salbahe

mag-ingat ka

masama akong tao
mabagsik ang lason ng inggit
ang dumadaloy sa aking dugo


mag-ingat ka
masama akong tao
dahil sa oras ng aking pighati
nais kong idamay kayong lahat


mag-ingat ka
masama akong tao
lalamunin ko ang liwanag sa mundo
dahil ang puso ko ay naghihinagpis
walang sinuman ang dapat magsaya
pagka’t ako’y nagluluksa

mag-ingat ka
masama akong tao
dahil nangungulila ang labi ko sa tamis ng halik ng pag-ibig
bala ng pagkamuhi at malisya
ang pakakawalan ko sa aking bibig
masaktan kayong lahat!


mag-ingat ka
masama akong tao
sisipsipin ko ang pag-asa
sa inyong mga puso
magdusa kayong lahat


samahan ninyo ako
sa aking pag-iyak

out my door

my mother
as always,
knows best.
she told me
to do what i want to do,
until i get tired of it.

but my pride got the most of me.
so i kept my distance.
i left you
alone.


why did you have to call me,
and askme how i was?
what do you care?


it will not change things.
you will still be there,
and i,
here.

so what is it to you
if i enjoyed viewing the egyptian tomb
on display at the met?


why do you want to know?

is it to assuage your guilt?
to make you feel slightly better
that i do not cry
myself to sleep anymore?

do you want to know
if i am okay
so
you can go ahead
and tell me that once
and for all
that
we are over?

i thought we were over
the moment
you walked out my door.

so

why do you want to know?

i told you
you can do
what you want to do.

it's okay, really.
you already walked out my door.


what you do
with your time
is
not
my
business
anymore.

because

you already walked out my door.

asawa

katuwang kaisplit sa hirap at ginhawa
sing-sing, kasal

asa
na sana pang-habang buhay

sawa
na sa isa't-isa
di na sapat ang pag-ibig ng isa

awa
sa sarili
dahil akala mo
pang-habang buhay

wa
umiyak kang mag-isa
at patuyuin mo ang iyong luha