Paranoia

the chains that bind
hold the feet no longer
yet with every step
the ringing, the clashing
echoes on forever

Out of nothing 2

Letrato

Halos lahat na yata ng tao ay nagmamayari ng kamera. Ganun ba talaga kahalaga ang mga letrato para sa mga tao? What’s in a picture? The colors? The faces? The sceneries? Kung sabagay, kung saan mang letrato ka involved at makakarelate, may makukuha ka nga namang frozen memories. Bahal na yung utak mo na mag defroze nito, at paglaruan ang mga sandaling lumipas na. Sa huli, paggunita din pala sa nakalipas ang gamit nito, puwera na lang sa tunguhing pang komersyal. Mauuwi din pala ang lahat sa napakaklasikong pagiisip na tumutumbok sa kahalagahan ng ‘kasaysayan’. Yun nga lang, lahat ba ng letratong na i-develop, nasa computer, o nasa memory stick ay may ‘saysay’. Isa pa, kung sa bawat oras na lumilipas ay meron kang letratong magpupugay sa iyong makulay na buhay, will the pictures then still serve their purpose? Para san pa ang pag re-reminisce kung wala ka namang ire-reminisce? Naaalala ko tuloy yung diary ko nung grade school pa ako. 'Nung umaga, kumain ako. Nung tanghali, kumain ako. Nung gabi, kumain ako tapos natulog na.' Sa next entry, ganun ulit yung nakasulat. Dinaan ko nga lang sa stickers yung diary na yun e.

Halfway There

Two down, another two to go.

Karinate Star

Karina,

Do you know what carina is? It's a sternal bone in birds. It helps the birds in their flight, providing leverage. Some birds don't have it, that's why there are flightless birds.

Carina is also a constellation. It has the second brightest star in the night sky, 'Canopus'.

http://www.outerspaceuniverse.org/media/carina-nebula-wide-view.jpg

There may be shooting stars... But there's also a 'Flying Star'...

Once and Nevermore

Walking in a shoreline trodden by tears

Makes it not a wonder

Why the sea is salty

And sometimes even bitter.

With every step

It disappears behind

Leaving not a trace

To grace the memory of time.

To think

Of what came before

This filthy pair of feet

Of the thousands that drowned.

Makes it a wonder

Why the ocean

So calm and serene

In dusk’s full grandeur.

Flashback

This is a picture of the roof inside the room where I stayed in while boarding in my previous boarding house. This part of the roof is exactly within the area above my bed (its a double deck bed and mine is the top one). Whenever it rains, I get soaked. It started with little drizzles but it eventually worsened, ending up like a kid's flowing urine (it's also yellowish since the roof is old and dirty). Fortunately, the water ends up only in one end of the bed and not in the middle. I just huddle myself up to avoid getting wet when it rains. My landlady knows about it, but never really did anything about it. She just told me to switch rooms whenever it rains. But I never did so since I find it a hassle, especially since I'm a student and I don't like to move my things back and forth as rain starts and ends.