Monday, May 21, 2007

Maging Sino Ka Man: JB's Love Letters

EMO-ness to the nth level but I still find his letters nice. Nyahaha!
The first one here is actually his last letter to Celine. The second is one of the old letters he sent her which she refused to read.

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My Dear Celine,

One day I will disappear completely. The letters will mean nothing.

The world will get tired of me.
You will get tired of me.
I will get tired of myself.
I'm dying but I will never get tired of you.

For you there will be no endings.
I will say your name over and over.
Like a refrain and a prayer to no one.

Then I'll be a flower. The one you'll never pick.
And will endure the breathless waiting 'till boundaries disappear.

With nothing to do I make new constellations.
Images of you as I remember.
Dancing, sitting, walking...
They are stars from a different view.

But still I see nothing but you.
Unfurling like a flower.
Swiveling like a leaf.

I once watched you sleep beside me.
It was dark then.
But the darkness is deeper now.

Tonight in my dreams I will see you.
My lady clothed only in light.

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Like a kite I'm giving myself up to the wind.
I've made friends with the sun.
Confused the birds with strange and distant voyages.
But it is you that ties the thread and holds me down.

Like a kite I will forever hold your hand.
And with the burning human longing in your hands, I surrender.
I will never get tired of you.
For you there will be no endings.

I will say your name over and over.
Celine, Celine...
Like a refrain.
My prayer to no one.

You know I will never get far and there is no need for my return.
Only travellers leave.
I've never been a traveller for I have never left.
I am lost simply.

I wanted to be in a place I have never been and will never be of all destinations.
I longed to be lost in the fields of your hair.
Lost among your thoughts as you are already in mine.

You are my will to live.
My life started when I loved you,
and that's how I wanted to end.

Yours forever,
JB

3 comments:

  1. Whoah...meron din palang nagtatranscribe ng Maging Sino ka Man lines. Haha. Thanks for posting them. :D

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  2. thank you for this!
    i've transcribed myself
    but i wasn't that confident i got everything right.
    i'm glad i could compare notes.

    tnx! =)

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  3. ty for this
    what a nice letter
    im sending it to my girl
    hehhe

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