Nothing Without You

You do wonders that will never make one
ever live the same.

 You have been so faithful and true that You have never forsaken me.

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And for the other wonders You are yet to tell through my life—be it in those tough or victorious seasons,  all the glory be Yours alone for I am nothing without YOU. 

Maybe, Maybe

Neither a fairytale nor a legend
In beauty and in the end
In challenges or bliss
This will not just dismiss

Hearts of swords
Stretches of the cords
Yes, the sighs' music
Oh, and the tracks' lyric

Oh, the glory of hemming
Again, lives clinging
Standing on edges
Still, getting back on the ridges

Please pursue
'Begged twice not to undo
For a short while, let's walk
If we can't talk

It's hard to enjoy, really
Never really illy
But somehow just 'hard'
And just... off the yard

No 'I don't know'
Neither 'I won't go'
Nor 'I don't care'
Even 'I won't dare'

It'll be tough
It will be rough
It has not been easy
It was not lazy

But on bended knees
We will sail through the seas
Until the adventure of the deep's gleaming
dance with the comfort of the shore's leaving

Bricks or mere picket fences
In the grays of summer mazes
Or in winter solstice's wind
Wonders are learned in bind

Pa

In many ways, I love you
Thank you for everything
You are one of the wonderful things the Lord blessed me with

You have gone around the world
And you even have gone to most places I dreamt of going
You make them come true for me

From Antarctica, Egypt, Rome, Greece, Norway
and the rest of those wonderful places you had your coffee
I am but one proud "bunso"

For those stories and books you bought me from those places--
Some of which I have not even started reading yet
From those stories you always passionately share with me
I am but one grateful Abi

It is true that we cannot get to choose who gets to be our father
And I am just blessed that the Lord himself chose you to be my dad

Happy Father's Day!


with love,

Abi

College Goodbye I

"Sometimes, we meet people and we are forever changed."

Sometimes, we meet people... and we create a kind of friendship unlike any other.

We create that certain relationship in a class, more like a family with the walls of an institution, say, the Lyceum of the Philippines University. 

It was not an easy path.

But it was one of those worth-while journeys.

There were also breakfasts, lunch outs, dinners, recesses, those 10-to-15-minute breaks, and everything in between. There were bumps, humps, and stops.

From a unique crowd, friendships were made. From group projects, researches, reports or just mere activities, we got used to the people around us that we came to know them more in various ways.

In those misunderstandings, quarrels, mishaps and shortcomings, some friendships were made and were even strengthened.

Some friendships may have been put to a pause. Some circumstances cannot just be put to its best always. Hopefully, there are pauses. And if there need to be some stops, be it for the better, even the best.

From the non-academic activities as simple as bonding with these people completed a college life. And now that this chapter comes to an end, may it not be the end of that unique bond of this crowd.

I never knew I would be this close to these people. I will surely miss those night walks along Parian after our 7:00PM class. Those extended stay in the school or overnights and early meetings due to deadlines. Going back to how we all started, it is inevitable to say that we have gone miles away from where we were.

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**I decided to post this first write up (which I made weeks ago. haha) already because.. because I am missing college that much. Huhuhu.  FORGIVE ME FOR THE DRAMA. :))

:p

For the Woman I Love Most

From the primary years when everything was as simple as carrying me

just to pacify me or put me to sleep

To that stare you give me when I am already doing too much drama

From supporting me in my oratorical and declamation contests

To driving us to school

 To cooking our food and even knowing where my things are

To your unwithering support especially in my college life

In those sleepless nights you stayed up late with me
In those faithful Ma-pagising-ng-maaga-kasi-di-ko-pa-tapos-aralin-yung-dalawang-subjects

and Wag-kayo-maniniwala-pag-sinabi-kong-mamaya-na-ko-gigising-pilitin-niyo-ko moments

To the things you taught me wrong and showed me right

For showing me that courage when many said that I stop

You said I must not

For showing that mother in you when you must

I may not be the that expressive to always tell you that I love you

Always know that I do

You have defied that word mother to us

We are always here for you

You have been there all through out

And it will always be an honor to be there for a woman like you

My letters to you before may have been more dramatic

but more than all these

I am more than thankful for you

From the bottom of my heart, I am more than blessed to have you around

Truly one of a kind

God-sent

I love you!

  

Lost of Words

So many things to share.

So many things to say.

Heart's exploding.

Mind's exclaiming.

There were butterflies.

There were bees. 

There were flowers.

There were thorns.

The lip muttering phrases.

The fingers writing across pages.

Her sight's across the horizon.

Her feelings, over the mountains.

Words seemed absent.

Thoughts seemed locked down.

Saying seemed understating.

And elaborating seemed killing the idea.

The root seemed to perish.

But the thoughts are still flying.

Amidst the thousands of words.

Across the sentences connected.

Over words stacked.

A letter remained.

And the letter said the words above.

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That Box that Filled A Heart

My College Box :)

Inside that box are the permits I gathered in my almost four years of stay now in the Lyceum of the Philippines University.

Inside that box are invitations, memorabilias or just simply back up files from the activities in college-- say compositions of my friends and the like.

I actually started this post last December 30. But did not pursue completing it since there's still a lot of days or even weeks more (and I don't wanto to be that emotional. -_-), but at this very moment, I don't even have a month to count down.

Inside that box is a part of my heart, and as it now slowly reaches to a close in 15days, I must say, it is a mixture of feelings, indeed. Excitement, uncertainties, fun memories, crazy doodles with friends etcetera.

I once said in my post that as the end of college gets closer and closer, I may be blogging more and more about it, but I was wrong of that thought. Because as the end of college gets closer and closer, we get more busier and busier (which is true! HAHA.) but, seriously, I cannot completely keep n mind that this system I am in is about to change and this routine will surely pass.

I can continue reminiscing here, but I guess it's just too early to be reminiscient, still. Let us again see what the days will bring. Bwahahaha.