You’re strong,
but sweet.
Very sweet!
You lift me up.
You make my heart beat fast…
You gave me sleepless nights.
They say you’re no good for me.
Thus I tried hard to avoid you,
against my will.
I succeeded!!!
But just briefly,
Because one day… that familiar scent,
Shattered the promise I made,
To never fall again under your addicting spell.
So down I went to the coffee shop,
Where I first met you.
I was excited oh C.M.,
To have my soul,
Enslaved again by your fullness…
Twisted by your sweetness.
There in the coffeehouse
I told the server
“C.M. please!”
“And what’s that sir?” She asked.
“Caramel Macchiato!!!” I replied.
About M.A.D. LIGAYA
I am a teacher, writer, and lifelong learner with diverse interests in prose and poetry, education, research, language learning, and personal growth and development. My primary advocacy is the promotion of self-improvement.
Teaching, writing, and lifelong learning form the core of my passions. I taught subjects aligned with my interests in academic institutions in the Philippines and South Korea. When not engaged in academic work, I dedicate time to writing stories, poems, plays, and scholarly studies, many of which are published on my personal website (madligaya.com). I write in both English and his native language, Filipino.
Several of my research studies have been presented at international conferences and published in internationally indexed journals. My published papers can be accessed through my ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4477-3772.
Outside of teaching and writing, I enjoy reading books related to my interests, creating content for my websites and social media accounts, and engaging in self-improvement activities.
The following is a link to my complete curriculum vitae:
https://madligaya.com/__welcome/my-curriculum-vitae/
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
Damn! I love the ending… Caramel Macchiato… Lol! Wow!! You have a way of leading people on. Damn awesome!!
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Thanks. I also had friends telling me the same when they read that poem. They thought it was SOMEONE and not SOMETHING.
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