LASO

nasaan na nga ba tayo? sinubukan kong tanungin ang hangin, malamig na simoy ang tugon nito. lakad. lakad. nakita ko ang isang bulaklak, nasaan na nga ba tayo? ngunit lantang halimuyak ang sagot nito. lakad. lakad. konting lakad pa. ang ilog. tinanong ko ang ilog. nasaan na nga ba tayo? pero tanging ragasa ng tubig ang ibinalik nito. lakad. lakad. hanggang saan pa ba?

sa wakas, may nakita akong tao na aking matatanong. tiningnan niya lamang ako, tingin na waring di niya naintindihan ang sinabi ko. lakad. lakad. hanggang dito na lang yata. at aking naisip, tanungin ang sarili, nasaan na nga ba tayo? kung hindi ma'y, nasaan na nga ba ako?

ang tangi kong alam, ako'y nasa tuwid na daan kung saan naglalakbay ang mga pangarap, nagmumuni ang mga tanong, naghahanap ng direksyon. at sa panahong magparamdam na ang liwanag ng dilaw na lasong nagbubuklod sa ating lahat, marahil doon ko lamang malalaman ang sagot.

story for sweet tooth

i love to EAT. :) sweets, my weakness. obviously, it's impossible for you to eat all kinds of confection you fancy and the intake should always be in moderation. more sugar means hello cavities, dentists would always remind kids.

but this is how it goes, i was trying to write a super short love story during my spare time. yes, concept was there, the usual boy-meets-girl-blah-blah-blah and you know what follows. as i write this piece, i tried to think of sweets that can play part. something popped out from my head like a freshly baked cookie from a 250 degree oven. (now, that's food. again.) :D

call me romantic, okay. love is sweet, for those who believe. much sweeter in the perspective of a schoolgirl who believes in the magic of fairy godmothers, glass slippers, pink ponies and colorful rainbows :D
but, i think it's sweeter written with your mind filled with food. LITERALLY.

WAKE ME UP, MY SUNSHINE

wake me up my sunshine. bring me to your sweet-tasting trail. you'd be my custard prince, i'd be your cotton candy princess. brew me your finest coffee, hand me your blend of tea. dazzled, we look upon the cream colored clouds and the blueberry shaded sky.

we walked, walked, and walked. we grew near black forest. its blooms in deep red and its barks in black. i felt like holding your soft, chiffon like hands. when i looked back, i was alone. i am lost. where were you? i knew not. i cried maple tears that gushed forth my cherry-tinted cheeks.

i searched for you up cupcake hill, down vanilla waters. nearly dusk, surrounded by a zest of orange light, i saw you. you were there. you were... under the candy cane tree, gazing at the honey-dipped stars shining bright, until they fall down like heated caramel. i saw you on lollipop street but i am on fruitcake avenue. and all i can do is to watch over you, from a distance, i guess.

it is lonely out here, frostings and icings, more like winter, the coldness of milkshakes. night falls. the lemon grass swayed with the sugar-dusted wind. and again, you were there. you were... holding a beautiful bouquet of rosemaries and thyme, the kind that never run dry. like you, who never grew tired of waiting there.

wake me up, my sunshine. melt the bitter part of this dream and glaze it like donuts. wake me up, my sunshine. bring me back to your sweet-tasting trail. this time we will never let go. pass through black forest as if it was never there. wake me, wake up my sunshine.

love is sweet... or is it?