poems of June

compilation of my freestyle poems written throughout June

interim

unlearning my past self

but never unloving my younger version

I’ve noticed that my previous proses

would depict the emotions I had during that season.

To look back is still not easy.

While being steadfast,

I won’t lose my succor.

I wanted to keep both vulnerability and strength.

During the interim,

I’ll delight in solace.

rainy season

Now, we pine for the sun,

the clouds and the clear blue sky.

the thrumming sounds

resemble a lullaby

Now, we miss the people

and the kind of people we are when they were around.

It will never be the same.

That is the sad news.

It will never be the same.

That is the good news.

from wanting to disregard everything

to doing what it takes to remember

The season is a prompt

and it kindles nostalgia and my reminiscences.

companion

when you and a friend from your childhood grew apart from each other

when a friend decides to fly to another country

when you and a colleague turned friend went separate ways

when you and your college folks never get to catch up

When you’re used to do life with them

but now you have to do it separately.

You never expected it to happen.

So, you were never prepared.

but it shows you’ve matured once you bear it.

We let people go but we never let the good times escape us.

surface

when adulthood disguises itself

It makes you feel isolated.

Everyone sees the surface.

No one dares to dive into

what isn’t superficial.

It is the phase when one can use words and find fascination in them.

One hopes it’ll never end.

Do people our age still put their dreams in paper?

I would and I still do.

I like how it prompts me to be unrushed and

to be in reverie.

never wanting to get lost in it

but being in the moment

of gladness

Folks will ask you

about life, love and both.

One has to be acquainted with that reality.

The surface isn’t depicting everything.

It is a phase and one expects it to shift.

It is when it makes you feel you’re in solitude

but it isn’t unfavorable

to you.

You’ll lose some friendships

but you’ll never be without a companion.

finally, serene

The point will come

when one can witness it unfold.

The period will come

when that corner of your heart

will no longer yearn for

what it can’t have

and shouldn’t have.

It will no longer dwell

on the thought of having to tolerate everything.

It will find assurance and

those hands wouldn’t hold 

more than what it can’t bear.