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Mr. Robot

You

Who have fought for freedom

I commend you

You have fought for nothing

But empty words

And empty promises

You

Who have fought for freedom

I salute you

You have introduced a new poison

More potent

And deadlier

Yes, we can say

Whatever we want to say

But then again

That is all we do

Talk and talk and talk

But we haven't got a clue

That we are shackled now more than ever

And it is all because of you

Thank you

For giving a new name

To this system of decay

Thank you for "freedom"

The noose around our necks

That tightens everytime we step further

And further into "liberty"

The quicksand beneath our feet

That sucks us deeper, the more we struggle

For our wretched humanity

At least before we see oppression

We could fight it

We had a mask to strike

Oppression used to bleed

But now it hides beneath our skin

And I can't even begin

To tell you how it feels

When it wriggles in my stomach

Or crawls into my mind

I find

Myself

Cringing.

And I blame you.

For not knowing

That humanity doesn't need freedom

It needs light to see

Our faces in the mirror

Sullied, tainted

Our bodies

Wounded, naked

But maybe the light

Hurt your eyes too

Because the truth hurts

And it doesn't offer freedom

But sets you free from the illusion of it

Still, nobody wants to see

Nobody wants to leave the cave

So I'll let them be

Until the darkness becomes deafening

Until you get tired of being "free"

Because sometimes people only seek the light

When they have been blinded for a century.

Fuck society.

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Alamat ng Gabi

Haplos sa pisngi,

Halik sa iyong labi.

Sabay nag pakilala ang mga dila sa isa't isa.

Nalibot na ng mga labi ang bawat sulok ng balat, maging ang mga bahagi na madalas ay hindi naipapakita.

Sinabi kong mahal kita kahapon,

At ibinibigay mo ang sarili mo ngayon;

Puso, katawan at kaluluwa,

Tatanggapin ko ang pangalawa,

Uubusin, at walang ititira.

Itabi mo ang ikatlo, at ang nauna,

Kung nais mong sabihing hindi ka lamang

Hayop tulad ko, tulad nila.

Ngunit kahit gaano mo pa ikaila,

Ay hayop ka lang din,

Ligaw, walang laman, at nangungulila.

Ginagamit mo akong panakip butas sa pag-iisa

At ginagamit kita pantawid gutom ng mga demonyong naghihimutok sa kalamnan ko.

Mahal nga pala kita.

At mahal mo din pala ako.

At pareho nga pala tayong sinungaling.

Mga puta na hindi dolyares ang hanap bagkos, mga pangako ng bukas, at pag-asa.

Pagod ka na ata,

At paos na, sa katatawag ng aking pangalan,

Nakaraos na ng tuluyan,

Ngayon natin malalaman

Na ang lahat ng ito ay libog lang.

Ngunit, kung mali ang hinuha

Umaasa ako na bukas, pag gising ay nandyan ka pa.

Manatili ka sana.

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Hidden

Under thick sheets

I hold you

A warm retreat

From a cold dark room.

We lay restless

Yet peaceful

Burning with want

And need.

Eyes closed

We plead

With hands unguided

Moving to places

We already know

How to go to.

I know you,

And your temple;

The rough patches

And that which is soft, and smooth

To the touch.

We'll go deep,

Before we slumber-

Deeper

Will my fingers go,

And you'll let me in.

Just as you always have

Just as you always will.

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Manifesto

With no great wars,

And no great adventures,

We had to

Brandish swords against

Invisible enemies.

We, the fallen

Knights of the down trodden

Strutting virtue, claiming offense

On behalf of the noble masses

To slay the thirst

That itches in our souls-

For meaning

And purpose

And triumph.

A generation of

Degenerate, educated gods

The grand explorers

Who discovered that

What is worse

Than the primitive,

The myths of old,

Musings of the divine-

Is the absence of it.

Filth has never been

Bolder and more naked.

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I Hate Mondays

The day I met you,

I wanted six minutes

Of awkward silence with you

And that was all I got.

Five years later we had that

Awkward silence forever,

At least, until the divorce, another five years later.

We never believed in happy endings

We only knew that things end.

We were right, you and I

We were prophets of a generation

That refused to believe in fairy tales

A generation that sees reality,

As a string of one night stands

And we were the best of them.

We had five years of one night stands with each other

Ten if you count the pre-marital encounters

We were lovers, best of friends and enemies altogether.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Even though it hurts to know

That we never really wanted to stay

We hoped to explore the universe

But instead we got stuck in a singularity

It pulled us in so forcibly

That we stopped calling it love.

For us, it became a prison.

A vast, suffocating wasteland,

Where you could go anywhere, but outside.

So we ran faster than light

To escape that blackhole

But you always moved

Faster than I did.

So you eloped first, and you

Collided with a celestial body

Almost literally.

He had a six-pack

And a rich man's car

An alien in our world of mediocrity

So you left me.

You left me so fast

You left after-images of yourself,

In space

Sometimes I still see you,

In the rearview mirror of my spaceship.

Which is nice, except when I see you,

You are naked

With him

On what used to be our bed.

Anyway, I'm taking both of our kids

See you on Monday

In court

Bitch.

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Pagsinta

Saan ka pupunta?

Nais kong mahagkan ka.

'Di ka na ba lilingon sa nakaraan?

Hanap-hanap ka,

Sa pag tulog

At pag-gising pa.

'Di ba maaaring,

Ikaw ay manatili

Kahit may iba ka nang mahal?

'Di kinakaya

Ng puso ang pag-iisa.

Nasaan ka na?

Babalik pa ba?

Kung nawawala,

Ay sundan ang mga tula,

Lahat ay nakalatag sa kalsada.

Sa Crisologo,

Sa Sta. Mesa,

At kung saan pang mga daan

Na tinapakan ng ating mga paa.

Kahit hapong-hapo na ang mga braso ko,

Makakaasa kang may sasalo sa'yo.

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Damned

Art is made

Through self-inflicted

Slits through tired veins.

I guess you are beautiful,

With all those bruises, and scars

And blood filled with alcohol-

You are all

I wanted-

To be inside of your skin,

Your thoughts are darker than

The nights you never slept through.

Paint the pain

At the back of your eye lids,

Paint spills

Colorless.