Himig

Paano mo nga ipapaliwanag ang ligaya kung ang kasabay nito ay takot?

Paano ba bigkasin ang mga salita kung ito’y minsan ng nagdala ng kirot?

Maaari nga bang lumuha at masaktan dahil sa labis na hatid mong saya?

Sumanib sa akin ang kalagayan at ganap sa isang perya

Halakhak ng damdamin umaagos hanggang sa aking isipan

Sumisipol ng bagong tugtugin at kay gandang musika

Yan ang iyong dulot sa aking pagkatao at buong kalooban

Ang lahat ay tila isang musikero na gustong may ipadinig,

Inaaral na matutunang tumugtog ng kanyang guitara

Nangangapa, sumasabay sa kung saan dalhin ng himig

Yan ay damdamin na tila hindi ko ma-awit sayo ng tama

Ako baga ay parang musmos na sugatan ang tuhod

At ikaw ay bagong kalaro na handang magpasaya dito

Bagamat hindi handa ang puso kong lagi nalang natitisod

Sa labis na ligaya at ngiti na dulot mo, naghihilom muli ito

Ngunit, paano mo ipapaliwanag ang ligaya kung ang kasabay nito ay takot?

Paano ba bigkasin ang mga salita kung ito’y minsan ng nagdala ng kirot?

Maaari nga bang lumuha at masaktan dahil sa labis na hatid mong saya?

Kung ako’y maging handa para sayo, ibibigay mo ba ng buo ang puso mo?

-Jackie Perfinan

Painful Bliss

you were bound to convey pleasure and pain,
she was ready to accept them as if to sustain
her heart with the prowess to endure and bear
the heart that bleeds and relentless to tear

you screamed passion for someone else's name
she chose to watch you hum a heartfelt hymn.
she blames you not since it was clear and plain
and her love is as solemn as the sound of rain

you were like a drug, a heroin; she was the user
she was drawn to cease, to let go and surrender
hence tried to withdraw, to forget, mostly grief
but her bliss is you, so she returns with relief

her love for you is like an ancient rocking chair
she moves, she cradles, yet it brings her nowhere
worst! it breaks, it collapses together with her
that may wound her soul and it will scar forever

then one night, that fateful hour, she broke down
dragged her stabbing pained self! this ruined one!
if you knew her, know she owned undying strengths 
She's a pearly white formica; hard rock, she stands

tonight, her feelings for you still pours so freely,
however, her finger touches that love with finality
she'll remember you always like her favorite summer
her suffering ends here but your memory will linger

she has loved you, it was eternal
yet she was wounded, she is a mortal

- jackie perfinan