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It may seem trivial. After all, most teenagers go through phases, but this was much more than a phase like goth or emo. In my mind, I thought I was leaving up – that if I only surrounded myself with whiteness, bathed myself in it, I would be spared from the struggles of my ancestors.…

Evading Sleep

Let’s stay up               Worrying                        About things                                   We can’t change Let’s hold a race                For our thoughts                        The only rule:                                   Don’t stop running Let’s check the clock                Every 15 minutes                         And around 3                                    Start to wonder  Can I make it through the night without sleeping? Let’s watch comfort tv               Waiting to fall asleep                        But…

Wild Abandon

Sometimes I wonder, why I did have kids? Even before I was pregnant I knew that having children was a selfish act, trying to fulfill something within me. In the grocery store, passing parents and their screaming child, thinking time to go home. Hearing a parent scold their child thinking I would never do that.…

Father Time

It’s my biggest fear Losing you It keeps me up at night My heart aches at What could have been What I wanted it to be There isn’t enough time  To be the daughter you wanted So that you might be The father I needed And we’re running out of time So this has to…

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Daughter, sister, and everything female. Writer. Filipinx. Mother of 2. Wife to one. Habitually pensive, and in constant need of reminding that it’s not that serious (except when it is). Mostly though, just here to write.

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