For Every Cry--By Tine Perlas-Heraldo--United States

For Every Cry--English

I live for every cry,

feeling each and every

flow of tears.

The sight is blurred, 

my pathway distorted

as I think of you.

Confusion takes place

as I watch the

candlelight dance.

Life is silken:

it’s fickle and

it slips from the touch.

It's true what they say:

a tear is nothing

but a nuisance.

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Sa Bawat Hikbi--Tagalog

Ako'y buhay sa bawat hikbi.

Ramdam ang bawat pagdaloy

at pagragasa ng mga luha.

Mapusyaw ang paningin

sa aking nilalakaran, habang

mataimtim kang iniisip.

Nalilitong kaharap ang pagsayaw

ng isang paupos na kandila.

Waring isang telang seda

ang yari ng pag-asa:

madulas at mailap sa hawak.

Totoo palang nakakainis ang

mga balakid na luha.

If you need the english translat

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Tine Perlas-Heraldo is a published poet that writes in both English and Tagalog since she was eleven years old. Her favorite poets include Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Allen Ginsberg. Some of her works were featured in poetry sites such as Cultured Vultures and Eyes + Words. She graduated from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas with a degree in Political Science. URL: writingwithtine.wordpress.com