LOVE MAKES ONE A POET

ACAPULCO

my acapulco you are my everest
you have defeated me, now i surrender
i tried to ascend you, but you froze me
you've been so cold, distant and insurmountable
i am too ill equipped to summit you
so i stay at your foot, looking up, always looking up
dreaming of stories that could never be
envying those who reached and
tamed you even just for a bit.
i fell too much that i cannot mend
unless i crawl away from the shadow you cast
i must let go my acapulco, my everest
for i need to thaw from your icy embrace

I DREAM OF ACAPULCO

i dream of acapulco
i do not know your language
but still i dream of you
i do not know you
but i want you
i want to experience you
to smell you beyond coffee and smoke
i want to relive your history
and explore your culture
i want to challenge your politics
i want to expose your potential
that you so stupidly hide
i want to see your many faces
early morning when all is promisingly fresh
in the dark of night, when all the pores are bared
acapulco you are but a dream
and will remain that way forever

Tango ni Eba

Amigo, pwede ka ba madistorbo?


Basta higala, walay problema


Oh! RH wala lang gyud damha

sa atong pagkupyakupya

ang dughan kung buta

usa ka adlaw nakamata


Oh! Jasmin unsa manang butanga?

akong dughan ayaw liboga

ako gatarong sa pagiskwela

dughan ko di andam mahigugma


Ako andam, magsunod-sunod kanimo

sama sa usa ka annino

unsa may wala nako, nga naa ni Briso?

ako siyang patyon, para ikaw masolo


Kung ikaw magpakabuang naa ra nimo

ayaw ko ug basula nga ikaw mapriso

Para ma imo, buhaton ko ang tanan

karon dayon andam ko sa pagtaban


Unsa man nang gugmaha?

kung paminawon hastang lamiah!


Ang gugma kong gihatag ayaw palabya

kuha-a, sa way pagduha-duha

kay sunod kung biktima si Barola