Vol. 3 Ch. 5 P. 1

aging, grandpa, grandfather, elderly, twilight years

The world builds you up, then tears you down.
It holds your hand, then lets you go.
It loves you, then leaves you.
You wonder why the world changes,
but you wonder more how it changes you.

Vol. 3 Ch. 4 P. 1

spikes, sharp

You are not somebody that I used to know.
It turned out that I did not know you at all.

Vol. 3 Ch. 3 P. 4

convent, siquijor, abandoned

If ghosts do live in abandoned places, then my heart is a haunted house.

Vol. 3 Ch. 3 P. 3

words, ashes, burned, love

And if ashes are all that remained of me,
then I shall content myself in knowing that,
at least at one point, I have burned.

Vol. 3 Ch. 3 P. 2

prayer

Prayer is when one hand, having nobody to hold,
reaches for the other, in a sweet and silent plea.