Tuesday, May 27, 2008

No. 4 | Memoirs Of An Old Child In Me


Twelve years ago, I was like dancing with noiseless music. Trying to see the world that was encasing me, I was taught how to creep from a distance. I remember how I would watch the children play --- their laugh, footsteps, very remarkable. However, I was weak and just too afraid to be wounded so always, I would just gaze at them from a distance.
Secluded in my own miniature paradise, I secretly built my dreams and kept my frustrations. No one knew when misery is encasing me --- no one. I pledged that I would be strong and that there would be no space for grief. Life is a battle and one needs to play hard, I said.
Then reality took in. Life should not be like that. Failures are already given in the equation hence, learn to deal and live with it. Experience is always the best teacher, they say, and so heed. Never make the same mistake in any circumstance and do not ever rationalize a stupid action you have done. Never deny your crime. Do not overlook a good kiss just to please somebody’s ignorance. Never rush into growing old. Enjoy your childhood --- it is priceless. Value the gray hair on your head --- its worth reminiscing. Learning to love others is not thorny but it takes a while to love your own self. Life is a journey and love is part of that process.
Its never late to relish the present --- laugh, speak up, live, love, keep burdens away, get intoxicated, party all night, smoke in, smoke out, be crazy, yell, whisper, kiss, play, and swear if things sucks!

No. 3 | Growing Old


At one point in your life, you will realize that you are worth more than that. You will probably see the beauty that was once never appreciated by others. You will be smarter with your actions and less wishful in thinking. The insignificant tears you have shed will be forgotten, as you grow older. The people around you will accept all those dim-witted actions you have made if not, love ‘ em. You will enjoy counting how many boyfriends/ girlfriends you have had and to reminisce all the craziest and naughtiest whims you did with them, surely will make you smile! Heartaches will be laughed at, same with the mushy scripts you have written. They will not even notice how ugly you looked like or how fanatical you dressed up. Disappointments will just be a part of the history, as you grow older. You will know how to play with different crowds without compromising your ego. It will not make a big disparity how many times you have laid in bed; the important thing is how many times you stood up smirking! All the wrinkles you have acquired throughout the years will just be included in the rushing air as futile fragments. All these, as you grow older.



Sunday, May 25, 2008

No 2. | Drifting Mollusk


In the midst of uncertainty,
I momentarily look for answers
Thinking it would be easy,
I plunged off unto nothingness
I was wrong...
I was hurt...
I was dead for a second or two but who cares anyway?
I seek no counsel,
companionship I refused from a person or group.
It is only in seclusion that I find my inner strength
It is only at night when everybody is asleep that I cry
People say I'm strong for not weeping and for the guts
I have to face each day with blankness...
(sigh...)
Little did they know
that I am desperately saving the entity in me
It is only my God who knows how I struggle hard enough
to save my lost soul...
After this storm,
a better individual will be formed...
After all,
the best theories are shaped during
catastrophes…

Saturday, May 24, 2008

No. 1 | Cry For A Piece Of Sanity


Queries in psyche keep me idle
Where do I go? I ask myself
What is ahead of me?
The answer, I could not unearth
Thought I have poured out all my sentiments,
I started believing I’m all right
Skewed into reality, I continue the trip to my so-called happy life
Everything's well, life is good, I am in bliss and I am lying
A man out there is taking my hand,
he promises everything and just keen to take care of my broken heart
He said he would fix the whole thing
He said he would do everything
I was unresponsive, reluctant and too subtle at that moment
- I turned him down
He cried in silence
I told him he’s not good enough so I asked him to leave
From then on, he never stops from steering me
- Slowly, Deeply
Every single day, nonstop
I'm not stupid, am I?