Time travel doesn’t exist, and I don’t think it ever will. If it did, wouldn’t we have time travellers walking amongst us in the present times? Who are we, mere parasites on a planet in the grander scheme of things, to manipulate such a primordial force as time? Nothing is as unrelenting as the constant

The battle ignites. He, the system, rules.I stumble in tangled paths,steps bent by His weight, failures tallied.He commands—victory, no mercy. Deadlines tick like mines,tuition wails—a toll to survive.Tasks pierce like arrows.I crawl through exams,pen trembling, will steeled. Tears and sleepless nights,forged into His soldier,answering His call. I long for the final dawn.When the battle falls

“Hindi ko naman yan problema,” sabi ng aking kaibigan,Habang sumisimsim ng kape sa init ng sariling tahanan.Sa labas, baha ang lansangan, nilulunod ang pangarap,ng mga walang payong, nakayapak sa putikan. “Puro ka nalang politika”, biro niya sa akin,Wala raw saysay at magawa ang pinaglalaban.Musmos daw ako’t wala raw nalalaman,pero mas musmos ba ang tumatawa sa

Every year, sometime between the first typhoon warning and the mayor’s latest Facebook Live, the city gathers for the Brown Sabbath. It doesn’t announce itself with trumpets. Just a faint stink in the air, the smell of wet plywood and spoiled rice drifting in from the estero. Then the brown water trickles down the road

Utang na loob ko raw na ako’y inalagaan nila,Kaya habang buhay, kailangan ko raw suklian.Ito lang ba ang sukatan ng aking halaga?Ang buhatin ang bahay sa balikat mag-isa? Ako raw ang tanging pag-asa ng pamilya,Ngunit bakit sa bawat araw, ako’y nauubos?“Anak, bakit kulang ang ipinadala mo ngayon?”Sa halip na “kumusta,” bigat ang ipinapasa. Sa bawat