The Weight of our “I love Yous”

The Weight of our “I love Yous”

𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘢. Your big, brown, pretty eyes bore into mine. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘢. You said for what might be the twenty-third time today. You took my hands and clasped them in yours, peppering my knuckles with soft, tender kisses. Sometimes, I wonder, 𝘸π˜ͺ𝘭𝘭 𝘡𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘒 π˜₯𝘒𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦...
Pag-ibig ang Gamot sa Galit

Pag-ibig ang Gamot sa Galit

May mga gabing pundido na ang ilaw ng pagtitimpi ko. Hikaos na ang dating malalakas na dibdib. Ang mga binti ko’y markado na ng ilang hagdang binabatak paakyat ng footbridge, pakikipagsapalaran sa kumpol ng tao sa tren, at ilang patayang oras sa paghihintay ng...
Forgotten, But Not Gone

Forgotten, But Not Gone

We sat on our familiar porch I looked out at the field, the golden sun glistening on the grass as the wind puffed past You called over our eldest and threw him the football with the same vigor as your youth You called over our youngest and handed her a sketch you made...
My Love, Be Known

My Love, Be Known

I exist as the raging waves that clash on seawalls As I wash through people I have loved And in my waves, I keep parts of them with me My salt from their tears, bubbles from their laughter Tides I’ve carried from different seas β€” I’ve drowned. I am the sun with its...