I won't let you draw me
Once again with your words--
Your saccharine words filled with nothing,
Carefully camouflaged as love.

You ask me to come see you,
Beg me to once again pursue,
Those butterflies that once looked pretty
Now all embellished with dirt.

I won't ask you anymore to reconsider,
Inveigle to manipulate our world,
That world that once was oh so beauteous,
Now bleak and empty beyond words.

My only prayer is that you remember
The seeds we've sown together,
Magnificent testaments to the love
That we once had--
That you shan't put them asunder.

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Your greatest love
is your biggest heartache
and no one can top that.
You can still love
and be hurt by others
but you'll always remember
that one person who left,
using them as your gauge
for all those who dare
to arrive next.

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Sometimes,
the phrase, "I miss you,"
says it all.

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Let me not, o Lord,
Disregard the misery
Of my fellowmen;
Let me not, o God,
Forget the mercy
Upon me You sent;
The duty to give back,
The need to be present;
Let me, my Lord,
Remember who I
Must always represent.

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Ah, what clever creature, you are,
That you simulate such frailty
To gain favor from the gods;
Then you turn your face away
To hide that grin from their eyes.

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Does it
Make you happy
Whenever
You manage
To gift me
A frown?
Is it worth
Your while
To wipe out
My smile?
Do you think
You're entitled
To enact that
Each and every
Freaking time?

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Kapag sinabi kasing
Walang kwenta,
Walang kwenta talaga!
'Wag mo nang
Planuhing baguhin
O piliting ipagtanggol;
Dahil, kapag basura,
Basura na talaga!

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The new year is birthed
In the same place,
With the same scene;
Though, something
Smells quite different--
A new smile lights up
Your beauteous face.

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Those moments of useless cravings;
Those memories of discarded things.

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Oh, how you shielded me!
From all the demons and fiends--
From all forms of hurt,
You protected me with yourself.

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