The eldest in a brood of three, born to a lawyer and his wife on a clear summer day in April.
Educated in an all-girls Catholic school (School of the Holy Spirit of Quezon City) from elementary to high school.
Obtained a degree in Sports Science at the premier University of the Philippines, Diliman
Obtained a degree in Nursing at the Southeast Asian College, Inc.
Has been writing poetry since age 9
HAs never published any poems until now.
Has a personal Legend of becoming a doctor
Despite love for poetry, never desired to make writing a career,
Believes making writing her bread and butter will diminish the passion she has for it.
Unapologetically, A Romantic.
I have brought this upon myself.
This infernal anguish that crushes my soul into the depths of despair
My sanity is banished into the winds and the tides of fate have swept me aside like a leaf.
Once again I find myself in this pit into which I knowingly cast myself
...
What shall I write?
There’s a bitter smile on my face reviewing the sentiments of yesterday.
And how utterly tragic for me to find out
I knew there was something wrong about our picture perfect story
...
Blank screen. A blip against the white washed background tinged with gray and blue
I see the letters but they are meaningless and my eyes lose focus while my thoughts roam
To a place of sunlight, where the darkness is an age away,
Where the sand between my fingers brings ecstasy as i am intoxicated by ing on my face, the violet-beating on my face, my skin crawls with rivulets of salty drops that trace the fire on my pulsating whole.
...
A dull ache that reverberates in my ribcage
Points to you- oblivious to my pain.
The silence echoes in my ears
As the vision of your solemnity flashes in my mind
...