Ters Faym

A seven-poem anthology, featuring 'Your Poem,' 'Grey Den,' 'Fres Kwater,' 'Sek Onwarter,' 'Dertkarter,' 'Poyswafer,' 'MaybIfs,' and 'AywoT.' Each piece is composed of 4 stanzas. These are just short poems about this 'crush' I had in Grade 10. And every quarter, have a story. Poems are written by Rav Maniti.

Your Poem

Last night prom, you wore a green dress

And, you are not just a princess

You’re a queen, dancing with your 'King'

Yet, I’m just here, alone, longing

From the Disney movie, Frozen

You are the Elsa and Anna

My heart froze when my chat was sent

Yet, it didn’t work like karma

For I didn’t call you, Ashley

And that is why, and just maybe

That is why you never looked at me

You know I’m just dumb and silly

I tried to drink, product from Spain

Alfonso, the one and only

Just to forget all of this pain

Oh, Why did I act foolishly?

Grey Den

Grade 10 nung nangyari ang first time ko

It’s very nice to meet someone like you

I’m just so blessed that I met my dream girl

Ang ganda nya talaga, look at her

Second day palang gusto ko na kita

Di ko maexplain ang iyong ganda

Para bang ikaw ay isang anghel

T.L. na ako sayo, what the hell

Yet, meron akong maling akala

Mga eye contacts wala palang kwenta

I just thought na may gusto ka saken

Kaya ako nag message at umamen

Well, I don’t know, siguro’y sinadya

Give up nalang, olats na talaga

At least I learned na di ko pa kaya

Makausap ang isang 'Prinsesa'

Fres Kwater

First Quarter pa lang, T.L. na kagad

Tanging ikaw lang ang hinangad

Isang napakagandang 'Prinsesa'

Yes, I want you, oo, gusto kita

When I stare at your ineffable eyes

I realized that I’m in paradise

Di ko gets ang aking nadarama

Para bang may hiwaga kang dala

Sobrang in love ko, ako’y sumulat

Tulang para sayo, at inulat

Nasabi ko ang gustong sabihen

Tapos, nirate mo pa sila ng ten

Ngunit hindi nag apply ang karma

Nag-assume lang ako, parang tanga

Tapos, nag iba narin ang tema

Ang dating saya ay malungkot na

Sek Onwarter

Second Quarter, I don’t know what to do

Bakit ba ako magkakaganito

Iniisip ko buong araw ang 'salamat' mo

Ano ba itong nadarama ko

Nagets ko na rin, sa tagal-tagal

Ika’y may iba napalang mahal

Gayunpaman, wala na talaga

Nawala na ang aking 'Prinsesa'

Ngunit iba ang iniisip ko

Sabi ng utak ko na ayaw mo ako

Iba ang sinasabi ng puso

Bakit mo ba ako ginugulo?

Ayaw nang tingnan ang ‘yong mga mata

Sila ay nakakabaliw tingnan

Iba pala ang iyong hiwaga

Problemang di ko masolusyonan

Dertkarter

Third Quarter, nagseatmate pa tayo

Para ba namang pinlano ito

May pag-asa pa ba ulit ako?

Ang naisip ko sa ‘king bobong ulo

So, I just thought I should ask you again

Yet, ang resulta ay wala paren

Iba talaga ang nadarama

I realized it's done na talaga

Ngayon tanggap ko na talaga, pero

I still don’t think these are coincidence

Thanksgiving letter ang sinulat ko

I can and I’ll still wait for you, my 'Princess'

I realized that it's just my first time

So, there is nothing really in my mind

Wala pang alam kung ano ang love

I lost, cause my knowledge wasn’t enough

Poyswafer

Fourth Quarter, ang daming naganap

I just learned that I really want you

At ikaw lang ang pinapangarap

I'll wait for you till 2032

Fourteen is yet, my favorite number

It is the day you received the letter

Valentine’s, wala akong nabigay

Ni bulaklak, walang naialay

Nang dumating ang JS prom natin

Biglang iba ang ihip ng hangin

Ika’y sinasayaw na ng iba

Ako'y wala nang magagawa pa

T.L. pa rin, gusto parin kita

Yes, gusto ko ng kalimutan ka

I just thank God for the experiences

He gives, and He takes away a 'Princess'

MaybIfs

Maybe, I’ll remember you forever

It is really just my first time ever

I don't even know how I will confess

And maybe that’s why I lost my 'Princess'

And If that is the reason you follow

Then I could die today and tomorrow

Because there’s nothing more reason for me

For next days I’ll just act more foolishly

Or maybe, it is just not the right time

Or maybe, you have someone in your mind

It’s not ‘maybe’ anymore cause it's true

Well, I don’t know, I don’t even know you

If I already really accepted it

Then why the fuck I cannot quit this shit?

Well, there's nothing to say but ‘bye’ I guess

Yet, maybe I’ll just meet my right 'Princess'

AywoT

I know that I really really like you

And what I knew is you don’t like me too

And I knew that I’m just another fool

Liking someone ineffably beautiful

I know, we never shared a memory

Yet, your absence is what I will carry

I know this is the end of my journey

I know we weren't and will never be

I know God has a plan, that is my fate

I will follow his plan, that is my faith

Yet, I know that I still need to thank you

With you, I knew that I hate myself too

I know that I don’t know how to confess

It’s not the right time, and yet I transgress

Then I just created myself a mess

And I know that’s how I lost my 'Princess'

Acknowledgements

First, of course, I’ll thank God for this experience. Without Him, I wouldn’t have learned anything. I thank Him because He let me suffer, yet He never left me. Then, I’ll thank myself—for becoming who I am right now. I now have experience, so when the next struggle comes, I’ll know what to do. As I said, “You’ll never learn unless you’ve failed.” And of course, I still need to thank you. So, thank you.