Dark Night

If You can't make Your presence felt,

then please, don't You ever leave Me.

Or don't let me ever leave You.

Mistake

by roar

At times, 
we just have to accept 
that we once made 
a mistake.

Once we elected a leader
unbecoming of a leader
a supposed statesman
who forgot to become a human.

May 2016
unparalleled statistic
But killing spree
Also an unparalleled statistic

Promises promised
but cusses cussed
and curses cursed.

Playing god
and acting god?
I can only pray 
to the true God.

Once the Filipino people 
made a mistake.
Sadly, the mistake continues...

Hope in the Face of Fear

by Rowel Allan A. Rocaberte

written during our first recollection at the 

Mary Help of Christians Theology Seminary

My first step through the towering gate

Left foot ahead of the right

Questioning the forehead’s wrinkle

Proceeded like an armored knight.

                The gradient combination of orange and crimson

                Five sunsets seem to rise above the ocean

                So still and silent and splendid

                Darkness, the Taborean face shun.

Lights out and I was now alone

No room for desolation for tittles flicker

Stars shine and planes sprint above

All gloom is gone and loneliness and winter.

                Two fires from left and right produce wonder

                One fire of hope in my room’s ceiling

                While casting of my troubles

                A string of beads, day’s door closing.

Bakit

by X

Mahal kita yan ay totoo Itaga mo man sa bato Pero bakit ganito tayo Lagi mo akong ginag*go? Mahal mahal mo ba ako? O sadyang tanga lang ako?

Bumili Ako ng Unan

Bumili ako ng unan

Pagkatapos nating mag-away.

Ngayon ako’y may katanungan:

Hanggang sa unan na lang ba kita mayayakap?

A Chiaroscuro Film

By roar

(written a week before the MHCCS Family Day, February 2017)

The 1978 movie entitled Love Birds started it all.

The pentalogy Sibs which ran from 1979 to 1986

Was a box-office hit drawing a handful of viewers

To the global screen,

With the characters breaking the fourth wall.

On set, do the limelights adorn the lovely scene,

Or do the shadows ruin that perfect portrait?

Ah, nah!

Conjoined, they metamorphosed to a yet better adorable film.

Both struggle to develop the other,

To live with the other.

Then shown a scene of intense emotion

Where love amidst pain strives.

The actors and the viewers prefer

The bright lights to the dark shadows,

But the Director claps

To the cinematographic blend

Of lit and shaded frame.

Periphery of My Vision

You are the most stunning of all creation

                the most beautiful of all creatures

You’re the only flower among the thorns

You’re my sight’s one astonishment.

You are the most dazzling in the wilderness

                the most shining star in the heavens

You’re the most blooming of all the roses.

You’re the sparkling gold I long to see.

You are the best thing that happened to me

                the best heartbeat I could love

You’re graceful beyond compare

You’re the one that captivates my eyes.

Everyone’s a blur, but you I can see clearly

Even if you’re just at my vision’s periphery.

Shuttle

Fly my servant

When I tap you high

Touch the ground

But never my enemy’s bat

Float in the air

Do an acrobatic stunt

Just remember that you’re my pet

So run like The Flash

After your master’s smash.