Karen Manabat – MAGAZINE

You Keep Me Sane by Karen Manabat

Posted on May 26, 2020May 25, 2020 by Karen Manabat

And for the nth time I bend back my head Laughing at the absurdity of it all I realized what a little piece of heaven you are In a world full of hell

Free by Karen Manabat

Posted on Jul 15, 2019Sep 22, 2019 by Karen Manabat

I was magic; A burning kerchief turned into new fabric, A white dove that flew away from a magician’s trick

Maybe by Karen Manabat

Posted on Apr 18, 2019Jun 18, 2019 by Karen Manabat

Maybe in another life we were there Waking to a new sunshine Looking up at a different set of stars Just you and me Maybe there we were sure Out of our mind certain That we’re both chaotic But in love nonetheless Maybe you’d look at me And I would look at you With neither […]

Destructive by Karen Manabat

Posted on Jun 6, 2017Apr 19, 2019 by Karen Manabat

I looked at my hands Wondering, asking Was my grip not strong enough Or was it too tight You were like drops of rain Too many to catch Too hard to blink in Falling too fast And the problem was not That I was weak But that you didn’t like Being contained in my hands […]

Your Eyes by Karen Manabat

Posted on May 19, 2017Apr 19, 2019 by Karen Manabat

Your eyes are games They trick anyone Make me believe In false promises They are wonders Of a future lived A chance taken And happened-dreams Sometimes they hurt With drainful love That imprinted itself So deep inside Your gaze is hard To hold onto I knew that if I did I’d be lost to you […]

Poem by Karen Manabat

Posted on Jan 10, 2017Apr 19, 2019 by Karen Manabat

There was some hate, And then some love, All ……..on ……………..paper.

No More by Karen Manabat

Posted on Dec 9, 2016Apr 19, 2019 by Karen Manabat

You should’ve talked to me That one time I needed you to When you could’ve told me anything And I’d have listened anyway It might have hurt less Might have helped anyhow If you didn’t recoil When I reached for your touch You see, I wanted it all Including all you couldn’t give I’d be […]

Hidden Paints by Karen Manabat

Posted on Jul 3, 2016Apr 19, 2019 by Karen Manabat

“White,” you said. “Let’s paint it white.” Is it white then?, I wonder The color to describe that night; Calm seventeenth of October. ‘I remember,’ you might say And I’ll tell you, ‘No, you do not’ Not like I do, never this way: Beautiful, until everything but. You picked the brush and added blue “Because […]

Abandoned by Karen Manabat

Posted on Apr 24, 2016Apr 19, 2019 by Karen Manabat

Tell them I was the perfect storm; I came strong and uninvited. Tell them you hid from my rain, And prayed for me to be gone. Tell them I was a delicate flower; Blooming so strangely under the sun. Tell them you stole my fragrance, And alone you ran. Tell them I was the ending […]