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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Tonight is the night
I can feel it.
The heaven agrees with me
And the wind blows gently.
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The water sparkles in your eyes,
As your lips glow rose red.
The capturing net of beauty
Imprisoned my blue heart.
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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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Di’ ako ang tinuod nga ako
Kung may kambyo-
Gamay man o dako, ga-an o bug-at,
Maayo man o dautan-
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As if a newly born angel,
Delivered with great pain.
Fruits of sacrifice
For a precious like no other.
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Once, twice... a hundred...
Even a thousand times before.
But among countless trips,
I never had one like this.
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