You are Beautiful

Written by Aaron Pangaibat

You are beautiful even if you don’t see it sometimes
When others say you aren’t, those are just lies
You are beautiful just by looking at your eyes
With just a simple glance, you give me butterflies
You are beautiful everytime you give me that smile
Forgetting my worries all the while
You are beautiful with every single touch, every hug, and every kiss
I longed for a moment like this
You are beautiful not just because of what the eyes can see
But also because of what my heart is telling me

Someday, I will be the luckiest man alive
The time I have been waiting for will finally arrive
A morning that motivates me to strive
A night that sets my soul to revive
A home to comfortably live in
Full of joy our children will give in
For I’m going to marry you on that day
And tell you, you are beautiful in every way

The Day I Confessed

Written by Aaron Pangaibat

 

I was in my own world,

You were minding yours

I thought i was living a life any guy would ever wanted,

While you were getting back at your own

I am close to you

And so you are to me

Things already in front of our very own eyes

but we refused to see

Then suddenly it all just happened

I was in shock how things get so bizarre

For I surprisingly confessed and see the beauty of who you really are

Hesitant, thats what you felt

While I am standing by your side and everytime you make my heart melt

I tried once more and said i love you

Like a strike of a lightning, you said you feel it too

I will never waste this God given chance,

Let me tell this not just once,

I’m gonna live a happy life with you

And will give you more love that’s right and true

Love, Lies and Loneliness

Written by Tristan Jett Ong

I once had a dog I called Loneliness
I shared him with everyone but they all got depressed
No matter how his hair is styled and how he’s dressed
The people around us all just got stressed

So I got a new dog and I named her Lies
With both of them there no one got teary eyed
I let Lies take the spotlight while Loneliness stayed at the back
There was nothing but cheerful and positive feedback

But Loneliness grew weaker a bit day by day
No longer can he come with us just to play
One day i came home to see that Loneliness had died
The best friend I had for years who was always by my side

But before Loneliness died the two had conceived
Lies was pregnant and I couldn’t believe
I may have lost Loneliness but my heart swelled with joy
What name better than Love would I call this sweet boy

Love was a happy-go-lucky little pup
And Lies was a mother people could only dream of
But it didn’t take long before Lies left the earth
And again my poor heart grieved with sadness and hurt

But then I remembered that Love was still there
I cared for him deeply, took him everywhere
Though it was’t true love but was just a disguise
A love fathered by loneliness and nurtured by lies

Pangalan Mo

Isinulat ni Kezia Jiao

 

Pangalan mo, kasing banayag ng relihiyon ko

May kislap sa mga mata ko tuwing nakikita ko ang pangalan mo

pero katulad ng pangalan mo may nagmamay-ari nito

 

 

hindi sa akin kundi sa kanya

wala naman akong paki-alam kung sa kanya ka

pero sa tuwing nakikita ko ang pangalan mo

tila parang litratong nagbibigay alaala sa mga sandaling magkasama tayo

 

 

Alam ko sa bawat mensaheng natatanggap ko galing sa’yo

walang kislap walang kinang ang mga sagot mo

hindi katulad ng pagtingin ko sa bawat letra ng pangalan mo

 

 

Sa tuwing nakikita ko ang pangalan mo lumilitaw sa listahan ng mga mensahe ko

may pintig, may bilis sa tibok ng puso ko hindi mawari hindi maintindihan

pero alam ko sa sarili ko na hangang pangalan lang ako

 

 

pangalan mo hangang dun na lang talaga siguro

ayokong umasa dahil alam ko masasaktan lang ako

dito na lang ako sa reyalidad na kung saan ang pangalan mo

ay parang anino ng aking kahapon.

 

Love as a Story Always Wrongly Told

Written by Pent Elyria Dawn V. Liongson

 

Love is a myth, a classic saga, admit.

Many a tale, each has surely have heard

Starring two or more lovers playing sweet

with villains stand between, each couple feared.

 

Love is a metrical romance, declare.

But reading it is impossible as

finding a brave knight in distress who’s fair

or damsel in shining armor one has.

 

Love is an epic, too lengthy, assert.

Where forces resist, heroes are of need

But typically Beowulfs die or hurt

And Bidasaris mostly plead and bleed.

 

Love is a novel, complicated, claim.

Filled with chapters you count from now and then.

Beginnings do have endings, all are same

Endings are sadly preset, beyond ken.

 

Love is fiction, stranger than way it’s told.

From time to time it is passed by folks.

It’s a paradox no one can unfold.

Listen to nothing, love is but a hoax.

A Letter Left Unsaid

Written by Hudrei Nicole Chua

 

You’re eyes hide the deepest secrets

You’re smile takes away all my regrets

You’re voice gives me endless shiver

That’re some things about you

that makes my thought flow just like a water in a long,

long river

The first time I saw you,

it wasn’t actually special

You’re not my ideal guy as a typical k-pop spazzing girl

But as time pass the moment by,

I realized why the moment wasn’t special

It is because you were the special one,

the moment wasn’t, the person was.

 

There I started to get curious

I’m looking at your profile since the first day,

till yesterday, today,

yes, I’m looking at your profile

and I know it’s been a while

But don’t get me wrong,

I am not a stalker

I am not a stranger dreaming to become your lover

I am just a friend..

a curious friend..

a concerned friend..

yes, I am only a friend,

a friend that will be by your side

until the end.

 

I will be your friend that you can talk to

I will listen to all your rants

and problems, really, I would love to

I will comfort you in times that you are down

I will make you smile

when I see a bad expression in your face– a frown

I will be your shoulder to cry on

when everyone else leave you

I will be brave,

I will stand next to you if you want to

I will hold you tight so you won’t fall

I will help you if I can without any payback at all

I will treat you so special both physical and mental

I will join you in all your adventures,

I will be your pal

I will treat you the best way that I can

And I will love you secretly,

I’ll tell it using a pen.

 

What? What did I just say?

Did I say I’ll love you?

Scratch that I won’t, I can’t

I won’t love a person who is in love with someone else

I can’t love a person whose priority is something else

I won’t be stupid!

I can’t be stupid!

I can’t love you,

I won’t love you because you are my friend

I am your only friend, and

If I love you,

You might be left alone in the end

I may leave you because I’m hurting

I may leave you because you’re asking help in courting

I may leave you because you don’t know

I may leave you because I’m stupid,

that is so

The least I can do is treat you the way I promised

And the thing you can do is know the boundaries at least

I will take the risk because I know you need me

But please do me a favor, don’t make yourself loved by me

Because I’m here to guide and help you

I am your friend and the most stupid secret-admirer

you will have too until the end

I am brave and I am strong

I am helping you though I know it’s wrong

Cause I can’t take seeing you suffer

I can’t take seeing you hurting longer

But I can’t also take looking at the glass,

Where my reflection stands,

Not knowing until when it would last.

 

One day, just like my reflection,

I will disappear

My reflection on the glass,

and I, on your life

Our friendship will end, so, so near

The time will come that I wouldn’t be here

I wouldn’t be beside you,

holding and supporting you,

helping you to overcome your fear

So please, my dear, stay strong

Listen to what your heart says,

listen just like how you do in your favorite song

Learn to fight alone, learn to be alone

Learn to move on, learn the time,

the time that you need to stop holding on

Be ready,

I’m sorry

Stay hardy, and please,

be happy.

 

Sincerely yours,

A friend