Hating-gabi

Bago mag-umaga
Habang ang mundo'y nakapikit
Dumito ka muna
At magkubli
Bilang munting liwanag
Sa aking gabi

Ilan pang sandali
Magpapaalam ka na
At muli
Ilang magpakailanman
Ang bibilangin
Bago ang hating-gabi

Dumito ka muna
Ilan pang sandali
Manatili
Bago sugatan
Ng walang hanggang liwanag
Ang ating gabi

Where I Met the Chubb Chubb

MEMORY OF A DREAM

Where the moon was only slivers
Through trees, like golden rivers
Of light on his face.

Where the night alone was witness
To the birth of two faint voices
That cried Freedom, Grace.

On a hill that cradled dreamers,
Under stars calling us to adventures,
There was me, and there was him.

In a hammock on a mountain
Moon-kissed I, there shivering,
Awoke... and met my dream.

Some Nights

Some nights, I hear myself
scream your name into the void
without breaking its silence
Some days I stare
at my palm wishing
I could hit you just once
and not remember you again.