ONEIRIC - Literary Folio 2022-2023

FORBIDDEN DREAM SCAPE

Are dreams Are dreams ddestined estined to remain to remain figments of figments of iimagination, magination, or can they or can they truly become truly become our reality? our reality?

Welcome to this captivating literary folio of exploring

Welcome to this captivating literary folio of exploring the profound realm of dreams. Within these pages, you'll the profound realm of dreams. Within these pages, you'll embarkonamesmerizingjourneythroughoursubconscious embarkonamesmerizingjourneythroughoursubconscious landscapes, experiencing vivid visions, fleeting thoughts, landscapes, experiencing vivid visions, fleeting thoughts, and the evocative essence of our collective dreams. and the evocative essence of our collective dreams.

Immerse yourself, savor the fragments, and embrace the Immerse yourself, savor the fragments, and embrace the infinite possibilities that lie within. Enjoy the wonders of infinite possibilities that lie within. Enjoy the wonders of yyourowndreamscape,Warriors! ourowndreamscape,Warriors!

depiction of dream-like states.

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet

Taking every sweet step with no regret

Accepting who, accepting flaws

Words and thoughts raise some claws

Deeply confuse, who is she, who is he

Heart may take, mind may agree

Ghost of the past, are you weary?

Creep of love and hate went beside me

Mi Hollosa

There’s a hope in every flicker of light

Opens a door, pleading for understanding

The melody of colors blend in my sight That creates a masterpiece, so astonishing

Grey hues in dark shades depict slithering paths

Oh why? Does paradox stay?

Faded into oblivion, combination of 11:20 thoughts

At 11:43, end of stray.

The Power of Imagination

Shamnel Francine Soteo

Have you ever felt such desperation?

To give them all of your affection.

Have you ever felt such a dejection?

Finding them along the streets with no direction

Would it make a difference if I imagined?

To daydream of loving them—what would happen?

To have them all by my side and not astray

I just wish to help each and every stray.

All I want is to pick them up gently.

To speak sweet things to them softly.

All I want is to take away their pain and worries.

To be an advocate and tell the world their stories.

Have you ever felt such a sense of devotion?

Getting so inspired just from a mere imagination.

Have you ever felt the need to take action?

To fight for the strays from fear and isolation

Forget Me Not

Shamnel Francine Soteo

I talk to myself about my love for you I talk to my for To remind me of everything To remind of everything we've been through. we've been through. I walk myself to all the I myself to the places we've been places we've been To remind me of To me of everything we've seen. everything we've seen.

I sing our song a hundred times a day I sing hundred times a day

To remind me of you To remind me of of us every single day. of every day. I'd dance barefoot in the pouring rain I'd the pouring rain

To remind me of you, To of embed you in my brain. embed my

I saw myself walking down the aisle saw as your bride bride

As my dream was to always As dream was to always stay by your side stay by your side

But now, with God, you have reunited But now, you have reunited I fought for us, but fate is undefeated. fought us, fate undefeated.

I have never felt so helpless and weak have never felt helpless weak What makes me still alive What makes still alive is having you in my reveries. is having reveries. Now as I gaze at heaven's blue I at blue Embracing your image with Embracing your with bittersweet memories we can't undo memories can't undo I say, "Forget me not, for I wish to say, me I wish to hold you close; my heart forever tied hold my forever tied in knots, never letting you go." in knots, never letting

MY CEASELESS MY CEASELESS OBSESSION OBSESSION

Jake Jake

I’ve written countless poems about your eyes, I’ve written countless poems about your eyes, Soliloquies of fantasies and how you give me butterflies.

Quite whimsical, and silly of me to fill those parchments

Soliloquies of fantasies and how you give me butterflies. Quite whimsical, and silly of me to fill those parchments

About how your demeanor is seraphic and heaven-sent.

About how your demeanor is seraphic and heaven-sent.

The proses and rhythms of symphony, The proses and rhythms of symphony, The adjectives that’s all for you were melody. The adjectives that’s all for you were melody. I was petrified, and daunted by such a sagacious mind, I was petrified, and daunted by such a sagacious mind, Who would’ve thought a man like I would be undermined? Who would’ve thought a man like I would be undermined?

Not just by the radiance of thy skin, Not just by the radiance of thy skin, Or how entrancing your visage was, Or how entrancing your visage was, But by how our minds were akin, But by how our minds were akin, With the enigma your body has. With the enigma your body has.

I resented how I concede defeat to I resented how I concede defeat to That paradisiacal smile, That paradisiacal smile, As I gander upon every once in a while. As I gander upon every once in a while. Quixotically, I was conceited by how lucid it was, Quixotically, I was conceited by how lucid it was, I just fell for you in this wonderlust. I just fell for you in this wonderlust.

PLACID EVENINGSPLACID EVENINGS

I walk solitary in the darkness of the evening, crickets and whistles of the wind in the above branches of trees filled the air. My feet then took me to a path that led to the vast calm sea under the dark sky; I stopped to reach a spot so calm and placid, I stood there by the shore as my feet felt the splashes of the icy waves. My lips could taste the saltiness of the thick air as the cold evening air swept my hair. Then a thought came to me, life is like the vastness of this sea before me. So unpredictable, so out of control, and could be unforgiving. The same waves that could take you to calm serene waters could also sweep you through rough relentless storms. Without a destination, without an oar, you could be left stagnant and trapped right in the middle, with no progress it would feel like an eternal freefall. So I stood there, feeling the cold splashes of the waves and the icy evening breeze, my wandering soul left with crumbs of what ifs we are still yet to find for ourselves, in the future, if the world permits.

TILA TALATILA TALA LAM

Balintataw ng ‘yong pananaw

Kahali-halinang lumilitaw

Mga matang nagniningning, Nangangarap na para sa’kin.

Pagkurba ng sulok ng iyong labi

Kagalak ay siyang namumutawi.

O, kay tamis ng mga ngiti

Nais kong baunin pauwi.

Banayad na haplos niyang mga kamay

Gumagawa ng kilos, pang-abay.

Daliring naglalaro sa kanyang palad

Lubos kong inaasam, hinahangad.

Kupido, ako nama’y iyong panain

Masakit mahalin ang taong hindi sa’kin

Nagdurugo itong pusong sakim

Sa tagal ng aking pag kimkim.

Jezza Mae Taniedo

I.

Andito ako sa gitna ng mga tao, Nagtatago sa likod ng kanilang mahi

Natatakot na baka husgahan at mapa

Kung sakaling piliin kong maging ma

Kaya huwag na lang muna.

Hindi ibig sabihin ay hindi ako hand Ngunit, alam kong walang kasigurad

Na maunawaan ng karamihan, Ang pag ibig na puno ng kaligayahan Ang pag-ibig na minsan na ring labag

II.

Oo, nagawa kong pangunahan ang ak Marahil maituturig na ako'y isang ba Naniwala na utak ang dapat na pakin

Walang preno ang puso kahit saang a Alin ang tama at hindi sigurado, Ano ba ang dapat, sino ba ang karapa

Nakakalito, nakakabigo, nakakapanibago, Kaya't hinayaan na lang na magpadala sa dikta ng puso, Binaliwala ang sinasabi ng iba, Dahil takot ako, takot akong sa mapangdiktang mga mata.

III.

Oo, nagpatangay ako sa ihip ng pag-ibig, Na siyang ang imahe mo lang ang nakapinta sa aking paligid, Walang iba, sayo lang nakatuon ang aking mga mata.

Batid ko noong una, mahihirapan ako sa pagtahak sa daan pasulong sayo

Na para bang ang lahat

humahadlang sa aking gusto, Ngunit hindi ko kayang talikuran kung ano man ang meron tayo.

Nagawa ko mang tumakbo papalayo, Nahanap ko pa rin ang aking sarili humahakbang pabalik sayo,

sandalan tuwing ng kalungkutan, ga nila kaibigan.

V. aro ang tadhana. a nang sumugal, taya, tila talo na. erong limitasyon n nating dalawa, syong tumugon, y kong panahon, yong mga mata g saan ka sasaya ng ibang nauna.

VI. at at kabisado ko ng salitang pinili, to mula umpisa , yaan na mag isa. walang bahid na anong pagsisisi. ang inspirasyon, yo'y nasa maling ang at panahon, g akong piliin ka a hindi na kaya. kitang ibinahagi.

tobepresentformyself andtograntmetheaffectionthatIdeserve butFridayisdifferent. today,iyearntobephysicallyabsorbedbysomeone. toshamelesslyunearthmyskeletons onlytostareateyesdesolateofjudgment Saturday, IdisappointNietzschewithmyappeal: grantmeabeautifulsurfacewithout aterribledepth ohhear!

Kyle Avefern Como

Will I ever awaken from this chaotic nightmare?

Fear not, for I am the lamplight that shall take you to the promised neverland

Sabaydungawsabintana, Pinakawalanangnag-uunahangmgaluha, Laginalangba?

Makapagpasya'tmakalimot, Makalayasamundongmasalimuot. Pagbibigyanmobakahitnasandali?

Hindimankatuladsadatinggawi, Tangingisangyakap,haplosatyapos Nangangpagodatlungkotaymapawi.

Dilimnggabingbumabalotsabuwan, Himigngkatahimikan, Kumotatunan, Hudyatnaditokitamatatagpuan. Hinga,higa,hinga.AkingPahinga.

Ngayo'ynapagtantona, Babalikanmorinakopagdatingngbukas, Atkunghindima'y, Hihintayinparinkitasaeksaktongoras Angpagsapitngdapithapon, Mgasalita,hikbiatpagluhaaynagwaka Payapangpahinga.

Eigengrau shadowed those full eyes might see Whispers of the horizon, how was it?

As darkness crept into mind, thou shalt flee Mud sheets dug deeply; leave mark, pierced and neat

What strange lies beneath those white as snow skin?

Thy fake cries until oblivion came Apologies patterned, always have been Realized, yet you keep doing the same

Waves of memories crashing all the way Flicker of light fires up all the control But what have you done to keep me this day? Ghost of past, do not let my sunshine crawl

Crawl in the coldness of midnight, cause plight Only I, is the take off and flight.

oh, to hold those gentle hands with my trembling ones! to have it embrace me, I would kneel for months. envelope my whole being, I pray hold my pieces as they threaten to wither away. caress me, crush me, i am yours to take.

darling, hold me, i belong with you. i give you my hope, my joys, my blues. believe i would rip myself open to clutch those hands. and if death does come, please, lend me those hands for my last dance.

tincan

Inthis whimsical embrace ourbizarreness collides, a world wheredolphinsdance, cats whisper secrets, and spiders spintales of magic.

Art by EJAzuelo Twin Flame

"Isang pangarap na naman ang pinakikiramayan Ng mundong kailanma'y di patas lumaban Diplomang plakado, ika'y aming pagkakalooban Pagpupugay sa iyong liwanag, sa gitna ng kalungkutan"

Aking napagtanto kaya ako'y bahagyang napangiti Tapos na nga ang aking laban at ito ang aking mga huling titik Talutdod ng aking buhay, linyang tuluyang tumugma Hanggang sa huling patak ng aking tinta.

SAND I AM

Every bit of reality was once formed by a man who dreamed, A man who had hope of things he knew he has no power to instantly create, But that he had to forge every bits of his will, For he knows that a dream will stay a dream if he does not act within his reality.

My realm of dream is the purgatory of lost hopes, Every inch of happiness, success, desires, and will that didn't transpire into existence, I had seen from their slumbers how they greed for it, Yet too pathetic of them to even discern their lust for reality.

I am as old as the first man to ever sleep, I know a man's dream is either that to give or to destroy, I have seen one man's dream gave life and hope to another, And I have seen another that took the life of the many.

I will forever loom in these sea of the dreamers, Together with hope and despair

I will watch every dream transcend and disintegrate

Every page of the story binded through books or burned to flames, And every dream I will read

It is up to man to tell their own story

Create paths of what their drea

It is up to their destiny and fate

I know their story, their ending and I shall see more for I am th

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11:?

ThePowerofImagination

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ForgetMeNot

MyCeaselessObsession

MidnightMirage

PlacidEvenings

TilaTala

DansLeNoir

Tanotangi

tincan

KyleAvefernComorro

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Tanotangi

MiHollosa

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