Sulat-Puso | Aking Tula

Friends

I have my freedom to freely choose
To keep my feelings or let them loose.
I have these feelings for my friend,
Yet I fear this could bring an end.

Should I remain silent to keep it safe?
Or speak my heart and embrace the ache?
The decision is mine, but at what cost?
To keep a friend or face what's lost.

But still, I told her with hope and fear,
Not really knowing what I'd truly hear.
A part of me wished we felt the same,
That we both could share a sparkly flame.

As I felt her touch, that loving spark,
A beauty appeared, igniting the dark.
But the love, I learned, was never there
It's just kindness wrapped in care.

We spoke alone and she gently said
"Anyways, we can still be friends?"
So with that question, I already knew
That I got rejected, I got the cue.

She holds me close, but keeps the line,
A friendship's bond, that can't be aligned
Forever wonder if she'll ever see
The love that I carry, deep inside of me

So here I stay, close by her side,
With silent love I cannot hide.
A love unclaimed, yet still so true
For friendship's sake, "I'll stick with you."