and choose love or sympathy, but never both

-

She looks into his eyes and realizes two things.

How much she misses seeing him look at her like that,

and that he is a good person.


And she wants him to always be that good person.

-

"Bat di kita sumasagot pag tumatawag ako?" He asks, half playful, half earnest. There is no anger or virulence or hurt.

She lets her lips curl into a resigned smile. "Wag mo na itanong."

He laughs and looks away.

-

to the love i left my conscience pressed, between the pages of the bible in the drawer
what did it ever do for me I say