From an email I got.
THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A TWO-LINE RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE, BUT THE LEAST ROMANTIC segundo LINE:
My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you screwed up my life.
I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.
Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.
pag-ibig may be beautiful, pag-ibig may be bliss,
But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.
I thought that I could pag-ibig no other --
That is until I met your brother.
mga rosas are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the mga rosas are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty, and so is your head.
I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But don't take that paper bag off your face.
I pag-ibig your smile, your face, and your eyes –
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
My feelings for you no words can tell,
Except for maybe 'Go to hell.'
What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.
THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A TWO-LINE RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE, BUT THE LEAST ROMANTIC segundo LINE:
My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you screwed up my life.
I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.
Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.
pag-ibig may be beautiful, pag-ibig may be bliss,
But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.
I thought that I could pag-ibig no other --
That is until I met your brother.
mga rosas are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the mga rosas are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty, and so is your head.
I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But don't take that paper bag off your face.
I pag-ibig your smile, your face, and your eyes –
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
My feelings for you no words can tell,
Except for maybe 'Go to hell.'
What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.
Not the water that travels in a flow
Not the earth that sits below
Not the wind that blows through his hair
Not the apoy that shines in his stare
None of the four old elements will do
Let's add a fifth, for me and you
One for the smile that sits on our faces
One that makes our hearts take off at paces
That slams our hearts against our ribs
That takes no offence to the jokes and the fibs
Something that reflects even better than mga kulay light
Something that makes you feel in flight
A feel that makes you thirst for more
A feel like water at beaches shore
A thing that makes you do hand-in-hand
A special thing you wouldn't trade for all the land
A truth and care you see in his eyes
A truth and care clearer than the clearest skies
A apoy bright to burn forever
A apoy you keep going together
One that makes you smile and makes your puso throb
One that's really for us, just us
Let's call it Love...
Not the earth that sits below
Not the wind that blows through his hair
Not the apoy that shines in his stare
None of the four old elements will do
Let's add a fifth, for me and you
One for the smile that sits on our faces
One that makes our hearts take off at paces
That slams our hearts against our ribs
That takes no offence to the jokes and the fibs
Something that reflects even better than mga kulay light
Something that makes you feel in flight
A feel that makes you thirst for more
A feel like water at beaches shore
A thing that makes you do hand-in-hand
A special thing you wouldn't trade for all the land
A truth and care you see in his eyes
A truth and care clearer than the clearest skies
A apoy bright to burn forever
A apoy you keep going together
One that makes you smile and makes your puso throb
One that's really for us, just us
Let's call it Love...
Then, all of a sudden I saw a light, a bright light.
As I followed it, I noticed that with each step, all the sadness, sorrow and all of that was vanishing.
Then, I found myself being invaded, invaded sa pamamagitan ng joy, happiness and love.
The light became brighter and brighter, and i heard a voice, a sweet gentle voice, asking me to embrace the light, to follow it, so I did.
The light became so intense that I had to close my eyes, but when I opened them I saw it clearly, I saw the angel who had just saved me.
Nessie, that angel was you!^^
Thanks for all the happiness you brought to my life^^ you mean a lot to me, I pag-ibig you! <33