Queen of the Night

The floor was a pool of tears.

The crimson liquid

of sticky water from my eyes

seeped into the deepest

pigments of my

skin

Gauzed Wounds

 

The second brother came home,

as the other siblings did,

without a wife

rather with a beloved

sister

in his mind-

her sweet smile

and the gentleness of her gestures

incomparable from the other women he met.

This affection

if only he was warned

to put love aside

from brotherly care

would’ve saved them

from such a predictable strife.

For in the guise of foreseen obligation

when he knew of her intention

of not wanting to marry

sprung the idea

to be the one to love her instead.

Dama of His Nights

 

She wakes me, then she vanishes.

But the scent of a thousand other flowers

seems to harmonize to annoy me

as it lingers in the four walls of this room.

 

Ang Pangaral ni Juan Tamad kay Ambisyosong Kasoy

Batid kong hirap ka sa kinatatayuan mo

ngayon kaibigang kasoy.

Oo nga’t madilaw at mukha kang matamis

kapag hinog

bakit pagkatao mo’y nasa kinalahati?

Bitter Longing

I was

the seed of desire.

A hateful boon

among life’s choices

I had no right to decide.

a Curse

conceived by Nanay’s cold blood

wrapping my face

in a tight embrace

as she squeezed me out

with pure disgust.

 

Bulong

Buto ni Kasoy

pinagkaitan ng tadhana

nangarap na makalabas

sa lungga

ninais na makita ang mundong ibabaw.

Hunger Within

The mother threw herself into

fits of delirium for

her three sons couldn’t five wives

except their own

sister.

 

A silent violent outburst:

her sneer

to her daughter’s

continuous lascivious acts

flirting with her

sons

every night.

Mother of Crimes

I hate them

so I killed them…

Dama de Noche

 

The sound of bells

and silent chatter

from each side of the isle

and white petals that spread on

the crimson stretch

Behold:

A fairytale of maharlikas and

village maids.