Sherwin Balbuena

When a flower's petal falls to the ground
It will never return for time is bound
To follow the path with one direction,
Like one-lane road, to prevent collision
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Hold my hand, my Princess,
As we step on this grey ground
Where a clear line passes
Separating ill and sound.
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Nature can be expressed in terms of math
'Tis full of quantities and relations
Bounded by the law of interactions
Endpoint implies our dream; segment, our path
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Struggle is our twin

who treads with us,
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I opened my eyes and saw

an unfamiliar place. The noon
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Force that keeps the Earth in orbit
Around the Sun.
Nobody has ever seen it
Until the line
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Get a pencil
and a canvas,
and draw these:
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On a sand less stepped on
by many, I drew a square
whose side is twice my height.
I lay on my back in that square
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Brighter than the most powerful star
At this time of the clone of the day -
The night in which children want to play
On streets where nothing would ever mar
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My memory tells
about your happy school days
as seen in your smile
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I never dreamed, but I dared
To hold the torch and light it
I never said that I cared
But I let the night be lit
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The Omnipotent Hand knows what is best;
Man sees himself and nature at blind spot.
Now in a sine graph we are at the crest.
Yes, a turning point is what we have got!
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Here comes another lady,
So simple and so nice.
She's beautiful and moody,
With two near-sighted eyes.
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When the morning sun ascends
And the cocks begin to crow
Whilst the mists fall from a bough
They welcome and wake us up
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Little baby, lying in mama's arms
Tell us how diff'rent her affection is
(Especially to those made deaf
In the arms of insolence)
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I heard a voice, a whisper
As I walked towards my home
I found there was no other
One to talk for I was lone
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Life on Earth is like a burning candle:
When the flame dies, there's one to rekindle;
While it stands, we see our youthfulness,
Shedding light and melting as time passes;
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Owe sunbeam your petals' radiance
Forever it makes you blossom
And whilst a man gives his furtive glance
At you, may you grant it bosom
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One morning, I had a cup of coffee
By the window of my hut at Lahong
Facing North. I let the air evolve into wind
From my mouth to the surface of the vaporizing
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