CURTAINS DOWN

curtains down, dim the sun
i lay on the sheets
and you walk over
my velvet lover
with a smile meant just for me

and time lost us for a moment
as i lost myself under you
time lost us for a lifetime
and left us sated, through and through

curtains down, dim the sun
block the world from view
as skin to skin and on the verge
our needs conversing, we gently merge
as endless as the afternoon

when time lost us for a moment
and you lost yourself in me
time lost us for a lifetime
pleasure in your mysteries

curtains down, dim the lights
as i lay on moonlit sheets
and you, my lover
roughly discovers
all my secrets you would keep

STARS TONIGHT

fall for me, stars tonight
put quite a show on for the world
streak the skies endless
for this melancholic girl

fall for me, stars tonight
let me not be the only one
who has fallen hard and forever
without a soft place to land

fall for me, stars tonight
like tears in beers, fall fast
fall endless as i have fallen
into sadness everlast

fall for me, stars tonight
flare up this darkened world
blaze the skies endless
for this disenchanted girl

Last Cigarette

i remember myself desolate
and you, desperate to have me
eating up all the promises
in the palm of your hands

i remember as if
it's all in the past, as if
you're not in my bed, as if
i've not made you my world while it lasted

and you reach but can't touch
anything further than flesh
and i fake a soul to surrender
and drown my tears in cigarettes

i remember other hands
that tried like yours do
rough and rushing, impatient
to have what i can no longer give

i remember them like
they never really were, like
dreams forgotten in wakefulness
like i remember you

while you reach but touch
nothing more than flesh
and i fake a soul to surrender
and drown my tears in cigarettes

FLAME TO A MOTH

i should come with a sign
to keep you from me
cos you just won't heed their warnings
and i'm as powerless to stop you
as you are to stop yourself...
you're not the only one
held hostage by desire.

if i could, i would run
but i crave the way you flutter
and i melt against your wings
sweat on skin
and i heat up all the more
as you draw closer
eager for your kiss...

desist, dear moth!
because i cannot help myself
loving me ends tragic'lly
and it makes my blood run cold, knowing
i'd have to watch you burn
before my very eyes
under my very touch.

Pagkamatay ng Ilaw

pagkamatay ng ilaw
sabay ng banayad na yapak ng
determinado mong paa
at marahang pagbukas pilit
ng pribadong pinto
daan sa pagkamulat ng aking diwa
sa madugong pintig ng dahas

putangina mo!

iniba mo sa akin ang kahulugan ng
ngiti sa paglapat ng yong laman
ngiti, sa itim na bakas
ng iyong mga kamay
ngiti sa pag-angkin ng hindi naman sayo
HINDI NAMAN SAYO!
ngayon, hindi na rin sa'kin...

at sa iyong walang damdaming pag-alis
ni hindi mo nilingon
ang pagkawasak na nagpahid
ng aking dugo sayong balat...
iniwan mo ang iyong kasalanang
mulat at lubog
nakatigil sa dilim.