Would Faith Allow Us??
If Loving you means losing my faith I'll stop Kahit Ikaw pa ang dahilan kung bakit natuto akong magmahal ulit. I’ll let go, not because my heart grew tired, but because every beat of it started to feel like a sin. Mamahalin kita ng tahimik, between prayers and pauses, between Amen and a thousand what if's. Kung ang pagpili sayo ang dahilan kung bakit ko tatalikuran panginoong bumuo sa buhay ko, Pipiliin kong lumayo— even if you were the closest thing to home I ever had. If loving you costs me my prayers, then I’ll carry you in silence, Kung saan walang makakarinig, Kung saan ang pananampalataya ay hindi ako aakusahan, of wanting you too much. Sinubukan kitang piliin. I really did. But belief is not something I can unlearn just because my heart learned your name. Kaya kung ang ibig sabihin ng pagpili ko sayo ay tatalikuran ang pananampalataya ko, maglalakad nalang ako ng palayo, hands empty, Kung saan ang puso ay punong-puno nang mga bagay na hindi ko pwedeng angkinin kahit Ikaw ay minsan ng naging akin.. At baka, baka sa susunod na buhay— Kung saan ang pagmamahal ay hindi na tayo papipiiliin sapagitan ng pananampalataya at isa't-isa, Mamahalin kita ng payapa. But in this lifetime, I’ll let you go.
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