Here is a poem that I wrote when I went through an abusive relationship and then found my fiancee

Relationships aren’t prisons

Not even for a while.

Love isn’t a trap

And no one who says they love you should make you feel like crap.

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Of Love, Illusions & Pain

In my words I’ll hide my misery…
Woes of my heart are like a litany.
Maybe I should think of myself as lucky
To have held you in my arms, I was so silly

My happiness I guess were all illusion
Made me forget I’m fighting a revolution.
Amidst all the pain, toil and the confusion
My illusions were my only consolation.

Oh my heart screams to be free
From all my illusions and misery.
Oh my soul screams to be free
From holding on to an imagined destiny.

Maybe someday my love will see
I also struggled to be free.
Maybe one day she will agree
I’m not all words and for her I became free.

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To The One I Can’t Stop Loving
By: Selvo

Why did my heart forget,
that at the end of each day the sun will set.
Oh it hoped for the sunrise
it did not matter if pain is the price.

Why does my soul ask why,
did it forget that summer is dry.
Oh it hoped for the changing of the season
It hoped against the odds and all reason.

May all of my tears
wash away your heart’s fears…
and as the day’s end nears
I just wish that your storm clears.

I wish i could turn back time,
so i can wash away all my slime.
I hope that its not too late
for me to clean your slate.

Memories are made to be kept
as tears are meant to wept.
They say no pain, no gain,
forget the gain, I’ll embrace my pain.

You cannot be mine…
nor do you want me to be thine.
Pardon me for dreaming…
forgive me for trying.

Tomorrow morning your sun will shine,
even if it takes the light and joy from mine.
Soon my sun will set,
my only wish is that you won’t forget.

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Grow Old With You
By: Katherine Burden

Loving you is different
Loving you is cruel
Loving you is selfish
Loving you is sweet

A spell running through my veins
A poison that locked my heart
The air that keeps me breathing
Torch that lights my path

Miles may separate us
Time may pass by
But in my heart you’ll stay
Forever shall I say?

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Pagsuko
by Isagani Dela Cruz

Kapag inasnan na ng luha ang unan at ang pisngi
At kapag ang bulong ng pagtatalo, sa tainga’y bumingi
Isasalaysay mo ba nang paulit ulit ang gunita?
Ipipikit mo ang mata sa nakikita?

Kapag ang pangako sa katuparan ay lumayo
Ang pahina ng kalendaryo bumibilis sa paglaho
Ipaaalala mo ba ang tuldok, saknong at tanong
at tandang padamdam sa dulo ng rumagasang kahapon?

Kapag ang tanong ay hindi na masagutan,
at sagot ay hindi na mapaniwalaan,
ang paniniwalang, ngayon na ay pinag-dududahan
saan patutungo ang patutunguhan?

Hanggang kailan, sa pagkapit ay hindi ka bibitaw?
Hanggang kailan nararapat na ang pako ay laktawan?
Magbingi-bingihan, bulag-bulagan, o, hanggang kailan?
Hanggang kailan ang sinasabi nilang walang hanggan?

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UNWEAVING
by Joy Barredo

o
n
e

We met when the moon
was kissing
the earth
communing with the sun
from then on we
said we were one

o
n
e

Time comes for unleaving
because no matter
how much the leaves cling
to the strength
of the tree
autumn
never fails
to fulfill its promise

o
n
e

I am part of you
as much as you
are part of me
one body
one heart
but two minds

o n
e

I cannot say yes
to everything that you ask
nor can I deny you
anything without pain

o n e

A separate peace
becomes the backbone
of our own unleaving

n
o e

The struggle to be
me
is as much of an effort
for me to see
you
as a person of worth
identity
and mind

o n e

times when
I
may not know
you
seconds when
I
forget your name
your eyes
your hands

o n e

It’s a process of connecting
unleaving
and coming home
to your space
my space
sharing our space
seeing the other
has changed
speaking a new language
yet still knowing
the old
till once more
we are

oNe
OnE
one

Maybe…

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SCALING JADE MOUNTAIN:
A WOMANSONG
by Joy Barredo

the strong scent of pine
teases my nose
while I wait till dawn
when I know I shall be ready
to climb the stretch
between forevers

slowly
my eyes trace the exquisite
parade of wild roses
and poison ivy
the moon’s delicate radiance
creating trinkets of gold
dancing on each
tiny petal

I can hear my heart
treading the path
neither hopeful
nor in despair
as I sing the song
the ears are hearing
I keep my tongue
close to my breasts

with the last few steps
I tiptoe
vision in a tunnel
the smile creeping
into my knowing eyes
my clever fingertips
lace your every feature

my heart
still singing the song
of jade and joy
after all the
waiting

you are here

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Shadow of Destiny
By: Katherine Burden

Shadow succumb by darkness
Beauty lying underneath her silence
Hiding her sorrow through the night
Glimpse of her past was not that bright

Hair as black as coal
I wish I could see her soul
Her smile is a precious gold
Secret inside her was never unfold

Mesmerized by her presence
Loneliness of her absence
As my heart beats her name
Fear was all over my brain

Would I start with one hello
Or should I stop and mellow
A feeling inside me starts to grow
But how could she know

Emotions I kept within myself
A soul that needs help
But truth was better left unsaid
Nor will there be peace instead

The love inside I’ll buried
Nothing was left as she vanished
Sorrow and pain came in a blast
Mysteries was over at last

Memories of her is always in mind
Fate to me became not that kind
But after all it’s all in my hand
Praying that happiness is her to find

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