TULA || 11

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Welp, may bagog tula tayo dyan~ haha! Hindi to sakin originally but I wanted to feature this because tagos sa buto at nakakadugo ng ilong. Astig!~

Anyway, this poetry is brought you by my friend, Mikha! Shout out sayo.

Nakakarelate ako sa tula mo. *sniffs*

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Of Scars and Forgiveness
By: Mikha Joy Villezca

It was another ordinary night, I thought.
I sipped on a Calamansi juice I bought
Feeling this cool breeze, enjoying the night
Walking beneath the Christmas lights.

Suddenly I saw a familiar face
That I never see for hundreds of days
Wearing loose shirt and scattered jeans
A pale smile and old sins.

And that very moment, I remember.
The cops, the screams, police sirens echoing.
The broken jars and crumpled sand paper.
I remember the silence-loud and deafening.

I got my senses back finally
When I heard his undying apology
From his lies and shattered promises
Gone our poems, sweet hugs and kisses.

But his sorry wasn't enough of a bandage
For these scars and beyond-repair damage
His past, like a rotting garbage stings in my memory
How-over drugs, he left his family.

In between anger, sadness and confusion
A weary heart-full of emotion
And like a lonely little child, I asked longingly
"Why did you came back just now, Daddy?"

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