Haiku #2

-
Damsel in distress;
Battle-scarred in aceldama
Would your sword save her?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Funny.

-
To you watashi no ai, It's funny that after you left me last year, I am left hanged somewhere in the darkest forest I wish I've never been It's funny that I really waited for a year before talking to you again, to be with you and to understand you more, this time. It's funny that even though you're pushing me to leave before, I have still insisted to stay because... because I really love the hell out of you. It's funny that after a year, I showed up again and the word "again" united us for 7 more days It's funny that for 7 days I already have promised myself to live with you forever—to infinity, beyond the observable universe. It's funny that you're a whining woman inside a man's body— overwhelmed and always overreacting. It's funny that we're planning our future together but never thought that we'll only last a week It's funny that you just let me finished my 7-day novel quote letters before you wave goodbye a...
Read more

Saya-ng

-
Paano ka ba nagiging masaya? Sa isang Lunes ba ng umaga na nakaupo ka sa silyang laan nang nauna? O naging masaya ka dahil sa gitna ng tensyon Nahagip mo ang kanyang atensyon? Mahilig na akong magbiro Katulad nang kung paano biruin ng buhay na to ang kinabukasan ko Nakakapagod na Wala nang ibang Sandalan maliban ang mga salitang di maisatinig dahil wala namang ibang nanghihina kundi Ikaw at iyong paniniwala Bukas na ko magsusulat Iiyak muna ako ngayon dahil di pwedeng sabay lumuha ang mata at ang pluma
Read more

Malinche by Lara Esquivel

-
The novel Malinche written by the Mexican novelist, screenwriter and politician Lara Esquivel talks about environmentalism and feminism as a whole. Esquivel was known advocate of those beliefs in their country since she's also a vocal feminist that was maybe her drive to write about Malinalli, commonly known as Malinche but before I write more about her, I want to take the opportunity to explain the theories enclosed in this novel. First theory observed was the feminism which was truly evident even at the first word of the book :Malinche. This novel circulates upon the life of a Painalan girl who has been vituperated for her treachery of the people of India. Esquivel proved in this novel the other way around, the good reason behind this act of Malinche as she has this greater role than what people thought her to be. She came out to have more complex character—a mediator of two alien cultures Native American and Hispanic, also with two different languages Spanish and Nahuatl. In...
Read more