Si Ate na lang din ba ang laging magtuturo at magdidisiplina?
Noong ka-edad ko pa lang kayo, namulat na ako sa responsibilidad.
Pero ngayon, anong nangyari?
Halos lamunin na kayo ng cellphone. Wala nang kusa. Wala nang malasakit sa paligid.

Baka nakakalimutan ninyo—tao rin si Ate.
Hindi ako robot. Hindi ako ginawa para lang sumunod sa utos.
Marunong din akong mapagod. Marunong din akong masaktan.
May damdamin din ako.

Sana maintindihan ninyo ’yan. Na may sarili rin akong buhay na kailangang atupagin. Hindi ako utusan na sunod-sunuran lang. Hindi ako kailangan bigyan ng sahod para gawin ang iniutos ninyo, walang barya o walang pahinga ang makakapagbigay sa akin ng pahinga na hinahanap ko.

Pagod? kaya kong tiisin, kaya kong matulog nang ilang oras lang, kaya kong pagsabayin ang trabaho ngunit anong nangyari sa akin? nagkasakit ako in return. Walang halaga ang bawat barya na binibigay ninyo sa akin, kapalit ng nawala kong adrenal gland.

Puyat at pagod, ipagsabay mo. Instant noodles at walang masustansyang pagkain ang makakapatay sa akin. Coke at kape na ginawang tubig. Pagbantay sa lola kong maysakit ang naging libangan.

Hindi sa hindi ako marunong magpasalamat o baka isipin ninyo hindi ako grateful at wala akong utang na loob sa ginawa niyo para sa akin. Ang utang na loob na habangbuhay kong pagbabayaran ay hindi katumbas nang pilak at ginto o salapi, kundi habangbuhay na karangalan at respeto ang ibibigay ko sa inyo sa pagsilang sa akin sa mundong ito at dahil binuhay niyo ako at hindi pinabayaan.

Hindi niyo ako narining na nagrereklamo, hindi niyo ako nakikita na nagmamaktol, hindi niyo ako naririnig na nagpapaliwanag at nagrarason dahil alam ko sa sarili ko na sarado ang isipan at taenga ninyo kung sakali man na ako ay magpapahiwatig nang aking saloobin sa inyo.

Alam ko, naiinitindihan ko na napapagod rin kayo, iba rin ang pagod na nararamdaman ko. Hindi kumpletong tulog, hindi unan at kama ang lunas nito, dahil kung minsan kung ako ay tulog na ay sadyang nag-iingay rin ang aking isip. Ang tanging lunas na gusto ko sa pangungulila ko sa pahinga ay kapayapaan, katahimikan at dalampasigan. Iyon lamang.

Hanggang dito nalang,

Nagmamahal,
                               Ate :)
I honestly don’t know where to start.
I don’t know which of the many thoughts troubling my mind I should talk about first. But there’s one thing I’m sure of—I need to lay this all out.

Let me begin with a question:
“Is it always going to be Ate?”

Is it always going to be Ate who has to adjust?
The one who’s always given the chores in this family?
This and that—reasons I no longer know if they’re even valid. But sure, fine, I’ll agree. Just to end the conversation. So we don’t have to drag it out any longer.

Is it always going to be Ate who sacrifices for the family?
Is Ate the only one who thinks of how to save money, how to prioritize what’s important—not luxuries, not personal wants, but you?
You first. I’ll be the last.

Is it always Ate who has to be the one to forgive and humble herself?
The one who takes on the responsibility, who does all the housework?
I know—I have siblings. But why does it always have to be me who moves first?
Why am I the only one who will take the initiative?
The one who thinks of what to cook?
Who does the laundry, washes the dishes, cleans the house?

I know it all by heart. You don’t even need to remind me. I don’t need to be told.
But what about you?
What happens if one day, our parents are no longer here?
What if we, siblings, were the only one left?

Will Ate still be the one who teaches and disciplines you?
Back when I was your age, I was already aware of my responsibilities.
But now, what’s happened?
It’s like you’re being swallowed whole by your screens. There’s no initiative. No concern for your surroundings.

Maybe you’ve forgotten—Ate is human, too.
I’m not a robot. I wasn’t made just to follow orders.
I get tired. I get hurt.
I have feelings, too.

I hope you understand that.
That I also have my own life to attend to.
I’m not a servant who exists to follow commands.
I don’t need to be paid to do what you ask, because no amount of coins or rest will ever truly give me the break I’ve been longing for.

Tired? I can endure that. I can survive with only a few hours of sleep. I can juggle work. But what did I get in return? I got sick. I lost an adrenal gland, and no amount of money you hand to me can make up for that.

Exhaustion and sleep deprivation? I had to deal with both. Instant noodles and barely any nutritious food—that’s what nearly killed me. Coke and coffee replaced my water. Watching over our sick grandmother became my daily routine.

It’s not that I don’t know how to be thankful.
It’s not that I’m ungrateful or that I don’t have a sense of debt for what you’ve done for me.
The debt I carry in my heart for a lifetime can’t be repaid with silver, gold, or money—
But with lifelong honor and respect, for bringing me into this world and for raising me. For never abandoning me.

You never heard me complain.
You never saw me throw a tantrum.
You never heard me explain or reason out—because deep down, I know your minds and ears are closed if ever I try to express how I feel.

I understand. I know you get tired too.
But my exhaustion is different.
No amount of sleep, pillows, or beds can fix this.
Because sometimes, even in sleep, my mind is still noisy.
The only cure I long for in my aching solitude is peace, silence, and the shore. That’s all I want.

That’s all for now.

With love,
Ate :)
To Whom It Concerns—and it concerns you all,

They call me the villain.

Not because I wear a crown of thorns or command thunder,
but because I stopped apologizing for existing in my own skin.
You turned your gaze toward me,
and where you didn’t understand,
you colored me dark,
drew fangs where there were lips.

I once clapped for you.
Laughed with you.
Stood at the edge of my own dreams to make room for yours.
And when I fell silent,
when I curled inward to heal,
you called it distance.
Then defiance.
Then danger.

I watched your words spin— villain, selfish, dramatic, cruel.
Your chorus found rhythm in my silence.
You rehearsed your lines with such conviction, that I forgot the script I once wrote for myself.

Well, allow me to write it again.

I am not the poison.
I am the girl who tasted it and lived.
Not fire-breather, not monster.
But if I must breathe flames to survive,
then so be it.

Yes, my wings are broken— but they didn’t fall off, they were ripped.
And I stitched them back with thread made of my own poetry.
So if I fly crooked, don’t marvel—just know I am still in the sky.

I am the villain in your story because I dared to become the hero in mine.
And I refuse to apologize for it.

If I frighten you, it’s only because my voice has grown louder than the silence you hoped would keep me tame.

With unrepentant breath and scarlet ink,
—Me
Dearest Maria Ligaya,

I do not know where to start. Maybe because we started close but ended separately like a stranger. I am not one to judge. They do. I am not biased either. I chose to walk away because I do not want a fight, a quarrel between us, to begin with.

When I sensed quarrel is gonna happen, I blocked you. Not because I hate you, but because I wanna avoid hurting you. But I realized, the more I tried protecting you, you were never doing the same for me too. It was like we chose to ride in a boat together, but chose to row it in different directions. We cannot adjust the wind, but we can adjust the sail— which never happened. Because you were too focused on the wind itself and not on its sail.

I chose not to test the waters at first, but clearly, I saw an alligator swimming. Later on, I learned to test the waters, survive through the tides, rising and falling. The calming comes and then storm happens. Just like how the waves rushes to meet the shore, we never met halfway. I was grateful for it. For the bouyancy. For the warning. That even when I almost drown, I stayed afloat.

Maybe you felt like a hero, just because you have a lot of things to say and you did. The unfiltered, raw words you told me directly or towards my family. I will never forgive you for that. But I chose to. Not because I was weak, not because I want to accept defeat. But because I wanted to come clean and act mature.

I did want to say things to you. I chose to protect your feelings. I do not wanna hurt you because I know myself— I can be tacky at times, I may not think first and speak afterwards. But for a fact that even if we are at war, I still chose to not tell it directly.

You did hurt my feelings. My family's feelings. You never even think twice to assess the issue and gather information or data. You easily judged us without proofs, with biased judgments, you chose to believe your son more than us. Of course, he is your son. Your flesh and blood. And who are we? Just your servants, right? No. We are your family, but you treated us like dogs. Spoiled us with your padala, your reject clothes, buy 1 take 1 products. In return, you could easily fool us.

With your ambition to go abroad, who helped you? — my mother. Who sent you there?— my father. You have the utang na loob? None. Nada. You do not need to repay us, okay? That was not out of obligation, not out of responsibility. But because we love you, we sent you to the airport.

Let me take you back to memory lane: she was my aunt. My cousin, her son. My recent enemy, her gold digger girlfriend, pa-papel sa tita kong naka-asawa ng cano, nagfi-feeling mayaman na. When her girlfriend came into the picture, we got chaotic. My cousin and I knitted like siblings since birth separated now because of her.

When her girlfriend arrived, I sensed a bad vibe aura. I interrogated her, she told my cousin. And my cousin told the nanny, that I am like the acting owner of the house, interrogating her. I was not interrogating her, I was getting to know her. If she finds it rude of me to ask her, then why did she show herself in my uncle's house. Yes, technically, the house was under my uncle's name (the eldest brother of my aunt and mom) but my aunt was the one paying for it. All through out my mom's life, she was the one left here in our city, my aunt went abroad, my uncle was in the rural area working as a teacher. I do not wanna complain, but my mom took care of my grandfather, when he died, my mom took care of it all.

Where were they? My relatives asked. Busy, I answered. When my grandma got sick, the fiasco dig in. The chaos caved in. There was no absolute, infinite and clear communication that happened. Before, I was proud enough to say that my family never fought for the land, but now, we do.

When grandma got bedridden, mom took care of things from left to right. At first, I was the one taking care of her, my mom and my back got painful from carrying my heavy grandma. My mom's back got worse. It still hurts and pains up to this day. While you there, sitting pretty in your mortgaged apartment in North Carolina. Edi SANA ALL. For not suffering. Not for being a pessimistic *****.

What is your point here Maria Ligaya? To belittle us? At least, my family is not like yours. My mom married a man so kind and loving, not like yours, a narcissistic ******* (as authored by the psychologist). That later on, your son became one too.

I may forgive you for a lot of things. But I will never forgive you for hurting my mom. Do you not have some conscience? She took care of everything for you. When that happens, just know your son will take care of everything for you.

We chose to walk away. To move to a new place without your ghost following us. We felt like a shadow every time we follow you. You even ruined my relationship with my cousin because of your pagka-engrata. Be grateful, I do not do revenge. Karma will do its vengeance for me. God will do it for me. He saw me when I was low. He saw me when I was helpless.  I hope God will forgive you for you did to us. Inhumane indeed.

That is all.

—Me.
The sincerest apologies are not spoken in words
but felt in the quiet descent of tears.

Maybe because we do not want someone to let us go,
or maybe because it is too hard to put those feelings into words.
Forget I said that— what?
I knew how to tick a woman when I want to
Because I can be a suspect and a victim at the same time in the eyes of others
When a victim becomes a suspect— wow, now that is rich, right?

I am letting you see the complexities of my life
I do not know the full story and it is not my story to tell
But I forgot, I am a poet so I need to write one story

You want me to let you know what I am thinking of?— You might not like it when I let you in
Like cable management, mine was tangled
But I am like Nanno, a living karma

I dance for danger, talking to strangers
Calling the shots for a gun or a glass
I kiss skeletons hidden in the closet
But I do not kiss and tell
Rode a motorcycle in full speed.

Hunger and thirst do not end well— It is a recipe for disaster
But I make sure each person cannot see the broad of daylight even you.
A — A mouse ran up the clock, Chasing time before it chases back.

B — Because she bites, not barks, An easy force to flee—if you dare.

C — Cunning cat, can’t calm the itch,
Curious claws digging her own ditch.

D — Dagz likes daks *****.
A gold-chaser on the prowl, no looking back.

E — Eager for riches,
Ego splintered over broken bridges.

F — Faking warmth, feigning grace,
***** around and masks her face.

G — Gold is the goal, not growth,
Glitters more than vows or oaths.

H — Hungry for high-born hands,
Hypocrite when crossed or reprimands.

I — Ingrate, inked in infamy,
Ignores her stench of treachery.

J — Joy's a name she never knew,
Jester smile, intentions skewed.

K — Killer thoughts line her kiss,
Knows how to wound with practiced hiss.

L — “Love” is her favorite lie—
Laced with longing for the life he buys.

M — Marie writes as Maria Ligaya,
But joy escaped her, left only drama.

N — “Not so fast,” she says with sneer,
Needs to cleanse her mouth to hear.

O — Oh, what silence sings,
Out of words and broken things.

P — Place me in your shoes, pretend—
Play it back, see where it ends.

Q — Question me? Or question you?
Queen of masks—what’s false, what’s true?

R — Respect is earned—not faked,
Robbed from those you’ve double-crossed and snaked.

S — Slithering, sultry, sharp-tongued ****, Stabbed her sisters for a shallow cut.

T — Truth, though late, still tolls—
Tide turns, exposing inner holes.

U — Universe keeps its tab and time—
Until your fate collects each dime.

V — Very well—go play your part,
Vain woman with a vacant heart.

W — Wilson, now happy with Rhoda—
While Wijo whispers empty pleas.

X — Xenon, your flame, burns too fast, X-marked stories never last.

Y — You, ungrateful to the bone, Yet wonder why you’re all alone.

Z — Zero grace and zero truth, Zipped inside a poisoned youth.
Might delete later
I am nothing but a lost traveler, yet I chose the path less traveled by.  
I trusted the process, and it led me to the road not taken.  

Life’s journey offers no shortcuts—each road we take comes with its own imperfections:  
a bumpy one, a straight one, a winding one, or perhaps one shrouded in uncertainty.
There are stories too painful to turn into poems.  
Sometimes, they remain just stories,  
until they become mere memories  
and are gradually forgotten.
peyn.
Hihiwalayan, babalikan
Bibitawan, Hahabulin
Hihilingin ka ulit na mapasa’kin
Hihintayin ka ulit na babalik sa akin

Hihintayin, Papatawarin
Tatanggapin, Mamahalin sa uulitin
Wag kang mag-alala
Huwag kang mangamba

Ikaw ay tatanggapin pa rin
Ang aking paulit-ulit na hihilingin
Kahit na isang saglit
Kahit na masakit

Dahil ikaw pa rin ay aking mahal
Kahit gaano man ka-tagal
Hihintayin kitang bumalik
Sa iyo pa rin ako ay nananabik

Ikaw pa rin ang babalik-balikan
Oh, ang aking babalik-balikan

Naghihintay sa wala
Umaasa pa rin sa wala
Di alam kung may pag-asa pa
Kung kailan mo ako babalikan

Ako ang naghabol kahit hindi naman ako Ang nang-iwan
Basta’t alam ko
Na hindi ako ang lugi sa dulo

At least hindi ako naging sakit sa ulo
Binigay ko man lahat
Kulang man o sapat
Sa aking piling naman ay
Nakita kitang sumaya

Bakit kinailangan pa na maghiwalay ?
Sana nga ay bumalik ka na

Naging masaya naman ako nang wala ka na
Nabuo ko naman sarili ko
Ng wala ang tulong mo
Pagkat mayroong puwang dito sa puso ko

Na ikaw lamang ang makaka-puna
Dahil ikaw lang langga ay sapat na

Nagbago man ang lahat sa akin
Ngunit ang nararamdaman ko sa’yo
Ay mananatili at hindi magbabago kailanman
Hindi ko na kailangang sabihin:

Na babalikan mo ako o huwag na
Basta’t hindi kita susukuan
I didn’t know why you got me so addicted to you
Your presence is all I ever yearned for
I’m not like this before
I was so in love with you

You made me feel like this
Crazier with you
You made me love you like this
Head over heels for you

You are my bad habit to break
You are both good and bad for my health
Your love is my wealth
You’re the best choice I make

You got me drunk in your love
It got me so in love
You got me intoxicated in your presence
It made me sad feeling your absence

It made me never wanna leave your side
Please make me your bride
I’d do anything to keep you mine forever
At least we’d be together

Got me addicted to you like a drug
Baby, your love is like a drug
Everytime you walk into the room
It got me feeling crazy...

But there is more to see, that made me fall for you...

You are the cause & cure of my longing towards you.

You are my best friend, my better half
My twin, my soulmate,
My partner, my lover
My crime in pleasure and pain
And most importantly, you are my panda
My clingy, needy and attention-seeker panda 😘
My one and only bae
You can judge me—I can take it,
I am a grown up now, I handle things differently any woman would want to.

You gave it your best shot to know my life—but you never knew the real me
You never knew how capable I am of controlling my emotions but my face says it all;
My eyes says it all,
Don't taunt me, or else, you will never like it when something bad happens to you

You think you can belittle me, go on
The show is about to start
Put your pretty makeup on now
So that it will hide your shamelessness

Go ahead, wear some perfume, brush your teeth, and gargle with mouthwash—maybe that’ll take care of the lingering funk you’ve got going on.

You were so proud to tell the whole world about my ***** linens
Are you sure that you are so pure and clean?
Reel it in, you only know the half of it
The stories and the highlights of my life, are only short info of what you feast on
You never knew my whole autobiography.
Baby, you deserve a love that stays
Deserve a girl that stays
Not that kind of love that comes back
That makes you distract

You deserve a love that remains
A love that gives inner peace but not hurt and pain
You deserve a love that never leaves
And a heart and mind that never deceives

Baby you deserve better
I don’t want to see you with someone better
That’s why I wanna be better
Better, better, better for you
Oh, better, better, better for you

Baby, come here
I will kiss it better
I just want to be with you forever
I want us to be together

I just wanna be better
Better, better, better for you
Oh, Promise I’ll be better
Better, better, better for you

You deserve to be loved
You are more than enough
You deserve a love that lasts a lifetime
Babe, you are the best thing that has ever been mine

No wonder why everyone leaves you
I don’t know what’s their problem
But let me stay here with you
Until we will make it an official

This love is not artificial
This love is like an emblem
I just wanna treasure you forever
I will give up everything so we could be together

Cause baby, you deserve a love that stays
You deserve a love that never goes away
No ghosting, no clout chasing

Just love, pure love
No pressure, not a leisure
No need to rush, if this feeling is just a crush
You deserve a love that remains

A love that stays and never goes away
A love that never demands pain
A love that is not forced usually

It is not a fleeting feeling
This feeling made me feel like I’m on the ceiling
This love made me feel crazy
I’m going crazy, I want to be your lady
There is no more next time for me
For you and me, I thought we would be
More than what we imagine or see
But we used to be the life of the party

There's no more words to rhyme, to say
But you pushed me away
It washed me away out to sea
In us, there is no more we
A certain someone said—

“You’re ugly. Unpleasant.”

Out of rage, maybe. Out of anger, perhaps.

“I will make your life a living hell.”

And you swore I was lying.

He told me I was like the devil.
I smiled, leaned in, and whispered—

“Oh? Only now do you take notice?
When I have long been the storm’s whisper—
a fire untamed, a shadow unfazed,
a reckoning etched in time.”

You said I had feelings for you.

Really?

“You’re lucky, you know—
because I never once realized
there was anything to know.”

He said he hates me.

Oh?

I was not born to be pleasing,
nor crafted for admiration.
I was not shaped by fragile hands,
nor built to bend beneath expectation.

Let him seethe, let him scorn—
what of it?
The sun does not dim
for those who curse its light.

I exist not to be liked,
but to be unwavering.

He said I was crazy.

Oh, really?
That’s nothing new—
why did it take you this long to realize?
What a shame.

Manipulate me all you can.
I can gaslight you in return.
Be a big bad piggy all your life,
You forgot to know who the big bad Wolfie is.
Tables will turn,
Bridges will burn.
I've already had my last straw,
Caught in a haze, rippling the effect.

Domino tiles will crash you down.
You were made to be built,
Only for me to break you apart.
The world is round, always spinning.

One day, you're soaring high,
The next, you've already hit the ground.
Life is a boomerang—
What you throw will always come back to you.

How dare you drag me down, tarnish my name,
Question my honor?
You said, "I am educated, but I was a thief."
Well then, let’s burst your bubble,
Expose your ***** linens.
"You just used someone to climb your way up."
You used someone just to escape hardship,
Yet you have the audacity to look down on the poor.

You met a narcissist, yet denied he was one of them.
You have a bossy son—
Such a lowballer.
He demands quality work but pays far less than it’s worth.
He burdens me with endless tasks,
Yet he can’t even clean his own room,
Wash his own clothes,
Cook his own food.

He surrounds himself with rich friends,
But isn’t it cliché and ironic
That he’s the only poor one among them?
A social climber,
Spending beyond his salary,
Desperate to prove he can keep up.

she is so ambitiosa
We helped her with all her documents
so she could go to the USA
Since it was her dream to go there
she married a depressed man

a fool woman who cannot keep up with the earthly standards
a pretentious ***** now, are we?
Leaving your job was never the loss.
The real loss would have been you—the slow unraveling of your spirit,
the exhaustion that blurred the edges of who you are,
the way the weight of work stole pieces of yourself until you barely recognized what was left.

You were never the loss. They were.

They lost someone who followed every order,
took on responsibilities beyond his role,
endured underpayment, delays, and mistreatment just to make a living.
But at what cost?
Respect was never part of the bargain.

You did everything.
You swallowed your pride despite having a degree,
despite knowing you deserved more.
But they?
They stripped you down, reduced you to a worker who must obey,
who must endure,
who must accept disrespect as part of the job.

Just because my partner made a mistake in cooking—
one that resulted from your lack of proper instructions—
you thought it was justified to punish him by making him stand for four hours?
What kind of person are you?

Don’t wait until life turns the tables on you.
The world is round.
you won’t always be on top.
Remember that.

I won’t waste my time engaging with you.
I will never stoop so low as to match your level.
You may be educated, but your behavior is anything but dignified.

They demanded without explanation,
expected without clarity, berated without reason.
And when they insulted you—called you stupid, incompetent—who was truly ignorant?
The employer who couldn’t give proper instructions?
The one who expected you to memorize recipes instantly?
The one who assumed you should move with the speed of a machine?

If they wanted a robot, they should have installed batteries in their kitchen.
They should have used a remote control instead of expecting you to function without rest,
without thought, without dignity.

But you? You are not a machine. And they? They are the ones who have lost.

Leaving that job does not mean failure. Staying in a place that destroys your sense of self—that would have been failure.

And the truth is, you are not alone. Many have walked away before you, many have endured the same abuse. And yet, no one stays.

Because respect is not found there.

Because dignity is worth more than a paycheck.

Because real loss is when you forget that you deserve better.

So, you walked away. And that? That was power.
You made me hate this city,
But this city holds the echoes of my pain.
I'd rather leave it all behind
Than stay and be abused by someone
I no longer wish to see.

Your love was always one-sided,
So I downed a shot of tequila—no lime, no chaser,
Letting the bitterness burn in one go.
First shot—your name crossed my mind.
Second shot—I missed you already.
A drink full of chaos, and suddenly, you were there again.

We used to be the life of the party,
Dancing through neon lights and reckless nights.
But one day, you changed—you cut me off,
Left me stranded in the silence.

Now, you're the reason
I no longer drown myself in liquor.
You're the reason
I quit drinking.
shot puno ng malala hanggang sa naalala ka
I quoted this song from Dionela title "Langit"

Ikaw ang dahilan kung bakit 'la nang dating sa 'kin si Darna (Darna)
(You're the reason why Darna no longer amazes me (Darna))

Sa wakas ay mas maganda na'ng reyalidad sa pantasya
(At last, reality is more beautiful than fantasy)

Okay lang kung ako'y alipin kung ikaw naman ang reyna
(It's okay if I'm a slave, as long as you're the queen)

Pilitin mang lumigaya, 'di ko kaya kung wala ka
(I try to be happy, but I can't without you)

Hawak-kamay nating haharapin, marami man ang magbago sa 'tin
(Hand in hand we'll face it all, even if many things change between us)

Tila mirasol sa malaking hardin, wala akong ibang gugustuhin
(Like a sunflower in a vast garden, there's no one else I'd ever want)

Halik at yakap mo ang minimithi
(Your kiss and embrace are what I long for)

Ako'y dalhin mo sa langit sandali (langit sandali)
(Take me to heaven, even just for a moment (heaven for a moment))

Ikaw ang pinakamagandang panaginip at ayaw nang magising
(You're the most beautiful dream I never want to wake up from)

Ang sagot sa panalanging higit pa sa hiniling
(The answer to a prayer far more than what I asked for)

Listen, ikaw ang aking Mariang Makiling, sa 'king mata, ika'y diwata
(Listen, you're my Mariang Makiling, in my eyes, you're a fairy)

Kung ang buwan at araw mawala man, sisiklab ang iyong ganda
(Even if the moon and sun disappear, your beauty will still blaze)

Bukas man nati'y mag-alanganin, mahal ko, 'wag kang mabahala
(Even if our tomorrow is uncertain, my love, don't you worry)

Tiyak na ang mga "yata", saksi natin si Bathala.
(All the "maybes" will become certain—Bathala (God) is our witness)

In a world full of uncertainties, I answer I get to every boy I have been with was full of maybe, I hope so, perhaps.

But in a world full of cheaters, I found a man who is so sure of me. No pretense. No buts, no ifs. No lies. Just pure love.

You are God's given gift to me. My answered prayer. The hope and love I was longing to find. I got misled in a different path, but it leads me back to you.  You are my north star. My compass. My lighthouse. The light to my world.

I love you.
Marlon Aquino
I hope my name left a bad taste in your mouth.
I already take up space inside your twisted mind.
I am that toxic—and the greenest of green flags—you ever met, right?
That **** you tolerated, but later on? You deserved every bit of it.

Keep it coming.
Keep aiming.
You missed your shot.

Now?
It’s my turn.

I won’t raise my voice.
I’ll raise the silence that follows your downfall.
You see, I don’t bark—I vanish. And when I reappear,
I come with receipts, rebirth, and a smirk you can’t erase.

You thought you had power when you twisted my name.
But you forgot—I built the room you're screaming in.
I let you sit at the table.
Now? I’m flipping it.

You ran your mouth, now run your fate.
You painted me as poison, but forgot I was the cure to your chaos.
You fumbled grace when it stood right in front of you.

You want to label me?
Make sure you can wear your own mask first.
Because this time, I’m not the one bleeding.
This time, I’m the one watching.

Watching karma trace every lie back to its source.
Watching your fake light flicker under real fire.

So, go ahead—
tell your version.
I’ll write the truth in thunder.

Off to the next page...

A troop of testosterone-fueled jarheads are always pathetic
But so are the swarm of estrogen-filled imbeciles
They are dressed up in fake virtue and venomous grace,
Both sides wear masks in this toxic parade.
You cheered when I bled — now watch me rise,
Your whispers can’t touch me; I feast on your lies.

Vipers — they sting.
Black one-eyed crows are on the watch.
Black-cloaked woman is on the run.
Pigtails are always up for mystery.
One-sided love, he ain't my first love
I'm the devilish one, he's the angelic one
We're different yet the same
Every time he calls out my name.

It must be bad karma
What I did to every one,
That's why I'm all alone
But I ain't lonely,
I'm super happy
I guess this is good karma,
I bet he's my blessing in disguise
And maybe he's the angel in the skies.

I've got no horns
I ain't crowned with thorns
I've got no halo
Maybe I'll just say hello

I've got no wooden staff
I ain't worshipping a golden calf
I had no wings for me to fly
But I'm pretty sure I'm happy enough to cry

I can't part the sea
I can't reach the shore
I can't cross the ocean and walk on the water
I can't perform miracles.

I hope you would see
That I ain't like this before
I drifted like the wind after
It was then told in the oracle.
I like your confidence, it's overflowing, oozing
Stop rolling your eyes, or else I'll gouge them out
But I smell trouble, I sense threatened
Since they told me that I am a walking gasoline, a talking ticking time bomb
One lit of a match, I may start a fire
I'm like a gun loaded with bullets, a tank ready for go to blow

I plead for arson, a torch to hold dear
yet you are desperate for attention
Blink twice now, yes, are you either naughty or nice?
Either way, it doesn't matter
Because even your shadows betray you, turning its back on you.
You know my name? Congratulations.
But did you ever truly know me? I think not.

You never scared the hell out of me—not once.
Do you even know my weaknesses? Doubt it.
Maybe I’d let you think you do, just for fun.

Let me spell it out for you.

At birth, my lungs were weak—yet I survived.
I had asthma, a weak heart—I pushed through.
Dengue hit me hard, yet I never stepped foot in a hospital. Immortal, maybe.

I kicked a glass once—six stitches later, I still felt the needle pierce my skin.
I fainted, got injured, had surgeries—three times.
Ear, gums, adrenal gland—cut me open, I still came back.

Death doesn’t scare me.
You? Even less.

And judgment? That’s not yours to give.
Not theirs either. Only God can judge me, and He does so once—upon my death.

So listen, mere mortal.
Quit the act. Stop pretending you’re perfect—because you’re not.
I don’t need boys in my life
They need me
They want me
Because they want me in their life

You told me you loved me
But I end up chasing you
You showed me motives and assumed you love me
But I ended up stalking you

But I realized now my worth
And that is the truth

Guess I was only your past time girl
But not the girl you want to settle with
Guess I was only your hookup girl
But not as a potential lover you want to be with

I ain’t that girl who wants to be your slave
I want to bury my love for you
And bring it with me in my grave
Just to forget you

Boys only love to play games
But never even loved the fool
But what a shame
Because you look like a fool

Compared to me who never lose you
You lost me
Thinking that everything around you
And everything that revolves around you

Is just a game
Now that the cards are on the table
This feeling is no longer stable
I am no longer the same

Tables should be turned
Bridges should be burned
Every once in a blue moon
I fell out of love too soon

Never settle for a boy who just wants to have fun
Who just wants to be at the center of the spotlight?
That boy who wants to be always right
That boy who loves to be under the sun

I only love the players
But not the game
I only am disappointed in players
And I forget their names

In short, I never want boys in my life
Instead, they come for me
They need me, they want me
They love to have me in their life

I don’t need boys in my life
I live on my own
They only want me to be a part of their life
But nah, I chose to live on my own

Boys are like a poison in your mind
A toxic person in your life
A distracted and crazy you are what you will find
So never entertain them, so that you won’t have a miserable life.
Silver and Gold — that’s what you are to me.
Black and white — that’s the hell that lives in me.
Red and Blue — peace and war collide in my mind.
I guess I was rare enough to find.

You need a target just to pull the trigger—
One bullet is all it takes,
Whatever it takes—
And the thought alone makes me shiver.

Let it rain.
Let it rain bullets now.
My life feels miserable somehow.
This pain—so much pain—won’t wane.

I am who I am (Fearless)
If I think I am (Dauntless)
Then therefore I am (Oblivious)
And I am what I am (Dangerous)

It runs through my veins, in my flesh—
You might want to brace for a flash flood.
My feelings? Already dried.
Like my eyes, already tired.

I smile like terror.
I scare with horror.
I grin like Nanno—
And I just thought you should know.

You said you want to see me at my best angle,
But you also said, “every angle.”
Now everyone looks at me—
And stares me dead in the eye.

Oh, I cry. I cry. I cry.
The way you pity me—
The way you try,
So hard, just to insult me.

Nice try, *****.
I’m not a baby to weep for you.
Try harder—
Make me weep blood like ****** Mary standing right in front of you.
Yung di mo pa naririnig ang mga kataga
Ngunit ramdam na ng puso **** wala na talaga
Kayat huwag na nating ipilit pa
Dahil mas lalo lang tayong masasaktan
Pagkatapos mo siyang mahalin ay iniwan ka niyang luhaan

Kaya’t wag ka nang umasa pa
Na babalikan ka pa niya
Dahil kung talagang mahal ka niya
Di ka sana ngayon nag-iisa

Hindi ikaw ang may mali kundi sila
Nagmahal ka lang naman ng tapat
Pero bakit ka nila iniwang nag-iisa
Kahit ibigay mo pa lahat
Kung iiwan ka, iiwan ka talaga
Kung manloloko yan, magloloko yan
Kung sabi niyang mahal ka niya
Bakit ka niya sinasaktan ng ganyan?

Siguro may rason kung bakit tayo umabot sa ganito
Kung bakit nagwakas ang pagsasama nating dalawa
Ngayon ang puso ay nalilito
Kaya’t wag nang umasa pa
Na balang araw ay babalikan ka niya
Dahil kung talagang mahal ka niyan
Hindi ka niya iiwan nang luhaan

Walang magagawa kundi gustong ibalik lahat sa dati
Kaya’t inuungkat ang mga pangyayari
Ngunit ang alaala’y babalik pa
Kaso ang mga taong naging parte nito ay hindi na

Hindi ikaw ang may mali kundi sila
Nagmahal ka lang naman ng tapat
Pero bakit ka nila iniwang nag-iisa
Kahit ibigay mo pa lahat
This year I met the most broken version of my self

The most pitiful version of my soul

And at the same time the bravest, strongest version of my well being
You said you loved me
And I was a fool to believe it
The world is what you promised to give me
And I fell for it

It was a promise I thought you would forever hold
But you lied to me
Yet, I’ve been told
That you were unfaithful to me

You said I’m the only one you loved (the one you loved)
You said I’m the one for you, destined for you
But why is it there’s two of us?
Or are you thirsty for lust?

I thought you love me
You said it so, yourself
But how come you fooled me?
Is that your way of loving me?

By fooling me, lying to me
Being unfaithful to me

Asking unanswered questions to myself
Am I not enough?
It makes me think I’m never enough
Did I not give you everything you wanted?
Provide you what you needed?

Were you never satisfied with the love I make you feel?
Were you not contented of the love I give?
My love for you was so real
Why would you ever want to leave?

You still hurt me, cheated on me
Despite of the way I treated you (You, oh)
Do I deserve this kind of pain?
I think I’ll never love this way ever again

Your love drains me
******* up all the energy within me
Which makes me tired already
And no amount of sleep or rest will make it go away
Snakes... are poisonous, venomous, treacherous
Some says, they were kind, behind their scaly skins, they eat you alive
Do you like what you see? You slender your way up high, crawl your enemies closer to the ground
Sharp eyes, silver tongue
Behind that beauty is a betrayal
Oh, cover your face
Mask the pain, the joys and the sorrows
Side-eyed, waiting for its turn to bite me off
Pretty little white lies, a smirk and a backstab
Defines your anomalous act
Hypocritical, hypothetical, synthetic, plastic identity, dignity, personality, you—it fits you.
if my sword can only talk, it slashes the hell out of you,
if my gun can only walk, you'd be dead by now.
if looks can ****, you are in your deathbed by now,
oh, how I love to romanticize the feeling of thinking about you. in the back of my mind, I already stabbed you in the back or i already established my plan of killing you.
fatality owns you, brutality is in my soul, it owns me too.
When you finally hold in your hands what you once begged God for, return to Him.
Don’t let pride steal the moment meant for gratitude.
Be humble, because this blessing is not a trophy of your own strength — it’s the fruit of His grace.

Don’t boast as if you carried yourself here alone.
The truth is, while you were asleep, God was working.
While you were worrying, He was making a way.
While you thought nothing was happening, He was moving mountains you couldn’t even see.
"He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Philippians 1:6).

A lot can happen in the silence.
A lot can change when the season feels still.
God does His best work behind the scenes, and when the curtain finally opens, all He asks is that you remember who the Author is.

So when you receive the answer, bow your head before you lift your chin.
Thank Him before you tell the world.
Because blessings become dangerous when they make you forget the One who gave them.
"The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21).

When your prayer is finally answered, return to God.
Be humble, not boastful.
Because you didn’t get here by your own power — it was His hand guiding you every step.

Remember, a lot can happen while you’re asleep.
While you were resting, God was working.
While you were doubting, He was aligning every piece.
While you thought nothing was moving, He was making a way in places you didn’t even know existed.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5–6).

So don’t take the blessing and forget the Blesser.
Don’t wear the crown and forget the King who placed it on your head.
Because the same God who gave it to you in an instant can take it away just as quickly — not out of cruelty, but to remind you that the gift is never greater than the Giver.

Bow before you boast.
Praise before you post.
And let your gratitude be louder than your achievements.
"God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble" (James 4:6).
Because blessings are safest in the hands of the humble.
Nice try, you can't hurt me
With a single blow, once or twice
I've done that, experienced that
A couple of hundred times
I ain't coming from the wake & bake family
I need no cannabis to smoke,
I breathe the smoke they puff in
I breathe it in like an air freshener
I breathe it out like a toxic waste
You know me don't you?
Only by my name, not the real me.
She growls like an uneducated, unmannered woman
She ain't an athlete
But she chases a man like she's on a marathon
She's a desperate woman
But a ***** you could easily defeat
With just a blow, she loses and I won

Why does she chase him?
When he already loved another
Why does she still stay and never let go of him?
They're no longer meant for each other

She’s just wasting her entire life
Her entire time just for him
He doesn’t deserve to be his wife
He’s too good for him

She lost her entire life trying her best
To be loved by him was a test
She was fooled and used
She was gullible and it’s no use

"Let them bark like Cerberus", said she
“Let them howl like she’s more beautiful than Venus”, said she
But she’s the real Cerberus
Chases and forces herself to be loved by

She's nothing compared to me
She's no match for me

She was more than what he meets in the eyes
She was once the apple of his eyes
Her life is filled with lies
She is comforted with lies

And is hurt by the truth
She never knows nor values her worth

She was beautiful but has poor judgment of character
She lets other people down
To gain self-satisfaction from others
She didn't even know she's already down

She bangs like a rifle
Explodes like a missile
She's so gullible in one in a million
She no longer has companion

She never even won a plaque, medal or trophy
But she was a trophy wife herself, what a life!
Such a life would become bitter strife
A desperate, pathetic *****
No cure would get rid of the itch

Maybe her mouth needs stitching
Cerberus is quite noisy to be barking.
She is destined for growling, for howling

“I’m an educated *****”, said she
But Cerberus is a well-mannered *****, said he
Like a shadow, you’re always stuck with me
Even if I push you away
You always keep coming back to me
I guess, this is where you’ll stay

We were inseparable
You know you are adorable
Our parents were best friends
Maybe we can be more than friends
I am about to reminisce my childhood
Us playing hide and seek
Us taking a bath in the rain
Us playing tag

But now that we are experiencing adulthood
Yet this feeling is some kind of a magic trick

You were my favorite topic
You were always this meek
Just know that I love you
And nobody else know

I didn’t feel that this would be so much pain
My heart felt a little jet lag

Oh, we were neighbors since birth
Our age gap is only three years apart
Since we became friends from the start
I never planned to flirt

With you, I found my happiness
With you, I found also loneliness
Loving you was like living and dying every day
But letting go was like living in hell every day
You saw me once when we parted ways
You saw me once again as I look away
I wore my blue shirt and black jeans that time
I saw you coming towards me, one time

You asked me to forgive you, I already did
Hey, it’s an all or nothing at all, right?
All my life, I’m like a deer in the headlights
Shouting for help, running for my life, I forbid

I know you’re not the one
Everything is all too well and done
You made me believe in your empty promises
Wearing thy masks as disguises

You’ve been so unfaithful in a different corner
We were never meant to be together
But I’ve been missing your beautiful soul
It felt like falling on a bottomless pit or in a rabbit hole

Waiting patiently for someone’s wings
No attached strings
I don’t kiss and tell
But does it ring a bell?

I guess my pretty boy is no longer available
When everything is unthinkable
I hate it when my heart bleeds out of love
Is there anything else to prove?
No revenge, just poetry.
Play fair or lose everything.
Choose the right cards to fold or raise;
choose the right piece to move, or else checkmate.
Choose the battles you prefer to win—do not outwit me.
You don't have to send your army of evil just to make me change my ways. Nah.

I prefer my words like ice—
my tongue, a blade honed to perfection.
My presence shatters like broken mirrors,
leaving only jagged reflections behind.
And when my eyes meet yours,
they do not waver—only burn with disgust.

Even if you thought you already won—nah, I am just warming up.
If you thought I was scared just because I didn’t overreact, you assume too much.
Looks can ****—take note.
What kills you most isn’t how I look at you,
but the way it itches you to see me not give a f*ck.
They say common melody hits different
I’m already here in the present
Why is my mind stuck in the past?
This feeling never seems to last

We just gotta let it go
No need to let it show
I'm no longer afraid
I'm not scared 'cause I've been there

It was like an old tune keeps playing on and on nonstop
Feels like my mind is flying somewhere non-stop
You might hear it, remember it out of nowhere
I'm already lost, my life seems lost

Now where were you when I needed you most
No matter how much it costs
We gotta let it go, we need to let it go
It hurts to know

To my almost, you keep bringing me back to my past
You take me back to where I truly belong
Is it too soon or a little too late
Now, this must be my fate

I don't know where I belong
That's why I wrote this song
Dedicated especially for you
Now that I already lost you

Our history was long gone
Out chapter is closed and done
I knew I was never enough
Though we parted ways

This tune is old school
This melody is on-repeat
Why am I such a fool?
I’m in defeat

History repeats itself
The moment I hear our song
Played in unison
Played in unison
He was my moon
I was his stars
We shine so bright in the dark
Up in the night sky

Was it too soon?
To go this far
I left a mark
But I never try
Seeing you was black
Losing you was grey
Having you was red
Oh, being with you is yellow

I keep myself back on track
When skies turn grey
I am all alone in my bed
Thinking about all I know

Dreaming of you was my best habit to break
Losing you was beyond my control
It was the risk I could take
Losing you made me lose control

Oh, this love is fleeting
This love is reeling
I’m on the ceiling
I am in love with this feeling

You are the fuel to my fire
Come walk with me along the wire
Let us end in flames of paradise
You are my blessing in disguise
We never know the whole story
We knew they both had a history
I only know the gist of it
But the mariteses cannot get over with it

Feeling victim for clout
They probably know by now what it was all about

He was a charming young man
While she was a selfish and materialistic woman
He only wanted to give, to love
But he was killed out of mercy, out of hate or love

Saving yourself while killing someone you love
They both seem to know what they need to shove
Forget everything in an oblivious way
An unforgivable menace comes along your way

You should be careful by now about the way you acted or behave
But that doesn’t mean you will be saved
Your days are counted but out-numbered
But you felt guilty, feeling encumbered

Consider yourself lucky for making it out alive
Choosing yourself to be alive just to survive

Yeah, because you prolly should have known by now
It is not what god wanted, but something that evil allows
You are the bait in someone’s hook
I hope you let yourself off the hook

Your asukarera de papa is not almighty
Because shiny things are not all shiny
They might blind you; it was indeed too good to be true
Some are pretentious to reassure, while some are real and pure

You’re the prey of the hunter
Feeling like an undercover
Everything was yet to be discovered
Not gonna happen that a lifeless interest was left to be unexplored

You were the precious bunny in his tantalizing eyes
At that time, the spirit of jealousy was on the rise
They said he was in a higher-being position
He got a family, a wife and four children

Hence, He got distracted in the beautiful garden of Eden
But the mistress and the * were in an awkward juxtaposition

But he was not a god, nor was a saint
He was handling any issues like a brief feint
He blamed god for everything else
He was feeling blessed, no more, no less

He said god was on his side
But as far as it gets interesting, the devil was his bride

Now you’re the target of the killer
This phenomenon was an indestructible thriller
He may have pocket knives, guns, arrows, ammo, name it
Best for you to forget or believe it

He marks the X on the spot
He left you there, lying on the streets to rot
He grinned so much now you’re gone
The mission was accomplished and done

But I hope you listened to me, but you never did
You gained so much of what you want to benefit

Millions of blood money were used in the wrong situation
Now that she got her decision, everything is in transition
Now you’re six feet below the ground
Now she's playing like a victim, feeling depressed that you're not around

She may be spending a lot to compensate for the pain
The trauma and the blame have left there in your mind, they remain
To lessen the pain and the burden
It doesn't make you any less golden

To lessen the sins, you have committed
Since you're so selfish, your sins were never admitted

It doesn’t matter if you visit him, any day, any night
You killed an innocent life, that's not right
From your selfish deeds, knowingly you have needs
You only think of yourself, self

You never should have bothered him in the first place
Now he was in a better place

He believed he was holy
But your soul is agonizing, deadly, slowly but surely
Holy enough to involve others
Flushing everything down the gutter

Tasked others to do the crime
It was not god's timing, but the devil's time
He thought he was protected by the saints and the gods
For the sake of their bad blood

He made religion his shield
Everything will be revealed
But makes evil schemes behind the church’s back
Your body and soul, later on, will be the hell's snack

The mastermind was his lover
He said he'll leave his wife for another
Felt guilty enough to care for the dead
Now you're a famewhore, a memer, your issues spread

But it’s too late, stop pretending
You never loved him, you were only good at pretending
You used him many times, **** him all you want
But you were not so nonchalant

Clinging unto your asukarera de papa for money and fame
By simply calling and talking to him, he can sense you are no longer the same

Spoiling you for getting everything
He is such a scary thing
You even fooled yourself about him wanting you
He is just ******* you, getting your nerve out of you

You got the nerve to keep asking him
Singing him praises and hymns
Visiting his tomb, telling him, you'd wish him to be your groom

You never thought of him even once or twice
Now they've pressed you for charges, no running away now
It's time to pay the lifetime price
You've been a spoiled brat, somehow

They said you keep buying him useless things
Now, seeing him in a tux, lying in his casket, unattached strings


But later on, when you feel sad and depressed, it gets funny
You traded his soul for the money
Don’t you know what power it will bring to the world?
Chaos and death are unfurled

You may be pretty and angelic
Being a ****** suit you but not being dramatic or sympathetic
But whom the **** knows what your mischievous attitude and behavior did to him
You were the best actress in the show, trying to fit in the show to look like a film

His worth never meant something to you
Now that you got the best view
His worth is just a dime that fell on the floor
You are not that worth it anymore

A lot of people believed though
You kept on faking it though
You got the nerve to chill and swim in the sea
They labelled you as the pokpok ng *
*, you see

You got the audacity to sleep, eat and work
Well, the best reaction is just to smirk
After the incident, after what you’ve done to them
Now you've got the hellish realm, to protect yourself from them

After what you’ve done to the bereaved family
Until further notice, you were no longer in fantasy

What lies ahead, what lies behind and what lies beyond it all
They will surely blame you all
You never deserve the best girlfriend award, wildcard
But she was ignored, they implored

They only want to give you the trophy you deserve, it was a catastrophe
She treated his family nastily

He was never released or in peace
But let's pay our respect to the deceased
His soul was in misery, in restlessness
I guess you seem relentless

Say your comforting and doubtful prayers
Come and show everyone your crocodile tears
Telling everyone your lies and faking a smile
Just before everything was settled, even the error and trial

Though reminiscing those memories, he left behind
But everyone seems to turn an eye so blind
Your eulogy was only a show
Everyone knows the truth but still, they went to go on with the flow

Whereas hiding your true feelings, feeling glad
Behind the curtains, you tell everything to your sugar dad
While everyone cried their heart out, their eyes were bawling
Got no sleep, tired of overthinking

What do they call you?
You’re a ******* *****, home-wrecker, concubine
Mistress, *****, *******, harlot
That is what they call you
I mean, now that's a lot

Pretend to your daddy, and tell him your intention
Your soul is hungry for love and attention
You're no brainer, just a dummy
Whose soul is thirsty for money

Your soul started agonizing in pain
It is nothing that your self-gain
You are alive but felt hellish guilty as ****
Wait till god plucks your life like a wasted duck

You mask your motives
Thus, everything in this issue we bet seems explosive
You ask for sympathy to gain self-esteem
**** your life, your dream

You do not want to 'fess up to yourself
Hiding the truth like a book on its shelf
You always mess up with everyone’s family
Your foul words are profanity, what you did was an act of inhumanity

You are the mastermind from the beginning to the end of time
You came to his tomb, confessing and repenting your sins from time to time
He keeps visiting you in your dreams
Quit that routine, you're no longer his queen

Asking for mercy and peace of mind
But you never mind
You never thought of loving him was the best thing you ever did
You're a one skilled ***** after all, as fulfilled

How come you **** up and never listened to your conscience
Now you have to face the consequences.
The most trending ****** case in The Philippines
It’s hard to let go
When you’re at a crossroad dilemma
It’s hard to decide
You would ever go or never go

When you’re at a crossroad dilemma
I just wanna let you know

There’s no battle to compete
Nor a topic to be argued
Your presence can only be felt once in a blue moon
Oh, there is more to be told soon

No need to compensate
If it is what you have viewed

I don’t know which way to go
Or where I have been to
I don’t know why I am here
Sometimes I just wish I would disappear

Nobody loves me anyway
So, I’ll just go my own way
Where nobody sees or recognizes me
Cause no one is meant for me

Lost and jaded in the middle of the road
Got so depressed like my mind was gonna explode
I may be quiet but my mind argues a lot
So, what’s the plot?

You told me you love me
How come you left me unattended
You said you missed me
But you took me for granted.
Been staring at you for a while now
Been imagining positions in the back of my mind
How to ******* in different positions now
This is the holy grail you will ever find

I know you want this
How badly you need this
You deserve so much more
I know you want more

Come here and *** for me
I want you to *** inside me
Make me ***** baby
Make me drive you crazy

You always keep coming back for more
I know you want more
Let me be there for you
Satisfy you, gratify you

Make your rocket alive
Let me drive
Let me be the one to break you
With my bare hands and **** body
Moan you, urge you, want you
Keep it steady
You stare like you wanna taste me
Lick me, eat me, bite me, **** me
You stare at me like you badly want me
Plead for me, beg for me
I know you wanted this
How you need this

Take your shirt off baby
And take off mine next
Or we help each other take-off each other's clothes
Take off my clothes
Then turn the lights off baby
This is more than just ***

We, make love, make love
We make love, make love
Can't control it any longer
Gotta do it with you forever

Drop my clothes on the bedroom floor
Make me want you more

Your warmth embrace, they still stayed in my skin
Your touch, your kiss took me to places I haven't been
Why you gotta be so keen?
This is more than just whisky and gin

You got me so drunk in you
Got me so drugged up in you
Your eyes looked at me like you wanted me forever
You ****** me up to own me forever

Serve you different positions
Give you all my attention
Praise you like a master
I both want it slower or faster

You marked me with how you taste, saying "this is my property"
So, no one could already take me away from you
I was always your consistent priority
That makes me special especially for you

There is something about you
That makes me say yes to whatever you say
It makes me say yes to whatever you want me to do

But baby, I keep telling myself to control what I feel
But it is so real that it makes me want to feel you
Smell you, touch you, be there for you, moan for you

I want you to feel the way I want you to feel
I want you to be crazy for me, chase me, want me, need me

I want to spoil you with whatever I have
Give you what I have
Give you the love and care you deserve
The sanity and peace of mind you deserve
Stop searching for places where you feel like you need to fit in, especially when you truly don’t belong there.

Stop seeking love from people just to fill the emptiness inside you.

You cannot expect to receive something from others if you are unable to give it yourself.

Simply put, you cannot give what you do not have.

So, learn to appreciate and love yourself first.
Ooh, they say you were bad for my health
But baby your love is my wealth
They say I need a diagnosis
Truly needing a psychoanalysis

Yeah, I been imagining things on my mind
But they say love is blind
You are my daily dose of energy
Got to have that synergy

Yet this is both fun and love
Oh, I will always give enough
I need your love
Your dangerous love

Ooh, gotta roll the dice for that
Gotta put ice dripping all over your body
Gotta bet on that
I’ll go crazy on your body

I crave so much for you
I go crazy about it
Your silence is amazing
When we are both moving

You are my vitamins from A to Z
You are my favorite remedy
You are my sanity
You are my expectations and reality

Oh, I am both wild and calm at the moment
Oh, let’s just enjoy this moment
I want to stay in this moment with you forever
As long as we’re both happy together

You are my five course meals
My all you can eat
Buffet style
As long as we never go out of style

It’s not a big deal
Oh, because you knock me off of my feet
When I was young, I was so afraid of the dark—
                     Later on, I realized that I could really find comfort in the dark.

When I was young, I was scared of monsters lurking under my bed or blending in with the shadows—
                 But now, I am one with the monsters,
Where I can control the inner demons inside of me;

I love it here in the dark,
I hope no one will come and find me;
Your daughter is too tired already

I find comfort here in the dark, because:
No one can see me cry.
No one can hear me sob at night.
No one can see how tired my eyes are already.
In darkness, I find the moon and stars.
In darkness, I find my weary soul.
He is a dead man walking
A dead man crawling
At the end of the night
On the edge of glory

He was a hunter
And I was his prey
Now let us bow and pray
So that we will once again be together

Ooh, all I see is bright lights
Bright lights up here in the city
I could be this pretty
No need to worry

I feel so immortal
Freed by your kind
I feel so immortal
Let this be our daily grind

I think I; I think I
I am falling in love again, I
I think it’s you
You made me smile

When I think of you
For a while
I get so nervous
It felt dangerous

When I hear your name
I’m no longer the same
No one will be put to blame
I never live in fame

You got to pull the trigger
Let the bullets fly
You got to have a fuel for the fire
Let it burn in flames

I will always come running back to you
I will rise up high coming for you
I was born a dead man walking
A dead man crawling

I’m as cold as a freezer
I just want to see you cry
Come walk with me along the wire
But baby I am untamed

I could be so numb
Then you could be this dumb
I can do possible things
Which no one could ever do things

I never knew I could do
I was once a mortal
But I was freed by your kind
And made me be like you

Now, I am one of the other immortals
But I never needed your wings to fly
At least I bet on it to try
And You are all always on my mind
Dear NKRL,
(You know who you are—I won’t name drop.)

This is the last time you’ll see me, hear from me, or even feel like you still have access to me.
By the time you read this, I might already be married. And I hope that thought pierces through your ego.

God knows how low I had fallen when you met me.
You came into my life at the most unexpected time—
but your timing never quite matched mine.
You made a move when I wasn’t even interested.
And I admit, you had charm.
You were great… until you weren’t.

Back then, I didn’t know what “love bombing” or “guilt-tripping” meant.
All I knew was what I felt—confused, manipulated, and small.
Turns out, I was already experiencing it.
I just didn’t have the words for it yet.

I used to be thankful you’d make time for me despite your “busy schedule.”
But then I realized—I was something you just squeezed in between everything else.
You became forceful about things I wasn’t ready for.
Things I didn’t want.
And we had no label.
I asked for one.
You said we had to keep things discreet—because we were neighbors.

When I became single, you turned me into your fling.
And when you ghosted me, I spiraled.
Overthinking.
Questioning.
Hurting.
“What are we?”
“Was I not enough?”
I felt jealous, angry—but I had no right, because there was nothing real to hold on to.

Eventually, I got tired of waiting.
For the label I was begging and asking from you
But all you gave me were reasons,
Just like how thick a Dictionary is,
It was just like you too.
I got tired of it, waiting for nothing
Not knowing when will that happen.
You always tell me that I do not know how to wait. I am impatient.

So, anyways;
I found someone else.
And you… you backed off. Maybe out of respect, or maybe just because it wasn’t convenient anymore.

Our on-and-off, undefined something faded.
I started unsending the messages I had sent—the ones you never even cared to read.
That’s how pitiful I felt, like I was begging for breadcrumbs you had no intention of sharing.

Then came 2022.
I found my soulmate.
And you—you ruined us.

When my partner found out about our past, he was furious.
And I don’t blame him.
I let you in—not because I still had feelings for you,
but because I thought you were still my friend.
But I was wrong.
You weren’t.
You used that friendship to worm your way in and blur lines.
You abused the closeness I once thought was safe.

I felt like a cup of hot coffee—
left unattended.
And when he finally came back,
I had already gone cold.

But the issue was never the coffee.
It was always the one who was supposed to drink it.

I always waited for him—
until one day, I didn’t anymore.
Because time won’t wait for me,
and I can’t keep letting it pass me by
while holding on to someone
who never truly held on to me.

How can I say yes to your demand when it was against my favors?
How can I be with you when you are not the man I prayed for?
How can I even hold your hand when you never extended it for me to reach?
How can I choose you when you only choose me when you are bored?
How can I form a relationship with someone who only saw me as a **** buddy?
How can I go back to you when you only saw me as a past time hobby?
How can I love you when you cannot even afford to love me first?
How can you offer me comfort when you cannot even provide for yourself?

I am grateful for the memories, truly
But I never realized that,
Not all closed doors when opens are from God,
Sometimes it leads you to the wrong person or direction.

But one day, whenever I see you
I’ll never learn to smile the same again.
Maybe the scars will stay a little longer.
But I know this deep in my bones:
I’ll make it through.

And if you ever decide to wait for me—
truly wait—
then maybe, just maybe,
you'll find me
not where you left me,
but somewhere stronger.

By the way,
thank you so much for holding my hand—
I truly thought you were the one pulling me out of the storm.
Somehow, I was wrong.

You were the reason for my drowning,
the weight beneath the waves,
the anchor I mistook for rescue.
You weren’t my light—
you were my darkness.

So here I am now—stronger, wiser, finally done.
No more waiting. No more unsent messages.
No more trying to decode your silence.

This is goodbye.
No closure needed.
Because I’ve already closed that door myself.

—Me.
Maybe you like to be my Adonis
But you have no face, to face the crowd
Expose your secrets like ***** linens hang outside the house, in the backyard
Or a dug secret, untold to everyone just like every skeleton in the closet
I highly doubted, many will miss you
I got a pistol and a shovel
Make no mistakes, soldier
One wrong move and you are out.
You may be the one in higher position, but I am still your commander.
Do not mess with me, if you wanna still be alive and breathing...

—Signed by your wife.
(No shovel involved)
To all the women with soldier husbands. Goodluck! If you have a faithful husband, good. If not, take charge.
Stop bringing my name to the table I no longer sit at.
Especially when all you do is talk bad about me behind my back.
The past stays in the past.
Hate me all you want. Ruin my name. Allude and throw shade as much as you like.
I won’t defend myself just to feed your bitterness and satisfy your anger.
I'm not stooping low—but tell me, are you?

Go ahead—keep whispering my name like it’s your lifeline.
You don’t realize it, but every time you mention me, you’re only proving how stuck you are.
I’ve moved on, gracefully. You? You’re still choking on stories that have long expired.

I don’t need to scream or justify anything to people who already chose their side.
You want to act like the victim and villain at the same time? Fine—play the role.
But remember, the real ones know the truth. I don’t wear masks.
You talk about "class" while parading your desperation like it’s designer.

Trying to expose my flaws just to make yourself look cleaner? To make your conscience feel whiter?
Wow, impressive. But maybe try a little harder next time.
Your audience hasn’t even clapped yet—and you’re already fading. Outdated. Forgotten.

What’s the matter? Running out of things to say?
It’s always the same broken record with you.
Keep digging into my past, keep trying to get under my skin—go on, really give it your best shot.
Because I’m done playing your game, but karma?
Karma will take care of you just fine.

You like to stick your nose in everyone’s business, huh?
Just like what you did to us.
“Curiosity kills the cat,” they said.
But do you know what really kills that cat?
It’s not me—it’s God’s vengeance.
And honey, that tea?
That tea is not mine to spill.

Toodles~ ☕💋
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