"The truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us,"

(Khaled Hosseini, And the mountains echoed)

"Be your own kind of Beautiful."

photo: Sitio San Pablo, Brgy. Fatima, Malabog, Paquibato District, Davao City

In the stillness and quiet of the night,

I slide from reality.

Tiptoeing down serpentine halls,

Only the sound of clicking heels breaking the monotony.

Weightless,

As though suspended in space,

Lost in the vast, cavernous emptiness.

Somewhere, a clock ticks by

Engulfing the last morsel of good memories,

Seeing shadows through the haze,

An amputated leg crushing one's heart.

Reality has always been a fantasy.

(((asheil.jan. 6,2015.tuesday.1006hrs.)))

photo: SM Lanang Premier

Step right in, love

Like the breeze, constant and comforting,

A healing balm for a troubled heart

That has walked too long down rocky shores.

And in one deep breath,

Peace at last comes to reside.

(((asheil.august 24, 2014.sunday.0738hrs.)))