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Cristelle Elaine Collera (August 3,1994)
Given the nickname 'Walking Dictionary' by classmates, Cristelle discovereher love for weaving words into verse early in life. She was appointededitor-in-chief of their school paper twice, and won a slew of writing andpublic speaking awards in elementary and high school.
She draws inspiration from her own (drama-filled, never boring) life and h(more than frequent) interventions in her friends' affairs. She is equippedwith a special pad of pink stationery where she writes the drafts of herpoems.
She is currently a freshman taking up BS Life Sciences at Ateneo de ManilUniversity.
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At The End Of The Day
Rubbing my eyes awake, I sit up
Then thoughts of you start coming aroundStifling a frown, I heavily sighYou’re out of my sight, but in my mind.
As the day wears on, I go through lifeAll the pressures, the worry and strifeAre forgotten with visions of youAnd remind me of work I should do.
Going through life’s turbulent currentOur lives too busy, energy spentFor I know we have no time for usIt takes great strength not to fall apart.
But thankfully, we’re still standing hereI know I have nothing to fear.Now I see you, waiting for somebodyRemem’bring that “somebody” meant “me”.
And a wide smile comes across my faceFor at the end of the day, we’re still the sameI’m yours, you’re mine, it has been that wayTogether forever, for now and always.
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Can't Run Forever
Once again, it's a Friday
And I find myself finding a wayTo avoid you as much as I canIt's seeing you everyday I can't stand.
'Cause you make me want to break the rulesOf that I know I can be sure.If you dared me to jump off a cliff Trust that I wouldn't even blink.
And that's the scariest part of itKnowing that I couldn't thinkWhenever you're near, I go crazyTill now it still amazes me.
My mind goes back to the day we metI'd sworn that I'd never fall again.But all it took was a single momentAnd my oath was, in a flash, forgotten.
Running away from this strange feelingOnly worsens, and its remedyIs you, but I'd rather stay sickThan ever hear you rejecting me.
Now I look around for signs of youSo I'd see who I'm hiding from.But looking in the wrong direction,I bump into you, out of nowhere.
And I realize I can’t run foreverFor this new love will never leaveStubbornly coming back every timeI drive it away, out of my sight.
Trying my best to ignore youMy body still freezes, unable to move.But you see me, and muster a smile,Sending delicious shivers down my spine.
I know you're very happy with herAnd I don't want to barge into your worldBut can't this girl have a right to dream,That maybe someday, you'll end up with me?
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Clandestine Rendezvous
I check the other rooms, and everyone’s asleep,
I try my best not to make a peep.If this is still right, I do not know,I stopped thinking five minutes ago.
They tell me this is all just pointless,That I’d be better off with someone else.They say this is all a foolish gameThat I’d lose anyway.
But I tell myself that this is right,That this isn’t just some miserable plight.Though this is complicated, you and meThere exists nothing more real.
And we have a place only ours to findAway from them all and their prying eyesWhere no one can judge and no one can frown,And no one can try to bring us down.
So I’m tiptoeing out of the house with care,Swiftly and silently, with no time to spare,To meet you by the lake at midnight, ‘Cause this love’s still worth a try.
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First Love
There was once this boy and this girl
Who lived in completely different worlds.Neither one knew their paths would crossLeaving on each, a painful loss.
Destiny willed that they would meetAs they walked on that same streetNever knowing their lives would changeAs they strolled merrily on that one lane.
Then they bumped into each otherAnd getting up, can't help but stammerThey both knew that very dayFor the first time, love would come their way.
So came the start of endless phone callsTalking to each other from dusk till dawn.Sweet dates, flowers and chocolatesThinking they were perfect soulmates.
But alas! They weren't meant for each otherAnd experienced heartbreak like no otherWhen they realized the love was goneIt was, in fact, long over and done.
They say the first cut is the deepest,And they bore the pain inside the worst.Both were truly inconsolableAnd both wondering what went wrong.
Years later, they're grown up and more matureKnowing they can't be together in the futureHoping that someday they'll beHappy with the one they're meant to be with.
Though deep inside remained a longingBoth were still silently wishingFor just one more chanceTo be together forever at last.
Once upon a time they were supposed to beBut neither was able to seeThat fate would end their fairytaleAnd they would never be the same.
Destiny finally heard their pleasFor both to be truly at peaceAfter ten torturous yearsFilled with regret and painful memories.
She was thinking, reminiscing one dayAbout how things had always been the same
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Since she loved and lost a lond time ago
Then stood up and started to go.
She was called by a voice somewhat strangeTurned to see who called her name.And she could hardly believe her eyesIt was him, looking handsome in a black tie.
Her painful past returned once againThe events replayed again in her headShe wanted to just move on aheadBut he took her hand and said,
“I missed you so much”, he pleaded.
She knew that moment that they'd never letAnything or anyone separate them againAnd to each other they promised forever.
To remain faithful no matter whatAgainst all odds, never to partThis they swore to each otherAnd to this day, they're still together.
Proving that first love never diesThey faced and fought every challengeThat wanted to keep them far apartDefying everything and fearing nothing.
And so ends this story I narrateAbout two people doomed by fateBut joined by destiny for each otherTo be together, always and forever.
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Flash From The Past
Saw you again in school yesterday
Suddenly found myself in the wayOf your basketball, gone astrayLooked up and saw you, waiting.
Passed the ball to you, and suddenlyEveryone there started to cheer.You smiled a bit, and dribbled awayI left, though I wanted to stay.
To you it's probably nothingBut to me it's definitely somethingFor a moment there, I saw a flashStraight from our long-forgotten past.
My mind drifts back to the good old timesI had been so vibrant, full of life.Without a single care in the worldSo innocent, oblivious, we were.
Remember those long hours on the phone,When you never let me feel alone?We'd end every chat with 'Italy',I trusted, loved you then - and now still.
We never were for extravaganceNothing too special, nothing too grandWe valued the simple, little thingsSo many good memories I'd saved.
Eighteen whole months we faced togetherFeared nothing, for we had each other.Always thought we would last foreverOur story was unique, like no other.
But we had to wake up to realityHad to go our separate waysWe tried our best to keep holding onBut in the end, we had to let go.
And now it's been more than a yearSince we bade each other goodbye.Still can't believe we weren't meant to be,Till now I'm still waiting for a sign.
Did I just see a glimmer of hope in your eyes,Or is the light playing tricks on mine?I know it's just a flash from the past, butIs there really no more chance for us?
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For Tonight I'm Fine
The alcohol runs, burns down through my throat
And I’m doing my best to stand, copeBut it’s useless, I’m wobbling, stumblingMy world’s slowing down, blurring.
My entire body goes numbAnd all I can do is tipsily step upTo another rendition of Hotel California ‘Cause the karaoke’s all mine tonight.
And I start to think that I’m still alright,And I delude myself that everything’s fine.Even though I’m far from okay,Even though I’m still broken at the end of the day.
I’m smiling at everyone like there’s no tomorrow,I’m dancing around like I’m stealing a show.Downing the night away with a shot or twenty,Anything to block out this stupid misery.
I know I’ll be left with only a headacheAnd no memory of these things I did.I know I’ll be left with only a heartacheAnd haunting memories of those things we did.
I know tomorrow I’ll wake up wastedAnd the pain’s still going to be there.But till then I’ve got these hours ahead of meA getaway from the world as I know it.
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Goodbye
Goodbye is always the hardest word
As lethal it is, still utteredSome who say it, regret; others don’tNo matter, in the end it still hurts.
Goodbye is but a double – edged swordBe it come from one horribly scornedOr from a poor soul t’was still hurtingFrom carrying a burden silently.
Love, I know we’ve been faced with trialsThat you’ve been suffering all the whileThe silence hurts, we can’t denyPlease say anything, just not “goodbye”.
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Intoxicated
Look at my clock, it's 3am
Why am I still up, awake so late?Can't help but think I'm turning jadedOn another night, intoxicated.
My vision's now just a blurMy head spins, forgetting the worldMy thoughts have all gone cloudedAnd so has my sense of judgment.
Everything in sight whizzes byAnd everything seems to fly into the nightExcept this photo album of you and meFilled with your haunting memories.
Drinking to no longer think of youProves totally useless, so I've found trueSo how exactly do I deleteYou, who used to make my days complete?
Now all I have are these keepsakes, fadedLeft to resign myself to what's fatedLeft without you for the rest of my daysHow I wish I could just remain intoxicated.
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My Sweet Life
I know my life's less than perfect
Hit a lot of bumps and more ahead.But to that I can surely say”I wouldn't have it any other way.”
I'm no celebrity, not a superstarWho sells platinum records and drives a sports carBut I've lots of people around meWho love me whoever and whatever I am.
I don't live in a posh mansionAnd I don't have a Jacuzzi in my bedroom.But I've a cozy little placeWhere I can comfortably spend my days.
No, I ain't the resident babeWho turns all heads when passing their way.But I've my friends who stayThey're truly loyal and would never stray.
A lot in this world's greater than meBut I'm contented, you can see.Who cares, I just happily laughAnd live my sweet life just the way I like.
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Never We Will Be
I'd learned never to trust all fairy tales
The damsel in distress, castles, the princeNot even the “happily ever after”sReckoned that I certainly knew better.
Nor did I believe that love moved mountains'Cause it never really did anythingBut put people powerless under its spellStripping them of spirit, till nothing is left.
When you loved me, I thought I had been wrongThat maybe we could change fate all alongWe, too, had fallen for Love's cruel trapCouldn't see that we were doomed from the start.
But alas, we didn't listen to FateAnd now here we are, bruised, battered insaneRefusing to believe that it's overHoping that somehow, we'd stay together.
But the truth hurts, no matter how we feelWhat's not meant to be won't ever set us freeWhy can't we get a dose of reality?We never were, have never been, and never will be.
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No Longer Pretend
We hold hands and call each other 'Dear',
We even have an anniversary.But we're nothing more than just best friendsPlaying a silly little game of pretend.
I'm yours and you're mine, laughingly'Cause your heart's hers, literally.I'm only the one helping youMake her fall for you too.
We hang out on Fridays of late,But never on a single date.'Cause all you talk about is her smile,Which makes your days worthwhile.
I've stayed beside you through everything,Through every joy and every pain,When she left you, to your distressI was there to help you pick up the pieces.
You invited me to watch the night sky with youAnd I got there as fast as I could.You close your eyes and turn to meTelling me to make a wish.
For a big shooting star flies byI'm lying on the grass, by your side.These strange feelings now ariseHow could I have been blind all this time?
As I lay my head upon your shoulder,You wish we'd stay friends forever.But I'm silently wishing for something elseFor this game to become no longer pretend.
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Now Or Never
It's prom night, and I'm still in a trance,
Wond'ring if I'll even get a chanceTo explain everything to you properly,After such a long time in secrecy.
Braving all odds just to be here tonightI look around, but you're nowhere in sightSomething tells me what I'm doing ain't rightMust I run away, or stay and fight?
Fumbling with the buttons on my pink dressMy mind fills with many thoughts, much stress.Where would I even start to beginTo explain to you, all these strange feelings?
Truth is, I've loved you since that day we metThe details still very clear in my head.You may think I've forgotten that dayI haven't, and forever it'll stay.
It was a cloudy October 5,We were celebrating by the baysideTwo golds, three silvers on a record highYou came along and it was such a night.
The rain started to pour, on and onWe didn't care, like there was no tomorrow.Who knew this would have an impact so long,With more laughs, more talks and more morrows?
Now you're walking towards me saying,'Would you care to dance with me, dear? 'You take my hand and lead me to the dance floor,My heartbeat racing faster than before.
But what will I get from telling you the truth?You may not listen, and pretty soon;You'll be gone, to far-off lands galoreWith so much of your life left to explore.
Love makes us hold on to things we shouldn'tBut who are we to know any better?I know this risk to take I couldn't,But I'm already here, it's now or never.