And Then and That

As love becomes deepest
Emotions even at their slightest details
Are naturally highlighted
Leaving the lover to just succumb to the feeling
And cruise to that vacuum of hunger and yearning.
I am your lover.
Your imperfect and flawed lover
A lover so human
Can be resilient yet fragile
I am your lover
And I long for you.
Oh, I miss you to the nth time…
But there are just moments
That I don’t want to say ‘I miss you’
Because I found myself missing you more
And this is a terrible kind of missing
A kind of missing that makes me feel empty
A kind of missing that changes the pace of weeks
A kind of missing that leads to teardrops…
But missing you means loving you beyond comparison
And I could only think of all the simile and metaphor I know
But none of them will speak perfectly what I feel
Yet your love makes me seek the solace from poetry
Poetry in its freedom and flexibility
And you are my poem
You are my serendipity
A fulfilled destiny…
And I’ll never leave you
At your side, there shall I be always
You are God’s promise
And in times like this that the pining just becomes strongest and inmost
And sometimes unbearable
I find myself wishing that I can turn me into you
And be exactly where you are
In place and in time
I wish I could just liquefy myself and thaw my heart
And send the vapor instantly and be there sailing in corners and borders
Without being shaken, without fear and helplessness
I hope to just suddenly then become unshakable
Then become the fearless and invincible me…
But I can only be a poet for you
And I can only miss you more and more
And then be your lover forever
That would be everything I can ever be
And that would be my all.

Kwaderno to Advance to the National Finals of Search for TAYO

Kwaderno is among the top 5 organizations that will advance to the National Finals of the Search for Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO)! Each time I share the story of Kwaderno's A Child Worker No More and Sponsor a Child Project, I am moved by the possibilities that are now waiting to our children whom we first met as pedicab driver, construction worker, farmer, errand boy, nanny and garbage collector and how they now dream of becoming seafarers, engineers, teachers and social worker. I am moved by how they are now inspiring other children in the community and all of our partners and volunteers. Our impact is God's work and there is something special about Kwaderno that beyond words can explain, something that speaks directly to the soul--- the touched lives, the relationships formed, the hope that is filling each page of our journey, and yes, the love that we have found that has made us one community wherever we are...

Sharing about our "A Child Worker No More and Sponsor A Child Project" that gives scholarship to children workers in Negros Occidental and how we use online and offline networking to raise funds for our scholars 

TAYO 12 Team Visayas Finalists

with Kwaderno volunteers Joey and Jessan 

With other organizations that made it to the top 5

We Live to Love

If there is just one thing that the world needs so that it will be at its best, so that there will be peace and understanding, so that a beautiful future is assured to the younger generation, then that would be nothing else but love. This world needs love because the reason why there are people who suffer, who feel lonely, who are poor and helpless is not just an economical thing. There is a hunger of love and such can only be filled by acts of love alone.

True love yields goodness. It yields hope and bigger dreams. It gives a different meaning and feeling even to sacrifices. We experience life the moment we love our neighbors, ourselves, and even our enemies. We live to share our talents and our gifts to others and to the world. We live to love.

May all of us be reminded of this most important commandment and may we find the beauty on it. Though it would require us to do something, to give something or give up something, love should not just be seen as a responsibility. Rather, it should also be seen as a privilege. To be able to know how to love is the best experience ever because it has the power to transform you at your best.

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One Minute Poetry

And I feel dead 

Waiting for words from you

And I just can’t breathe 

When I feel your absence

I long for you so much

More than I ever long to anyone else

More than I long to people combined

I am crazier than the craziest

So anxious of when the moon 

Or the waves and the stars

Would send me something from you…

Oh heart please just freeze for a while

Don’t think, don’t feel

Just hope and pray

Just let faith overpower you

And let love be in control…