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Mountain

Mary De Leon

21 March 2010

I’m your mountain, not your home

Your escape to this wild world

A diversion along the road

Every hike, every climb

Leads you to a pleasure

As high as the sky

You’ve explored every possible trail

Conquered the most difficult trek

With pride you never felt with anything else

You love every detail of me;

The fresh air you can’t have in the city,

The breath-taking scenery,

The trees that protects you from the sun,

The river that quench your thirst,

The fog that blinds you,

The rock that trips your feet

And even the dust that enters your eyes.

But the beauty you see

And the peace you feel

Isn't the reality

Because tomorrow you’ll come back

To your usual self,

Doing your usual chores,

Living your usual life- without me.

Though you can’t get enough of me

We knew, this is nothing but temporary.

Black hole

Mary De Leon

22/03/2010

Accelerate as you infiltrate

And devour my whole being.

Don’t hesitate, insinuate

To this convulsive feeling

You’re something, the one thing

I won’t regret.

You’re pulling me into something

I dare not control

I wouldn’t want to know.

And I don’t care if I’m not sure

What lies ahead

In the eternity of you and me.

The world falls apart

Right before our eyes

And the light that I see

In this tiny fissure

Of you and me

Makes me want to believe

There’s something in store for us.

And that in the eternity of you and me

We are free.

Stay

Mary De Leon

22/03/2010

I stopped loving you

Even before you started loving me.

I started loving you

When you stopped loving me.

We have been on this road

Of uncertainty before

And yet you stayed.

Why did you stay?

I left you even before

You thought of staying with me.

I stayed with you

When you started to leave me.

We’re on the same road again,

With the same look on our faces

Anger, sad and tired facet.

Then again you stayed.

Why did you stay?

For the first time you asked me back,

You stayed. Why did you stay?

I touched your face, looked intensely

On your tired eyes and gently

Tucked your hair behind your ears

I couldn't reply but I know

Why I stayed before I thought

I could stay.

Come

Mary De Leon

23032010

I’ve heard enough, no need to fret

No need to fight, we’re in this together

If you let me, will you let me?

What’s troubling you?

I want to know,

I want to mend every bit

Of pain that paralyzes you.

The empty bin of promises

Is waiting for you to make another one

No need to worry, no need to cry

We’ll fly away together

If you trust me, will you trust me?

Our love will cover and carry it all

Believe, just believe.

No matter what the world tells you,

I’m here, I will always be here.

And even if we don’t see

We’ll dive together

To the unseen, dark seafloor

If you’ll be with me

Will you be with me?

Scars

Mary De Leon

23/03/2010

Hibernation is what you seek

That’s why you’re hiding

For more than a week

I can’t recall what we did wrong

I don’t see why we need

A break from it all

Coz if you need to breathe

I’ll spare a breath for you

And if you need a little space

I’ll clear it all for you

You see there’s nothing

That I wouldn’t do

No need to hide now

No winter can come between us now

Tell me what can I do to keep you

I’m not gonna promise you the stars

But I can help you cover up the scars

We’ll forget it all. We’ll live long.

Timepiece

Mary De Leon

25/03/2010

Under time, a minute feels like

Forever in your arms

60 seconds of pure bliss and highs

I almost forgot who I was

You’ve reached the island of my soul

No one has come that close before

You made me lose all control

You’ve hit me right into the core

You said let’s make the most out of

Every millisecond that we have

You don’t ask, what you can’t give

We know this will end

Though I don’t see the end

Sometime soon, I’ll see you at noon.

We’ll make our own history

Exploration of love

In all of its ferocity

We won’t conform

To the pattern of this world

I’ll meet you somewhere, sometime.

Within a minute of your spare time

Anonymous

Mary De Leon

06/04/2010

Name me,

I no longer want to be

Anonymous

And yet to be discovered

Name it,

It doesn’t have to be scientific

Just be specific.

Name us.

I don’t care how

But please name us.

What are we if we’re not we?

A special kind of species

In this animal kingdom?

An exceptional type of fauna

Or an exotic flora?

Solve my dilemma

What are we if we're not we?

Tell me.

Reroute

Mary De Leon

06/04/2010

No more hesitation

I’m heading to a new direction

Away from the pull of your gravity

No more you and me.

No matter how hard

We try to fight the battle

We’re never gonna win.

We lost even before it begins.

Let bygones be gone.

No looking back

No turning back

I’m leaving the plateau

And if I’ll see you

So I’ll see you.

Hide and seek

Mary De Leon

08/04/2010

Shoe gazing,

Nobody’s moving

We kept on looking

For a blind spot

Amongst the curious eyes

That watches us

Not realizing

That you are my safe place

And I am yours

So why look elsewhere?

I am yours.

Ventilate

Mary De Leon

06/04/2010

I grasped for every air

I could fill my lungs with

I'll hold my breath

If only to keep you in

For a bit longer

And make you stay

I know it is prolonging

Both our agony

But I can’t let you go easily

Should I let this oxygen out?

If I do will it ever come back?

I never felt so happy

While suffocating

But I have to let you go slowly

So I can breathe easy.

Release

Mary De Leon

10/04/2010

I’m giving back what I haven’t taken

And taking back what I haven’t given

I’ll be content, don’t worry

I won’t ask for anything

I’ll walk away while I can,

I’ll look into your eyes no more

Coz I know it will again

Take me to a place

Where only you and I exist

I’ll let go of your hand now

I won’t say anything

I have let myself stray for too long

And we both know it’s wrong

It’s long overdue

So I’ll let you go now

Unite

Mary De Leon

10/04/2010

We’re awake when everyone is sleeping

Talking, laughing and whispering

To each other

That night I was captured

And my rational mind

Doesn’t seem to function

Beyond reason and condition

I welcomed you without question.

Trying to make every second longer

We’re gonna make it until quarter

Arms tangled as we try

To fight the coldness of the night

Our lips pressed by tender kisses.

I couldn’t deny how you infiltrate

Through me, I couldn’t fathom

What I’m feeling and what you made me.

I couldn’t sleep but I couldn’t care less

Fire

Mary De Leon

10/04/2010

I remember how it felt to be

Under your spell

How everything disappears

Whenever our eyes communicate

I never felt so care free

Knowing I’m underneath

A blanket of insecurity

Covering all uncertainty

I was frozen and I couldn’t think

I feel so strong yet I couldn’t resist.

You are my fire place

I can go near to,

Stay for as long as I want to,

Wrap you around me

Without the fear of getting burned

Now I can be the moth

And you be the fire

I won’t argue

It’s enough that I have you.

Replay

Mary De Leon

12/04/2010

In the deepest part of me, you rest

A memory I will never erase

Like everybody else

I will replay on a phonograph

Like a broken record

That skips and delays

Whenever I miss you

Or when something reminds me of you

You’ll remain as tangible and reachable

Like the first time I saw you

Though I couldn’t see you

Beautiful memories we created

None of it I will regret

A rerun of season

As I see you go on.

Drift

Mary De Leon

12/04/2010

Head first, as we dive into the cliff.

Free fall, while we succumb

To the current of the wind

Take me wherever you want

No need to ask twice

I’ll go with you

Keeping up with the changes

What will I do without you?

Stay for as long as you like.

You said I can do to you

Whatever I want

What’s not to like?

When everything is gone

You said you’ll always be there

We know not always

But it’s sweet of you to say

Hands free, I can’t imagine life

Without you holding me

Sugar free, you are the best alternative.

Distance

Mary De Leon

11/04/2010

Every inch away from you

Rips my heart apart

My every nerve wants

To be back on your arms.

I miss your warmth

Without having to touch

My skin yearns for you.

My eyes waiting to meet

Your intense gaze

I let you into my realm

Discover the empty rooms inside

I’ll let you fill it with desire

Let go of all inhibitions and doubt

Just one time and it will be enough

One more touch and I’ll be whole again

If you were here