The Mail Box

[ADAM]

So our worth gets wrapped up in opinion

That fickle friend

Whose loyalty is subject to change

Is acceptance the target destination?

A broken heart

Will follow me as sure as the grave

[Aling Tekla]

Light the candles because,

Here's to more years with you.

 

A

[LostCommand]

Write well. Or not at all.

 

And the scarred and pitted amongst us would attest to the equivalent in business, bonking, and yes, in even engineering.

 

"There is no try" - Yoda

 

LC

[SiLvErClAw]

you...

 

are you gonna keep me hanging so I can always be an option for you?

 

i'm this close to doing a Jimmy Bondoc

 

"Let me be the one to break it up, so you don't have to make excuses"

 

 

me....

[pabsdadivas]

I know it is just a simple promise but my expectation leveled up. Now, I'm disappointed with the failure of fulfilling the simple promise.

[LostCommand]

How can you play Britney's Born to make you happy on your wedding? How masa can you get? At the very least you could have switched that to Maria Mackee's Show me heaven. And come off somewhat better.

 

But then you were still in diapers when that song came out.

 

Good luck going forward

 

LC

[pabsdadivas]

A small delay in your text, makes me think you are on to something I don't like.

 

I just hope I'm wrong.

[ADAM]

I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you

 

Yes, there's a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you

I've seen the paths that your eyes wander down, I want to come too

I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you..

 

No one understands me quite like you do

Through all of the shadowy corners of me

 

I never knew just what it was

About this old coffee shop I love so much

All of the while I never knew...

[Chito]

I'm having a great time doing the things you've always said you wanted to do and going to the places you've always said you wanted to go to.

 

Had you chosen me, we could have gone together and both of our lives would have been a lot richer because of it. But you did not.

 

And now you're living your life in a stagnant pool that you call "commitment", trying to convince yourself that you are happy while you waste away your youth and beauty and zest for life as a mere accesory to someone who does not even share your dreams.

 

Well, it takes some work, but I'm living my own dreams. While I'm at it, I'm stealing some of yours too. You don't need dreams from where you are.

[Halcyon]

Hello.

 

(I know you're busy so this won't be long… Okay, this won't be SUPER long.)

 

I've been thinking a lot about you lately. How are things on your side of the planet? We live in the same one, right? Earth, the blue planet in between Mars and Venus? I suppose you're having a banging time since you still haven't contacted me. But that's fine, I guess. I don't want to be pained by your remarkable capacity to ignore my existence for such a very long time.

 

Despite this minor overlook on your part, I want to share with you a brilliant plan that struck me a couple of days ago.

 

Let's run off and join the circus. We could spend every waking hour trying not to get gobbled up alive by colossal lions from some exotic country (most likely traded illegally) and learning how to juggle 8 ping-pong balls with both hands and a foot. In the late afternoons, you could be the people's favorite daredevil, jumping through hoops of fire on your shiny black bike. And in the evenings, I could be your favorite contortionist.

 

We could leap from train to train and publish The Laws of Antigravity, pull Playboy Bunnies out of a teacup, and introduce a new level of whimsical hoboing to all of mankind.

 

Whimsical. I love whimsical.

 

Anyway, I wanted to call you and ask what you think. But I don't have your number. I would've looked you up on Facebook, but I don't know your name either. All I know is that I want to spend the next, I don't know, 40 years of my life doing crazy things with you. Less if I somehow forget to fasten my harness.

 

When you finally get this note, it means you've finally figured out road the led to me. (But really, over 15 years?) I don't care if you're a gazillion light years away. Seek assistance from Darth Vader or Marvin. Just let me know you're out there. I'm getting anxious because NASA and Roscosmos haven't discovered you, yet.

 

I reckon leaving the addressee blank is okay, because you'll know I penned this for you when you read it.

 

Write back when you're ready to wrestle with the moai of Easter Island.

 

Can hardly wait.

 

 

Hugs, Kisses & All of Me,

The Girl in a Pale Pink Tutu Standing on a Grey Elephant Who Spells Grey with an E Because That's How Jean Spells It and Since She's Phoenix Takes Her Word For It

[ADAM]

This world is full of fools gold;

Sparks that catch the eye

Yours are the only pair of lips

That I want pressed up next to mine

There are lots of pretty faces

But I’ve got one on my mind

I’m waiting for the day when we collide...

[ADAM]

The night becomes a space that's somewhere in between,

What I feel and what I'm told,

Sitting on the shore line trying to figure it out,

To find out the meaning..

[SiLvErClAw]

you...

 

i still don't have closure, but I guess I gotta start movin my big fat ass...

 

me

[RED2018]

Dear Bunso,

 

Hapi 18th Birthday. Dalaga ka na. As promised, lisensiyado ka nang kumerengkeng sa mga boys na umaaligid – aligid sa ’yo. Though kahit naman nasabi ko sa ‘yo ‘yun, baka makasapak pa rin ako ng kung sinumang kumag na mambobola sa ‘yo. Deep down in the heart of every kuya, a bunso will always be bunso forever. Ui! ingles ‘yun…

 

Ambilis ng panahon. You’ve now grown into a beautiful lady. Dati ’butt of jokes’ ka lang sa usapang magkakapatid dahil ikaw lang ang maitim. Sige na nga, morena. Sabi ni Mommy, kung meron mang magkakagusto sa ’yo, e tiyak foreigner ’yun na mahilig sa exotic beauty.

 

Nami-miss ko nga minsan ’yung mga kakengkoyan mo. ’Yung mga expressions mong ’ngek!’, ‘toink’ saka ‘hala naman kasi’, mga nagpapangiti sa ‘kin pag naaalala ko. Naka-save din lahat ng ’lab yu’ saka ’ingat’ na text messages mo kahit paulit-ulit mo lang fino-forward. Lam ko namang nagpapadagdag ka lang ng allowance, style mo bulok, mana ka nga sa ‘kin.

 

Biro lang. I know you’re sincere. Promise ko sa ‘yo, I’ll do everything para mapagtapos ka. Kahit magtrabaho ako bilang pornstar, gagawin ko ’yun para sa ’yo. Kahit wala na si Papa, you never complained how hard life have become. I’m sorry if sometimes I mess up as a father figure to you. Pag nagpapaalam ka for an overnight in your classmate’s house, di ko alam kung ano ang criteria ko para payagan ka. Kung minsan, binabase ko na lang sa alignment ng bituin sa kalawakan o toss coin na lang para madali. Kasi alam ko ang mga style ng mga lalaking my crush sa mga katulad mong bebot, dumaan ako dyan remember. Pers taym ko ‘to bilang head of the family. I know you understand.

 

Second year nursing ka na. Di ko alam bakit ‘yon ang course mo eh takot ka naman sa dugo. Pero sana di mo nakuha ’yung idea na mag-nursing dahil dun sa mga kapitbahay nating nakapagpatayo ng mga mansion. Dapat deep in your heart, it is your interest and it is what you love to do (Naks! Ingles na naman yun Ineng). You don’t have to pressure your self in your academics too. The secret really is you have to enjoy what you do. Si kuya mo e talagang born achiever, walang extra effort (nakow, nagyabang na naman). Kahit lasing na pumapasok sa klase, kayang mag-recite kahit nakapikit. Partida basketbol player pa on the side, he he!

 

Heto ako wasted over sa puslit na alak with some close prens sa malungkot na bayan ng mga manyak na Middle Easterners. Nagde-daydream pa din kahit hating gabi na. I’m here gazing over the stars and chasing dreams. Nami-miss ko na kayong mga kapatid ko saka si Mommy. Isang buwang sahod ko ’yang pinadala ko pam-blow out mo. I-treat mo lahat ng classmates mo or i-rent mo ang buong resort para walang manyak na makapasok. You only get one debut, make it memorable. Don’t worry about me, mangungutang na lang ako kay BabesKo ng pamasahe papasok sa opis. Take care, kuya labs you always.

 

Kuyang.

[JayZip]

Dear Neighbor,

 

The next time you knock on my door and ask me to move my car to a different parking space or if you ever leave notes on my car again because you say your car is leaking oil and you need that parking space eh I will burn you car.

 

Love,

 

Your-not-so-nice-neighbor.

 

 

P.S. With you in it.