A
Sometimes, I wonder, will you still talk to me had I been
sitting across the room and not beside you?
Sometimes, I wonder, will you still lean towards me had I
been behind you?
Sometimes, I wonder, will you still smile and talk like you
do had it been another person on my place?
I wonder why you reek of cigar like you shove it down your
throat, and I never really liked the smell of cigar, but I like the smell of
you.
I wonder why even if you speak of riddles and metaphors; and
we are a complex interplay of reason and emotion, but I like listening to you.
I wonder why when you were starting to write your songs of
love as I was just beginning to master how to walk, but I dream of you reading
your ballad as I walk towards you down the aisle.
I wonder why I’m stoked at you – or even just the thought of
you.
Maybe, we’re not a fit ‘coz we’re the exact opposite, but
wondering about you makes me want to know you.
B
I don’t want to wonder anymore. I want to stop this
craziness I am feeling for you.
I know I rejected you prematurely. But that was not my
intention.
The logical brain hit me hard that afternoon, but your
emotions were too high.
I wish we talked it out in the same language.
I wish you asked me again when I thought it through.
I wish I felt for you before I even spoke.
Is it too late for a reboot?
C
Wala ka namang ginawa.
Bumati ka lang na parang matagal na tayong magkakilala.
Nakuha mo ako sa lamig ng boses mo, sa init ng ngiti mo, sa
amo ng singkit na mga mata mo.
Pero bakit ang dating mainit ay biglang naglaho? Nasaan na
ang pananabik at tuwa na dating dala mo?
Miss na kita nang labis.
D
Matagal ka na bang nakamasid?
Sapagkat kanina pa ako nagnanakaw sa’yo ng titig.
Sinisipat ng gilid ng mata ko kung ako ba o si Sinag ang
pumukaw sa atensyon mo,
O baka naman iniisip mo lang kung anong ulam ang iluluto mo.
Gusto mo bang lumapit?
Parito na, giliw.
Kanina pa kita hinihintay.
Buong buhay kitang hinihintay.
E
“Handa na ang sundalong ito na sumabak sa giyera. Nais kong
malaman mong gustong gusto kita.”
- 100 Tula Para Kay
Stella
F
You know, I’m doing a review on
Risk Communication. Literature maintains that risk is the probability of
adverse unexpected outcomes. The opposite of risk, however, is safety. It seems
that the higher the risk is, the lower the measure of safety. So, risk
communicators and risk scholars forward that we should avoid risks at all cost,
if you don’t want to jeopardize your comfort. But, I am not convinced of living
in a pseudo-safe state without knowing the real consequences of the situation at
hand. Remember, risk is also socially constructed and we’ll never really know
its measure unless we experience it first-hand. So, I want to know. Do
you wanna have coffee with me sometime?
G
Gintong aral ng pag-ibig at
pagkasawi:
Tapos na.
Huwag umasa kung hindi sinambit
ng mga labi.
Huwag ipilit kung hindi ukol ng
langit.
Ang bawat pagkabigo ay aral.
May hapding kipit, pero kailangan
danasin.
Tapos na.
Sa pagtatapos nitong kuwento
Kung hindi rin lang tayo
Maaari bang huwag ka nang
babalik?
Huwag ka nang babati.
Huwag ka nang lalapit.
At lalo’t higit
Huwag ka nang tititig.
Tapos na.
Dito natin tapusin ito.
Ganito natin piniling isulat ang
wakas.
Ganito tayo dapat yumao
Marahil hindi naman pala dapat
ipinilit.
Dahil sa huli,
Magtatapos na.
