Jake Tadla Poems

Ania’g nag-inusara,
Kauban ang barkada.
Nag-isturyahanay.
Nagkinataw-anay.
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A complete sonnet
Yet a shattered glass.
The noisiest and busiest town
Yet I can feel solemnity.
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Abhor the silence.
Margins left unclaimed.
Blind’s lost at sea.
Dark clouds are falling.
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(Sa panahon ng kagipitan, kamao ay kailangan.)


Pag-asa. Kinabukasan. Ikinagagalak.
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Chest bones more closer
Breathing’s minimal, yet faster.
Both hands and feet’re shaking
Li’l vengeance in the making.
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Galit…
Galit sa isang katauhan
Na siyang nagbigay ng buhay
At nagpalaki sa pagkasuklam.
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(Inspired by the novel “The Little Prince”)


As I stand on cold vinyl,
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These clouds, they’re so vague, I can’t see.
And down there- the sea,
So thick and blue black.
Is this how clear your love for me?
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It drains the darkness away;
This reality is absent in me for a while.
Through the seeming presence of the air
And the vastness of the sea.
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Ambot ug asa, ngano ug gi-unsa,
Nga pag-abot sa panahon nga aduna na koy buot
Mao na man kini ang akong nahibaw-an.
Ug nahadlok gayud ako, kay bata pa lagi.
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