2am: a poem
{Photo taken in the Bencab museum in Baguio city | December 2014 }
There was once a girl who had the whole world in her eyes
She sometimes spoke up, but she'd always tell lies
Ideas and possibilities float through her thoughts
But never had courage, though she was taught
Confidence visited every once in a while
Like always, it faded and was kept in a file
Her heart was as fragile and as thin as glass
Though she kept a façade of fanciness and class
She protected it and hid it under her sleeve
Til the days pass by and the birds tuned to leave
Never was it touched nor did it bleed
But soon it froze in the emptiness of the deed
The heart was protected, she had gotten what she wanted
Though it pierced though her ribs and her mind was haunted
G.Q.
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