Way back in High School, writing Filipino and some English poems was my hobby aside from reading books (pocketbooks especially). It was my way of expressing thoughts and observations mostly from my very active imagination. I wrote because it gave me pleasure and it always overwhelmed me when someone appreciated them. I loved to see the smiles of every single person I allowed to read my work. I do not usually show them in public, only to my friends and some who are close to me in fear of ridicule. Now that I'm old enough to take whatever opinions thrown at me, I take the challenge to be open-minded and accept things that may help me continue my writing. It took me almost a decade to revisit them and now I'll try to rouse my creative imagination in its deep slumber.
	As I said, most of my poems were written when I was still in High School specifically in my 3rd year (2007). So if you'd feel like you just read an extremely childish poem, please be considerate and kind enough to the teenager poet that was me. I take the courage to show them now because somehow I feel like I owe this to the younger me. I hope that whoever happens to read this simple work of mine will enjoy as much as I enjoyed writing each one of them many years ago. Thank you!