METAMORPHOSIS - PANANAW Volume 5

Volume V, Issue I The Official Literary Folio of CRESCIT, the official Senior High School Group of Publications of De La Salle Lipa Copyright © 2022 by Crescit All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Editorial Board, except permitted by Law. The Board reserves the right to edit and not publish entries for reasons of quality, relevance, aesthetics, and space. Any similarities to existing persons (living or dead), places, icons, and institutions are purely coincidental or were used in pursuit of creative excellence. For submissions, queries, suggestions, or feedback, reach us at [email protected]. ph. Connect with us at www.facebook.com/ crescitpub or at www.twitter.com/crescitpub for more updates. PANÁNAW is published by CRESCIT, the official Group of Publications of De La Salle Lipa Senior High School 1962 JP Laurel National Highway, Lipa City, Batangas

Prologue 1 Serpent Rising upon Descent 5 God rots in his own cell 9 Keepsake 10 the deep sea 13 Horizon’s Mirror 16 The great unknown 17 All Gods Do Is Lie 19 The Cycle of Life 23 The Phases of the Moon 29 The existence of humans 31 We Come From Nothing 37 Gods and Monsters 41 Isochronism of Canines 45 The Dance of The Human and The Universe 47

Ms. Hap 48 CRYPTIDS 51 Das Raubtier 55 Das Opfer 57 Bawal ang U-turn 59 WATER IS SENTIENT 61 To You Who Harvest Archangels 63 The Illusion of Iris 64 Night-in-gale 65 personal growth 69 Sinful Eyes 71 Freud, Jung, Among Other Things 74 The only way is up 77 BURN THE WITCH 79 Icarus’ 82 The Mad Genius 83

Doppelganger 84 Ad Astra Sapientiam 85 The air in my lungs, the nerves in my brain 89 The Fires within Cabins 91 Terror’s Victory for Power and Greed 97 A call with no one’s voice 98 I am God 99 Genesis 101 Pamamahalang Bahala 103 UNCANNY VALLEY 105 Are We In A Simulation? 107 We Will Return To Nothing 109 We listened; you didn’t. 110 Instantly Insanely Gone 113

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