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One less person to annoy
My paternal grandmother died today. We call her Lola Sinday. I got the news this morning just right before I started another day’s work. While we weren’t so close while growing up and we rarely had special moments together, she was the only parent my dad had and knew all his life. Though I remember…
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The Day I Lost Summer
The only people who will never expect you to think and act like an adult no matter how old you’ve grown, will be your grandparents. They will always wish you never grew up to be someone they can no longer carry in their arms and they can no longer take to the park to get…
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Sunset
Clock strikes half after five Not a darkness covers as I close my eyes A mixture of strokes it is – bloody red, striking orange, yellow that’s glistening bright Caressing my forehead, blushing my cheeks, its warmth pressing against my lips Its radiance inducing me for one last look Down it goes. “How beautiful”, I…
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One Grateful Heart
I’ve been working since I graduated college in 2011, so to date, I have been an employee for about six years already. With me is a college degree and a post-graduate degree earned five years after, making me an employee earning fairly enough to support myself and the family back home. An employee who’s still…
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Kubli
One evening of September 2015, I was forcing myself to sleep when I decided to randomly write a poem through my twitter account. No rules, no counts, no measures. Not even finished. I just wanted to get some stuff out of my head, hoping it would then clear my mind and would finally get me…
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Time Doesn’t Always Heal
Time heals all wounds, they say. Time gently pushes you to move forward and to never stay on the same ground, for the reason that you simply deserve a new beginning. Time naturally filters memories of which you are supposed to leave behind or bring with you. Time lets you embrace the pain for a…
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Five Things I Learned From Loving Someone who has a Child
Every relationship is fighting its own battles. Sickness, distance, difference in faith, an against-all-odds dramatic affair, third parties, lies, secrets, and all other complicated setups we might have all heard from various love story tellers. Love is not a walk in the park. It takes patience, respect, acceptance, sacrifice (a lot) and deep understanding of…
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The Millennial Writer 