An Open Letter to Future Senior High Students

Dear Future Senior High School Students,

An Open Letter to Future Senior High School Students

cruel by vince

what is the name 
for that feeling when 
you seem to be drawn
to another like the moth to the flame, 
two magnets that cannot bear to be apart

Anghel by Alvien Levi A. Duque

Sabi sakin dati ni nanay lahat daw tayo 
Ay may anghel na sa‘tin 
nakaantabay at nagbabantay

Kaya lang hindi natin sila
Namamalayan, nakikita o 
Nararamdaman

Kalendaryo by Alvien Duque

Nagbago na ang lahat,
tila nakalimutan na
ang mga salitang ikinalat.

Mga pangakong binitawan
naligaw na’t nilisan.
Mga kuwento’t biruan
tuluyan ng napag-iwanan.

New Frame, New Look by Eliza Bumanlag

greeting a blurry vision
older as time files
one new pair with definition
design is what she buys
but it depends on her decision
“you’ll see a change in her eyes”
exactly because of her condition

hurricane in a paper cup by Jessica Lee

i think the best metaphor i’ve ever made
was comparing you to a hurricane in a paper cup
a personal liar, a double-edged blade
quick, strong, ruthless — no room to catch up

Loving love by chuchukels

When will I get to figure out
 love on my own?

Not the ones I see 
clicking through Instagram stories; 
nor the complaining my friend does 
when her boyfriend doesn’t get it! 
even when she made it completely
obvious she wants that…

mga kulay sa buhay ko ni AJ Perez

kulay dilaw ang araw,
nakangiti sa aking pagbangon

kulay puti ang damit,
niyakap habang nagsusumikap

hindi tayo magkakilala by nineight.

maraming araw na nag-iisa ako 
hawak ang panalangin na sana 
makilala ko na ang para sa akin 
hindi man ako namamadali, 
ngunit may hindi ako maiwasan.

Talking To Myself by Geligu

I’ve got knots ruining my chest 
And I wonder If it should be unsaid

Believe me, I think you’d know me best 
But I know you’d want to detest