bestrongandcourageous

UNTITLED

Too many sunsets have passed my way

Each one a mark on my dirty slate

Sometimes I fear the twilight

Knowing that Id wake up to another heartache

For a while id fancy myself a rock

Tough and hard

Not long after Ive tossed it around

Even it broke into tiny shards

Im never that strong

Nor am I brave enough to pretend

Even I have to start believing

That some things really do have to end

But then one night as I hid among the sheets

Knowing full well the terror that the sun can bring

I was awoken by an all-too familiar beep

And in quiet notes my heart began to sing

I took my time to take it in

Afraid of the cliff looming before me

But in the end I knew what would win

And no sooner did I start falling freely

Afraid, yeah I was afraid

Afraid that another day had come bringing tears

But so far the fall has been good

And maybe I was wrong about my fears

I don’t know whether Id hit rock bottom

I sure hope soon enough I’ll learn to fly

But one thing I know, I know for sure

that now I’m brave enough to try

PHOENIX

It was as birth pangs

like knife thrusts to the deepest chambers of my heart

like bullet wounds to my soul

then the fury of a thousand waves

and the raging og a hundred flames

crashed over me

in their anger

and then

in their peace

then silence

I rose from my ashes

and breathed the new air

up from the hospital bed

take away that rusty thermometer and put aside your old stethoscope

i don't need your syringe nor those pills on the table

i am better

i am putting aside this hospital gown and i'm buying new clothes to wear

so here's for the bills and the frown, for i've got work to do and people who care.

PEDESTAL

In a million ceramic pieces
in a thousand shards of tears
falls your place of honour
falls into a den of fears

where is your reason now
where is your justice
could you absolve somehow
the sins that you embellish

SHOVEL

quiet

here under the cover of night

take this and dig deep

more

more

beneath the amiable smiles

and the perfumed clothes

under the strong words

and the glistening silence

there

six feet down

is an ocean of tears

IM GONNA FIND ANOTHER YOU...a paraphrase

Its really over(really?)

You made your stand

You got me crying(a lot)

As was your plan(I knew it all along)

But when my loneliness is through(kelan kaya yun...)

Im gonna find another you

You take your sweaters(you got your shirt na right?)

You take your time

You might have your reasons(good ones)

But you will never have my rhyme(and I have a lot baby)

Im gonna sing my way away from blue(a little dancin too)

Im gonna find another you

When I was your lover

No one else will do(you know its true)

And if Im forced to find another(IF)

I hope she looks like you

and she's nicer too(or you could be nicer and itd still be you...)

So go on, baby(boo?)

Make your little getaway

My pride will keep me company(andami ko nun...)

And just gave yours all away

Now Im gonna dress myself for two

Once for me, and once for someone new(me and Cati...)

Im gonna do some things you wouldnt let me do

(like txt while driving and play with the soil)

Im gonna find another you(most probably not)

(bitterness never sounded sooo good)

Many thanks to the master, John Mayer

BRAVERY

For the longest time

I thought bravery was the absence of fear

the headlong rush

into overwhelming odds

against overwhelming foes

I thought bravery was

the eternity of hope

to eternally prevail

against insurmountable darkness

to accept the unseen

all the while I forgot

that there is bravery

in a falling leaf

in a fallen seed

to be stricken with heat

and battered with rain

to be reborn again

maybe, there is bravery

in surrender

YOUR TURN

How does it feel
How does it feel
to have the tables turned
to have the places reversed


to be the one sought after
to be the one dreams are built around

i'ts you now
who holds the power
to make hearts cringe
to make tears fall

DRAMA

tara let's save our tears
lock em' up
and throw away the key

till someone picks it up
and asks to open it
saying "I'm here to take them away now."

ONE

one glance sets it off
one word puts everything in motion
one kiss drives it into the Heavens
one tear crashes it in pieces

these walls that held us lie scattered in ruins
I'd ask you but you'd never pull them up

maybe a minute more is all I need
for one heart to change its mind