I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit Been saying "yes" instead of "no", I thought I saw you at the bus stop, I didn't, though. Well, not really. I haven't been on any shit at all; it's been the same past few days, past few weeks, past few months. With the pandemic a… Continue reading the 1: Just thought I’d let you know
Tag: heart
Tentative Truths
There is a sense of horror that comes only with uncertainty: is this genuinely what I feel and know? Is this what I desire? Am I feeling truthfully? Ever since I first grappled with my mania and my depression and my anxiety I have always wondered if what I felt were real, or… Continue reading Tentative Truths
Ending’s beginning/Beginning’s end
There is no truth more universally acknowledged than the fact that time flies -- months skip, weeks jump, days whizz by. And today, inconspicuously (or, rather, due to the flurry of events catching us unawares), we were ushered into the first of the last month of the decade. And all of us was none… Continue reading Ending’s beginning/Beginning’s end
A little less happy, a little more joyful: Christmas 2017
Sitting in the car with the windows half-open, the muggy Manila air half-choking us with the heavy weight of smog, I turned to you, stared at your face half-asleep, and asked, "Are you happy?" In the only way you know how, you pressed the palms of your hand on your eyes, and you replied,… Continue reading A little less happy, a little more joyful: Christmas 2017
Great Balancing Act
The end of every year shows Twitter in a flurry of activities: people tweeting about the things they're grateful for; about things they wish they had done, or done better; about lessons they learned or lessons they wish they were taught. On my part, I decided to go on a sharing spree about the good… Continue reading Great Balancing Act
Matters of the heart
Frodo: I can't do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the… Continue reading Matters of the heart
Of perpetual finds 