John Delle Panlaqui Biography

Hindi na tayo dinadaanan ng antok
Dahil isip ay laging pagod
Hindi na rin tayo napapagod
Dahil hindi tayo makatulog
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We often close our eyes when it hurts
We also often bear the pain
We often tell others
Often even crying
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We are shaped by problems and difficulties
Patience and Pain, they are our support
Eyes open to hardship and truth
We have become aware of the reality that Pain is the twin of life
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I hid all the things you left behind
Memories about you
Concealed and forgotten
Removed from my sight and mind
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One of the hardest things to do in the world is to be yourself as you are not, and the easiest is to be you as you are.

Is it a mess? All I mean is this: Often when I look in the mirror, I ask myself, 'Who am I? Is this me? Why do I exist? Have you tried doing that? Sometimes we are unsatisfied with our existence because we know there is something we still need to discover in ourselves, and maybe it is also a process of aging.
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