Bernadeth Tolentino Poems

You cry and hurt and yet you say you're fine.
I know I'm to blame for every single sigh.
So why am I still here? Why do you hold me close?
Are you worried that I'll wilt, like the single white rose?
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Thank you, for wiping the tears I’ve cried
Thank you, for every dream that made life worthwhile
Thank you, for always being by my side
Thank you for always making me smile
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Blades pushing deeper in
Knife carving letters
Love
Never ending scars within
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Life is such a waste,
When there are no fantasies.
Living on with haste
Without dreaming of who we want to be.
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Every second of the day,
Every night I lie awake.
All I hear is your sweet voice-
Haunting me, I have no choice
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Slowly paint my heart red,
Scribble in between the lines.
Rainbows in the sky ahead
ending where the grass begins.
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Not the first love
nor the second,
maybe not even the third.
But so far, this is the only one that's lasted
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A quiet
glistening
golden
light, shining back at me
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Something I cannot deny, though it
Quirks me,
Understand that
I am unmistakably
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Don't come near me,
I'm not worth the pain.
Please leave me be,
or get soaked with rain.
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