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Barato na utanon Mas barato na lawas Mga edipisyo na murag beterano sa giyera sauna Mga eskina na wala ka kahibaw asa padulong Kini ang Colon sa gabii.

Ang tanan paglaom buhii kung diri ka muagi kay wala ka kahibaw maunsa ka ma dunggaban ma kawatan ma ligsan ma saag

Wala ka kahibaw kinsa imo maila-ila sa daplin sa dalan holdaper pusher burikat mangingilad

Wala ka kahibaw unsay mawala nimo imong pitaka imong kalipay imong kaugmaon imong pagkataw

Wala ka kahibaw unsay makuha nimo insomnia STD labad sa ulo sakit sa dughan

Ang Colon hadlok gubot ngit-ngit pero diri daghan ka matilawan Daghan ka makat-onan Daghan ka makuha na handumanan

Boundaries.

The world is criss-crossed with them So much that I am compelled to thread with care or else I'll end up somewhere I don't belong

Like a thief before a guarded safe. Bumbling through CCTVs and laser fields Scouring through places where I am all but welcome

Like a man walking blind. No sight, no cane, not a single aid No stars to plot directions No guide to leave you trails No fences to set limits

No traffic lights to tell me when to move or where to move No signages no posts no notices to tell me I'm where I'm supposed to go No doors to walk through, no dividers just one massive space

It's a hullabaloo of stormy boundaries and I'm standing still in the eye of the storm

Storms. That's what I felt when I fell for you, my friend That's what I felt when along with the blossoming of our friendship came the blossoming of a different kind of love.

Love. Love sprouted right off of my heart ricocheting everywhere in tiny yet ever constant instances Like pinballs Hitting me in the guts Over and over and over.

That's what made me confess Shaking like a shitting dog Sweating like a gym buff Face red like strawberry fields forever Stuttering incomprehensive Heart beating out of chest Words pulsating of truth that know no bounds

And I confess Not hoping for a yes or a merge in our boundaries.

I'm not asking for permission, I'm not asking for THAT space. I'm a blind man walking and I just wanted to know where I stood. Good God, I just wanted to know where I stood.

So you don't have to like me You don't have to feel the same way All I'm asking is Help me know my boundaries Help me set my limits

Caught a momentary stillness, A pause to calm my own storm; Distrusted myself unconsciously, Unspeaking and horrified for too long.

Hello, Sunshine By Dave Bernasibo

Sunshine painted the skies in technicolor Mid-day lit up the school of green and yellow filled with smiles and echoes of laughter Sunset

Sunshine 7 a.m. corridors

Beautiful faces waltzing in different paces

6 p.m. has empty floors Sunset

Sunshine School colors The sweet scent of sweat

Cries of victory and defeat Sunset

Sunshine Study-outs Replaced the night-outs Textbooks in place of literature Sunset

Sunshine I still haven’t slept “I’m fine, I’ve got a little left”

Sunset The silence whispered to me, Over and over “a flop, that’s all that you are.”

Midnight The wan sky unlit But I could see it

The end, The finish line tied in a loop