Communications Arts Students at the University of the Philippines Los Baños


Denelle Justine T. Ramos

Aftertaste

Risk Taker, they say!
I must fear being left behind;

Fun, they say!
I could have been lonely all this time;

Kind, they say!
I must be suppressing traumas;

Understanding, they say!
I must have never been heard and understood.

Therefore hush, 
you, my reader!

the
judgment,
assumption,
compliments,

must it mean something?
could it mean something?
I barely know myself,
keep these tales to yourself, dear

even, you don’t know yourself, do you?

clouded mind, 
all day,
all night; 
Can I be ever trusted?
 


Ronan Gabriel Erni


Next Chapter

I don’t know
Maybe it’s time flying by
Or a new chapter creeping in

I don’t know
Maybe it’s the pressure from the people around me
Or perhaps the pressure from within

I don’t know
Maybe this is just the way it usually is
Or I’m just a bit unprepared—immature even

All I know is the door behind me is about to close
And another is bound to open
All I know is this is all I’ve been dreaming of and working for
But I don’t know where to begin



Kyla Chantal P. Dela Torre 

STEEP

I don’t know what the sign says
On that steepy road head
Just beyond the trees winging
The children walked and led

I don’t know when to push these
Lights and buttons beneath the wheels
How do I stir to the left
Or reverse down the hills

I don’t know where I’m headed
Why are these wheels on my hands
With no constat passenger
I might get lost on the run

How I wish this is about
Just my ability to
Maneuver the cars, but damn
This might be about life too

I am clueless and lonely
Do I claim a license too
In this travel pass called life
Where bumps, stopover looms




Joana Austria

To Abandon




Gezryl Peter Tamayo

The Ocean Deep

Sandy beaches and clear water
Sun beaming down a good day
Ocean inviting me to swim
Fear keeping me planted

The gorgeous blue mattress
Splendorous and sparkling beauty
Hiding it underneath,
The endless dark abyss

A place where no light reaches
Full of creatures yet unknown
The depths are a mystery
As much as the sea is enchanting

But the surface is fine
There’s still much to see
While it’s not complete
It’s where I’d rather be

 

Alya Maria Inciso

How to Die a Thousand Afternoons

how do you die 
a thousand afternoons
a hundred bloodless 
screaming of a body
unknown, unfound
in a sunlit room?

i found the way
in a quiet, lonely
house far from the
slow city-like
province that once
gave her undying light

white blinds, blue petals
flowers on walls
nocturnes of mornings
spent laying down
on pink sheets
softened of years

chopin playing on
repeat, in her head
beside her bed
inside her dread
to dying and dying
by laying down 

listlessly dreaming
away these
twilight afternoons

 

Yvonne M. Bandong

IN MEMORY OF PEACE

I never imagined, however, I was there
It somehow killed me – no, it still kills me every day
There were two choices and I knew that with either of the two, I would die

Etched in my memory, the piece that broke me
I run into a room where I left it hanging
I became my fear; the fear that wakes me up and burns my sanity

The piece that broke me, etched in my memory
It was the path I slowly walked
I knew how it would end
There is no one else to blame
I stabbed not only myself

Now, no matter what, when I look up at the sky
The stream in my eyes would flow like a river
Now, no matter what, I wish that it was a dream I could open my eyes to stop
It was haunted; it haunts me
I wanna be blind, no matter what, now.

Denelle Justine T. Ramos is a 4th-year BA Communication Arts student at UP Los Baños. One of her dreams is to be part of a Broadway musical. Over the past few years she has been trying to write some songs that she someday wishes to share with the world. Today, she is focusing on her education, volunteer work, and self-development.

Ronan Gabriel Erni is a 23-year-old BA Communication Arts student in the University of the Philippines Los Baños. He is a Speech Communication major currently researching political rhetoric in the Philippines.

Kyla Chantal P. Dela Torre currently studies at the University of the Philippines- Los Baños. She is in her senior year as a BA Communication Arts student who majors in Speech Communication. She was the editor-in-chief of her high school’s official school newspaper publication while competing among the best feature writers in CALABARZON at that time.

Joana Austria is 21, and a Communication Arts student at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

Gezryl Peter Tamayo is a 22 year old college student. He does not have any noteworthy achievements to put here but he's working on it.

Alya Maria Inciso studies the art of writing while enjoying every bit of literature that sparks her love for the world. A literature and film enthusiast, her journals are full of musings and fragmented poetry pieces she hopes to share one day.

Yvonne M. Bandong is 22, doing a B.A. in Communication Arts at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

 
 

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