“I am the bad daughter, the freedom fighter, the shaper of death masks. / I am the snake, I am the crone”— Barbara Jane Reyes, from “Aswang,” Diwata
(Source: lifeinpoetry)
the first time i talked about depression
with my parents, they said but you’re so happy
here—could not marvel the sight of their radiant
home in flames—i fear a horizon free
of crimson, i wanted to say, my mind
is a country who sets itself ablaze.— George Abraham, from “Song of Ash,” al youm: for yesterday & her inherited traumas
(Source: theatlasreview.com)
