The Pursuit of Love

I sought to understand love
Through my misty spectacles.
I tried to observe its different facets
In my muddied existence.
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Though I knew it was supposed to be great
I saw only glimpses;
And though I tried to analyze it
I couldn’t begin to fathom it.
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Until I closed my eyes
And learned to listen to my heartbeat.
I opened my heart
And love came and [...]

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Sunset After the Storm

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 I watch in awe as you slowly walk to the horizon’s end
Amber and gold flashing; I imagine that is you winking.
I feel the calm of your peace, taste the truth in your promise
I know you’ll be back to hold me tight in your embrace.
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You pause a little and wave to me one last time
Before disappearing [...]

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Never a Good Driver

I don’t think I’d ever become a good driver.
I am terrible with direction, and getting lost is my favorite pastime when traveling. I seldom commit landmarks to memory; and on the few occasions that I try to, my brain would refuse to accept, let alone, store them. There are even times that I fail [...]

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Misunderstood

What would the concept of beauty say to humanity if only she could talk? Let’s read her diary. .
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Dear Diary,
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I feel depressed. People stop at nothing to have me, yet very few seem to see me as I am. All they seem to see in me is my superficial aspect; my depth, they completely ignore.

They [...]

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My Birthday Poems

The Thirtieth Page
My pen, she’s almost done
Writing on the current page;
Few more scrawls and soon
She’d be turning another leaf.
The next leaf, smooth and glossy,
It’s the diary’s thirtieth page;
Still a blank, clean surface
On which my pen’d pirouette

Maybe with a black or blue ink
Or why not red, pink or green;
With lines graceful and thin
Turns planned and disciplined.

But [...]

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No one goes home

 
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Is it just me, or is the place of our childhood not really as we remember it?
When I think of our ‘Away,’ that place where I spent the summers of my childhood, visions of picturesque views flash in my mind — lush greens, vast meadows, wide fields, clear springs.
But whenever I visit that [...]

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If Living Were Like Reading a Novel

They say life is like a book that must be read page after page in order for it to be fully understood and appreciated. I agree (that is, if we’re talking about a book of novel, not a reference book). But remembering that I have nasty habits when reading a novel, I can’t help but [...]

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Easter Greetings

Today, Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. Tonight, he ate His last supper. Tomorrow, he will die on the cross.
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As we remember this significant event in our Christian faith, may we all find time to pause and say a prayer of thanks to the One who has come to deliver us from our sins. May the [...]

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Corregidor Trip: A reflection

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“Bayang magiliw perlas ng silanganan, alab ng puso, sa dibdib mong bughaw…”
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My mind was traveling back and forth with lightning speed from the present to historical events almost 60 years ago as we sang the national anthem inside the darkened tunnel. As pictures of past and present events flashed in my mind, a cold chill [...]

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Thy Footsteps, My Guide (Poetry for Dad)

In this life, I had your footsteps to guide me through;
From them, through them, Father, I saw
The road you took, hard and long; your progress, slow;
Grueling was your journey; that I now know.
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Up to the crossroads, your footsteps took me, Father
And I noticed, your footsteps spent a long time there;
They found it hard to decide [...]

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Ode to the Night

The night, in its obscurity
Is the wide canvas
upon which the moon’s mysterious smile
is painted.
The rich backdrop
against which the stars 
hold their merrymaking.
Dark, he lives in obscurity.
Alone, he is nobody. Yet,
Without him —The moon would lose its allure;
And the stars, their grandeur.
There won’t be starlit skies
under which lovers exchange dreamy sighs.
And I’d be lost —
Wouldn’t know [...]

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“All that Matters:” An Uplifting Read

A young woman who just attempted to end her life… her father who did not only have time for his family, but actually turned his back on them in favor of his Hollywood career and a younger woman… her Nana (grandmother) who would not give up on her.
These are the three main characters in [...]

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Risk Takers

My brothers and I are risk takers, there’s no doubt about that. But just how much risk we are willing to take and the manner we take them differ greatly.
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In any endeavor:
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I always calculate the benefits against the risks. Only when I see that the chances of success is greater than that of [...]

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The Two Faces of Pride

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Pride is a two-faced coin. One face beautiful; and the other, repulsive.
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Like the pillar that keeps an edifice erect, pride is that which makes an individual stand tall. It is the resumé that logs one’s achievements and feats; the mirror that helps one to see his worth as a person, as a human being. It [...]

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Senses

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Listen to the tapping of the falling rain, and you’d hear the beating of my heart; whispering nothing but your name — a love so true, a music that won’t stop. 
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Caress the soft rays of the beaming sun, and you’d feel the warmth of my embrace; soothing your spirit, clasping your hand — a balm that takes [...]

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