ashoka

(saraca indica)

i me mine

c is for cynic, that i am
y is for you, yes, i live for you
n is for naughty, so santa back off!
t is for truthful. the only way to go
h is for hyper on almost all fronts
i is for isms that spin the idle minds
a is for awesome! can you argue with that!

canna

(canna)

i seek but cannot find

i think but cannot mind

i look but cannot see

i run but cannot flee

i listen but cannot hear

i yearn but cannot bear

i touch but cannot feel

i pray but cannot kneel

i hope the hope that we

one day we’ll be as free.

bleeding heart

(clerodendrum thomsonae)

the darkness is here

like a nimbus floating so low

so sad

so helpless

is it still worth my while?

the desperation comes

unaware of what it will bring

i look

i listen

why can’t I feel your presence?

the depression sets in

destroying everything it touches

the dreams

the hope

how can I get out of this?

now, what is left

a body without heart and soul

the numbness

the vacuum

a total waste of life

desert rose

(adenium obesum)

the darkness engulfs my identity

my cries

my sorrows

an eternity

the muffled sobs and ever flowing tears

soaked my pillows as desperation nears

i am so lost

so alone

so apart

the night is my witness, it breaks my heart

the sleep too elusive, ebbs with the tide

the shadows my comfort, stay by my side.

duranta

(duranta repens)

i wish i could ride a time machine

to go back in time where the masses will win

i wish i could pinpoint the stargate’s door

galaxies to visit, it wont be a bore

i wish i could explode my molecules

to appear in a place where kindness rules

i wish i could dissipate on thin air

my existence gone, my space so bare.

sanggumay

(dendrobium anosmum)

the powerful scent
it exudes in the morning
reminds me of you
            ***

sampaguita

(jasminum sambac)

isang halina tuwing umaga
halimuyak mong nag-aanyaya
na simsimin ko ang iyong bango
pikit mata ako'y nalalango
ganda at samyo mo ay dalisay
sa tingin ko ay walang kapantay
pambansang bulaklak nitong bayan
kilala ng buong pamayanan

medinilla

(medinilla "andrea" philippines)

my heart overflows

with love

and of you

           ❤

my aura glows

of ecstasy

and joy

         ❤❤

my life is worth living

with you

by my side

        ❤❤❤

my words speak of love

a dream

comes true

moth orchid

(phalaenopsis)

the physiology of my anatomy

from the top of my head
to the tip of my toes
is the living, breathing
pulsating parts of me.

calvarium, mandible
made up my uppermost
with sinuses that warm,
cleanse and feels lighter, too.

two abnormal dimples
in my cheeks, it adorn
my eyes, nose, ears and lips
glabella that so forms.

the foramen magnum
where the spinal cords pass
down to the coccyx bones
that evolution proves.

my clavicles are strong
so do my scapulas
my radius and ulna
help me carry those loads.

my sternum and my ribs
cages my lungs that breathe
protects my heart that beats
in turn pumps my blood around.

then there is my stomach
gets food from peristaltic moves
digests, absorbs the nutrients
and exits down my anus.

my tricep femoris
enables me to run
tibia and fibula
and so my gastrocnemius.

what makes me think and feel
it could be my cortex
or dendrites and axons
make me feel so whole 

waling waling

(euanthe sanderiana)

kay bukas:

pinakaaasam asam na ang iyong kamalayan
ay balutin ang aking mundo ng
iyong mga pangarap at
maramdaman ko
ang ligaya sa
buhay.

★

kay kahapon:
pinakahihiling ang aking lubos na paglaya
sa nakauulol at sa nakababato
na kulungang itong
iyong ginawa
para sa
akin.

☆

yellow vine

(tristellateia australasiae)

 Kaisipang tumpak

pumapaimbulog
ang isang bagong katotohanan
na nagsimula pa
sa isang dating kaalaman
ito ay dumaraan
sa mga proseso ng buhay
pinagagaan nito
buhay ng karamihan

gustuhin mo man o hindi
ito ang nagaganap
kaisipang tumpak
sa agham nakabatay
di sapat na umasa
hinalang di binatay
suhetibo sa pananaw
kabiguan ang taglay

nguni't ang nangyayari
kaiba ang namumutawi
katotohanan nga ba
ay lubhang nakakubli
ito bang mga pangarap
na dapat pang sisirin
sa kailailaliman
sa kaibuibuturan

ang mga adhika ba
nitong yaring buhay
ay isang walang hanggang
paglaban sa kadiliman
kawalan ng pag-asa
walang bukang liwayway
mayroon pa bang bukas
na hitik ng ligaya

walang titigil, walang aayaw
kapit kamay isa't isang hanay
kubkubin ang sentro ng kadiliman
nang wakasan na ang panlilinlang
itayo na ang mga bantayog
ng malaya, tamang kaisipan
at dapat lamang alalahanin
mga nadapa at nalagas sa dilim. 

                            ★☆★☆★