Mata

"Sa mata makikita ang
aking damdamin."
Marahil ay nakagisnan
din ng iba
Ang linyang ito
ng isang kanta
Hindi tayo makakapagsubali
Sa taglay nitong mensahe.

Kaya naman siguro
Takot tayong makita ng ating
gusto
Nakatingin sa kanya
Mga mata'y diretso.
Hubad nga talaga siguro
Itong mga mata
Lalo na kapag tumitig sa 'yo.

Di bale ng hindi mo
makita
Damdamin sa aking mga mata
Sa panahong kapag wala ka
Tandaan ikaw ay nasa aking gunita.

Kaya nagtatanong
Sa iyo ngayon
Ito rin ba ang nakatago
Sa iyong mga mata?

Kalsada

Bakit kaya ang kalsada
Nag-iiwan ng alaala?
Napadaan kanina
D'yan sa may kabilang banda
Namutaktak sa isipan
Samut-saring mukha.

Aking napagtanto
Mga nakalipas dito
Iba't-ibang tao nakasama
Dumadaan sa may kanto
O bakit ang alaala
Buhay pa rin?
Bigla  kang malulungkot
Kapag nanunuot
Sariwa at hinog alaalang
Nilimot.

Pero ang tulang ito
Ay para talaga sa espesyal
Na taong nagbabasa nito.
Nais kong bumuo
Kasama n'ya sa kalsada
Ng magagandang alaala
Lipos ng tuwa at pag-asa
Kaya, tara na!

Can't Fight

I miss you badly
Is there any way
I can reach you?
I got your number
By the way
You know where
I got it
I hope it's okay.

But I don't want
to use it
The immature way of
being anonymous
But there's no other way
I can't fight this anyway
So wait for it today.

The Food

It's empty at the shift
Gets weak and
seeks
The apple of the eye
The food that makes
me sigh.

Of joy and warmth
Inside my heart
Now hungry devoured
You're out of sight.

Strangers Again

It's not about the song with
the same title
It's about the song
"Somewhere in My Past"
Because it seems
I've known you all my life
Like you were in my past.

Well, strangers again
Literally
But not our souls.

To Wait

I don't know
What to say
But you look great
today
I was determined
To break the ice
But you left early
By the way.
Is it because of Saturday?

Anyways
I tell myself: It can wait.

You

It's all about you
Yes--- you
When I say you
It's you
No reservations.

It's written in my eyes
Written for you to read
That there is
Nobody, nobody
But the stranger--- YOU.