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Sen2ndtEieditinon ce IS THE LITERARY FOLIO OF SIRMATA, THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE COLLEGE STUDENTS OF MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THIS PUBLICATION BELONGS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHOR AND ARTISTS. NO MATERIAL MAY BE REPRODUCED AND/OR COPIED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSIONS OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS. LAYOUT BY NEIL BRYANT BALIAO COVER ART BY AIRA NADINE PASCUA

editor's note When it comes to love, some people believe that actions speak louder than words. But how can we tell if an action is genuine if it cannot be expressed in words? There will always be disparate interpretations of what “weights more” in love. But one thing is certain: when translated correctly, love not only makes actions credible, but it also creates words that become stories, and then history. May these pages of love from different writers be your way to translate the love that you know into a different perspective. Experiences from the past, faces from the present, and hope for the future. Flip the pages and begin to unfold sentiments. EDSEL HARRY TURDA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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CHAPTER I

THE PASSIONATE LOVE

CASMIR REMYELL 8/EROS

9/EROS ASK It all started with a simple conversation, ending A up with late night talks and sharing views. Sometimes we laugh our lungs out because of QUESTION the things we did in the past. I don’t really exactly know what they call this feeling, but I really feel BY JESSA LOPEZ nervous whenever your name appears. And even the simplest reaction can drive those butterflies in my stomach. I mean, can I consider this as love, if it only started because you ask a question in my story that night?

CASMIR REMYELL 10/EROS

BOY BEHIND 11/EROS THE TUNE The silent birth of the rhythm; BY JAYSON SABONG Made pure by the intention, To allow happiness and joy. Somewhere behind the splendid tune; Hold the flames alive. Is someone who cherishes the flow, While his heart guides the strums; Of moving notes in infinity: Never did he seek obscurity. Like music of Eternity! For he knows what it is; To honestly love... How blessed are those who hear, And are called to freely witness, The scarcity of the harmony; Of the new and innocent Art.

12/EROS ANTHONY JOSEPH

Conste ByJaysonSabong 13/EROS I used to believe that love won't always be as With him, the flowers bloom within my soul, my great as you're dreaming of, empty heart became so full that even the darkness but he proved it wrong, seems so small, He put stars on my scars, I'm once a dead star, he never changes me the reminds me that moon with her imperfections is way I am but with his love I turned into a beautiful constellation and he's the sky that holds me tight, always beautiful and so am I, I found love, To be wrapped in his arms feels like clouds, I found peace, too soft despite the sounds of thunders that can I found home, in him. be heard from his heart, ation

14/EROS LUJEAN GUIEB KINAILIW Iti kinabayag nga agparang NI AYAT dagiti bulan ken bituen, mailiw daytoy riknak ni randy gianan ngem saan a mabannog kenka. A kas kanayonko ibaga kadaytoy bagik nga agmaymaysa, sumangbayto latta nga umayka. Saanak a maupay a manguray kenka uray ana man a gasat kadaytoy kinailiw ni ayat.

15/EROS

16/EROS Kitaenkanto no agtangadak, lagipenkanto no agdumogak. Saanka kadi aglemlemmeng kadagiti ulep iti tangatang.

17/EROS KADAGITI ULEP ITI TANGATANG NI RANDY GIANAN

18/EROS LUJEAN GUIEB

19/EROS DAGITOY MAUDI A BALIKAS ni randy gianan Ayayatenka ngem masapolko agpakadan. Inton malagipak, kanayonmo kadi a lagipen dagitoy maudi a balikasko, “Sabatem ti pul-oy iti angin bayat panagumay dagiti dalluyon”.

20/EROS AIRA NADINE

21/EROS BULONG Inton dumteng ti oras a matinnagka, addaakto a mangsippaw kenka. NI RANDY GIANAN Ngem innayadem kadi laeng tapnon siguradota kenni talek ken ayat, pigsa ken nakem, oras ken gundaway. Saanto kadi a nasakiten no aggiddanta a matinnag iti maysa ken maysan, a kasla bulong inton orasannan.

22/EROS ANTHONY JOSEPH

23/EROS BULANKO NI RANDY GIANAN No agsubliak kadaydiay a rabii a nagrugianan dagiti amin, saankoto pulos ikidem dagitoy matak a mangmingming kenka. Saankonto ibbatan dagiti imata aginggana malpas daydiay nga orasta. Saanakto mabannong nga agistoria kenka panggep pasamak ken planok iti biagko. Gapota sika laeng ti ayat ken bulanko.

24/EROS MAPUORAN NI BAYBAY NI RANDY GIANAN Apay masapol pay laeng a malpas ti amin? Narigat iyurnon- gan ni ayat no sakit met laeng ti suplina. Nagbannog a kamaten no awan met lang pakaipapananna. Makapauma nga urayen no saan met lang nga isuna. Saan koma latta a malmalpasen, kaslang gundaway no mapuoran ni baybay.

25/EROS ANTHONY JOSEPH

26/EROS CASMIR REMYELL

Kaleidoscope 27/EROS Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope By Jayson Sabong A wonderful dream in my night, You saved my life, and served as a light. Your eyes that shine in a far mile In the nightmare, I thought I was locked, Is one of the reasons why I smile. Swept negativities and lots of bad luck. The lips that bend to your face, It makes my life full of grace. Yes, I know I will not seek for hope, And that's okay because I can cope. A masterpiece called art, Heartbreaks and tears are inevitable, The highest caliber stays in my heart, But never loving you is just unbelievable. Doesn't have an exact value, But for sure, it is just like you.

28/EROS CASMIR REMYELL

29/EROS LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLove Has No LimitsSSSSSSSSSSSSS By Jayson Sabong Even the mightiest border drops, inseparable. When love started to cast, Love doesn't choose any gender, When it's found a pure and genuine, When two of them hug tightly with It will surely last. tender But when distance interferes, Although society is against them Relationships may cause tears. with anger, Yet love has its magical ways, Their love for each other will continue That will give joy between two to foster. loving hearts. It is truly love has no limits, For the ages and appearance, As it surpasses on various aspects Love enters the state of ignorance May the love keep enchanting the ‘Coz love is invincible, hearts That makes the two hearts To feel the magic it brings.

30/EROS OPPOSITE WORLDS CASMIR REMYELL He was the sun, shining in mid-air; She was the moon, in all terms, very fair. They were both at the ends of the earth, Never to see each other, even once, dare they ever meet. He was the sun, one of a million to light someone's universe; She was the moon, one of a million to make him love her first. The sun gave his light for the moon to reflect, The moon gave her light to the earth.

31/EROS BY JAYSON SABONG He was the sun, warming her cold and lonely space; She was the moon lighting up the earth, from its cold dark phase. The sun gave everything for the moon—a light to wreathe, The sun always dies at night for the moon to breathe. They would never, by chance, meet; because even if they could, even in eclipse, He could never ever kiss her lips.

32/EROS LUJEAN GUIEB

Sa Tahanan, Tatahan 33/EROS Ni Jessa Lopez Sa bawat paglayag ng barko, papunta sa Ang bawat paglipad ng ibon, pauwi sa kanyang karagatan tahanan Sa bawat pagsilip ng araw mula sa likod ng Maging ang paghihintay ng buhangin sa alon mga ulap Sa dumodobleng kinang ng buwan sa tuwing Maging ang pagkahulog ng bulalakaw mula sa pinapalibutan ng mga bituwin kalawakan Ganyan ang puso sa tuwing pinagmamasdan At ang pagsayaw ng mga puno dahil sa hangin ka sa malayo na dumadaan At hinihintay na makita mong ako ang iyong tahanan, at sa akin ka lang tunay na tatahan

34/EROS AIRA NADINE

Whenever I choose, it is always you. 35/EROS So please you should not change, as what you offer always sparks my interest, You are and your genre made me passionate about my film you. genre Others make me terrified and cry, and you are different. By Edmar Delos Santos You make me happy and feel loved all the time. Oh, you are the film I want to watch, let me be head over heels. Do not entertain somebody as I own you in my cinema.

CHAPTER II

LOVE OF FRIENDS

38/PHILIA LUJEAN GUIEB

A Friend 39/PHILIA By Maria Anna Jessica A. Rosqueta In the tenderness of morrow’s old age, I will lay under the stars, To reminisce the times, When you and I collided, Jumping from one milky way to another, Raised our ships together, And sailed upon our hopes and dreams, Yet you stood as a beacon of light for me, When I couldn’t find my way to shore. What friends are for? A home, a family, a threshold for serenity, A sanctity of relationships, For people who can see its value only. And for me, It’s you who made me feel its existence.

40/PHILIA AIRA NADINE

41/PHILIA AGBATI DAGITI AGPAYSO ni Randy Gianan Jr. Ado ti agtalaw ngem manmano dagiti agbati. Panunotem a sika laeng ti naikari a saan nga agbaliw. Rigat, sakit, ken sakrificio ti inka inpaay, ayat, talek, ken namanamanto ti umay sumangbay. Agayatka latta, gayyem. “Agbati dagiti agpayso”, iso ti kanayonmo a lagipen.

42/PHILIA PAOLA JOY BBronokdesn BY GRAZIEL MAE RAMAT

43/PHILIA I ask myself, “Where did it go wrong?” As I reminisce the days our bond was so strong And all the years we’ve been holding on, Strangers, we are again, like we’ve been all along. Broken bonds, worn out by time; And here I thought we’ll be friends for life, Broken hearts, can you mend mine? And I’ll patch yours too, and hold it until you’re fine. Maybe one day, we’ll cross paths with each other And share cups of coffee without being bitter— As we go back to good old days, And waiting ahead of us are the better days...

44/PHILIA PAOLA JOY

45/PHILIA Childhood Friend by Edmar Delos Santos You were my bosom-buddy a decade ago, but everything changed. I do not know what happened but, one thing is for sure, we parted ways and grow-up, and we don’t talk anymore. Although, I silently cheer for you, to your interests and achievements. We might not be friends anymore, but my 10-year-old self is grateful. I am happy that I have met you and thankful for our friendship. Though I am hoping and believing, our paths will cross again.

46/PHILIA PAOLA JOY

DAYS 47/PHILIA IN THE GOLDEN When the world was too heavy, You were there to carry it with me, SUN Though we are very different, You never made me feel sorry, BY MARIA ANNA JESSICA A. ROSQUETA For the way I am, For the way I see the world. I see you in my best memories of laughter and joy, And also in moments of tears, forlorn, and silly ploys. Though the passing of time may part our ways, Always remember me as your old friend, Who spent with you our lives’ golden days.

48/PHILIA ELLIPSIS BY JAMES CARLO LUCAS He who constantly feels the pain Is the one who always recedes Like how the summer sun dampens by the August rain Outstretched each night by fear to agony it proceeds Gloomy it is to live in a woeful life filled with desperation- Tarrying a mad agony that crawls from dawn to twilight A necklace of rope- the only catharsis he could think to end life’s desolation

49/PHILIA It always repeats, his anxiousness in thousands of fortnight No, not a chance to unmask how empty he had been For he doesn’t even know what to show, what to feel What he needs is a friend who can see deep within A friend who can unmask and remain until he heals Lest uttering, he’ll always put a period on his life and refuse to continue But a friend can change it into an ellipsis for him to start anew.

50/PHILIA PAOLA JOY