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HI, PANGANAY!

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HI, PANGANAY!


I do not want
To burden you
This Christmas eve
With words
That I am not even certain
If you would understand 


Not that you lack
Good reading comprehension skills
But it is
That I have said these words
Too many times before
And they never seemed to reach you.


You call me different nicknames
And so I did with you
We were opposites
But we were also similars
I know, it's weird
But I am fascinated by this weirdness between us


You are a beautiful being
A great friend
One I can always rely on
You are seldom late and if you ever were
It is because you're fulfilling your "eldest child" duties
And that makes you more attractive


I can never tell if you are joking
Or if you are being serious
You are a puzzle
And I love playing detective
At first, I thought that I was doing things right
To let myself fall for you


I accepted your flaws
Your mannerisms and your beauty
I once compared to an old feeling
That you soon surpassed
You were unpredecented
Unpredictable


You are a mystery
But sadly
I am not the one destined
To figure you out
Remember that day
When I confessed my feelings to you?


We were riding a public vehicle
And there were strangers
Surrounding us
But I couldn't keep
The secret any longer
And so I told you


I cannot forget how much surprised
You were back then
How you uttered one profane word
As you expressed your disbelief
I experienced a rollercoaster of emotions
After that day


The feelings I had for you
Almost drove me insane
But someone saved me from you
And now that it has been more than a month
Since I was rescued, I found myself
My feelings, my thoughts crawling back to you


But this time
It was not a free fall
There was the air resistance
There was friction
And that was the one who saved me
From totally losing myself


Just because you won't give me
The slightest hope that you like me back
I am in a mess right now
I feel so ashamed of myself for feeling this way
So this is an open letter
That I hope and pray will reach you and that will reach me, too


I wish the best
For the both of us
I know we will both do well in life
God has promised that for the two of us (and for everyone)
And he will keep it
Not like me who always break promises.


Finally
I want to write down these three words
I can never say to you
I
love
you


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