Life is not binary
When someone puts a gun to my head, I would just do what they say and not get shot rather...
Forgiving and forgetting
Countless times, I often hear people say that we should forgive and forget like doing so is just erasing a...
Between shades of sadness
I haven’t been honest with the shrink when he asked about the things I felt. Not completely, at least. I...
We don’t play god
“'Tay, ‘di ba sabi mo lalaban ka? ‘Di ba sabi mo gagaling tayo?”
Utopia
A luxurious car. A big elegant house with a pool in it. Numerous maids and guards to serve you. A...
Of coming home
The red sun kisses the mountaintops of Davao de Oro. It is perhaps the final farewell, the kolehiyala finally going down from...
Not for the gram
For the past two years, I’ve been yearning for a great escape from this pandemic. I’ve been wanting to break...
Living in a zigzag
Every morning, as soon as I wake up, I take a pill. At night, right before going to bed, I...
Grief
On a daily basis, I find myself sifting through a handful of varying emotions and thoughts. As these emotions and...
Between life and death
I remember one late afternoon in 2002 while I was lying down on our wooden floor. I was seven years...
