I DO NOT BELIEVE IN ROMANCE (2023)

 I do not believe romance exist for me

I believe it ceased to exist inside of me

It only exist for people who are bestowed with beauty

It only exist for people within heteronormativity

Am I not attractive or it's my lack of romance friction?

Am I not for love or is it my social isolation?

Or is it because romance only exists in the universe of fiction

In the realm of endless human creation and imagination

If romance exists, I hope it does, I hope it finds its way to me

If it does not, at least I will die believing that it's not for me

A romantic love that is flattering, fulfilling, and fleeting

A love that ceased to exist in my life that is slowly fading

KABALINTUNAAN (2023)

 Humihinga sa ilalim ng tubig

Sumisigaw nang walang nakaririnig

Kumakantang walang tinig

Nagmamahal ng walang pag-ibig

Isang malaking kabalintunaan

Isang maliit na 'di pagkakaunawaan

Isang mahirap mapagkatiwalaan

Isang mayaman sa kasawian

Pagbali-baliktarin man ang mundo

Ang mundo ay hindi man lang nalilito

Pagdugtong-dugtungin man ang tao

Ang mundo ay hindi pa rin magkakasundo

LITERASIYA NG MASA (2023)

Ang laban sa misimpormasyon at disimpormasyon

Laban ng lahat ng Pilipino, Isang bayan, Isang nasyon

Kasaysayan, kwento ng kahapon, ating pahalagahan

Ito ang huhulma sa ating kasalukuyan at kinabukasan

Mga alagad ng midya ay susulong at aarangkada

Palalaganapin at papagyamanin ang literasiya ng masa

Nang makawala sa gapos at tanikala ng diktadurya

Nang tunay na kasarinlan, kaunlaran, at kapatiran ay matamasa

BUHAY (2023)

Ang buhay may simula

Ang buhay may hangganan

Ang buhay may saya

Ang buhay may kalungkutan

Ang buhay may sigla

Ang buhay may kahinaan

Ang buhay ay may ganda

Ang buhay ay may kapintasan

Ang buhay may bida

Ang buhay may kalaban

Ang buhay ay mapaglaro

Ang buhay ay sadyang ganito

WHAT IF I'M NOT GAY? (2023)

 What if I’m not gay?

Would it pass like a normal day?

Will my life be a child’s play?

Would people be mindful of what they’ll say?

 

What if I am straight?

Will I receive love not hate?

Will I find my soulmate?

Without being criticized by state

 

Question run wild in my head

Wondering what lies ahead

Is there a rainbow waiting at the end?

Or will I be hidden instead?

PS: The original poem that I have written when I was in 9th Grade was nowhere  to be found. So, I recreated, reimagined, and reconstructed this poetry now. However, it still captures the essence of the first one.