Oye to the World! Taluli and Mama Chronicles

My son and I, (Taluli, my angel, now 5 years of age) have been inside the confines of our barangay (Brgy 170) for approximately 4 weeks now. The Philippines has been placed in Extreme Quarantine for a month now and as a single mother living alone with a child, this has been a challenge mentally because I get to stay at home with my kid and be the best mother while I beat the anxiety that I always fought in being a person who needed to “ always get it going on”. March 12, 2020 — Duterte announced that there was a pandemic and that the country has been put in Extreme Quarantine. As this news came I knew that my senses will raise a full alert and try to deal with this situation at hand. My son was supposed to have a moving up ceremony and was supposed to practice prior but things kept moving and school suspending that he and I just had to be still. There was panic and fear that I was physically trying to beat the anxiety attacks for the first 4 days of the ECQ. My mind was on a c

I get high on my own so I am all alone nakakalungkot isipin na madalas sa lakbay na to ako lang talaga mag isa. Kayod na lang para me relevance ako.  Ganun talaga. Hindi ka pinagpala. Hmmm..

She was running as fast as she could  While no one was holding her down Then someone came along to lift her up You kept grabbing her by the arm  Your words are like daggers  Pinning her on the ground while she wanted to fly She tried to escape so she can no longer be raped By your abusive rants and cries She kept changing her life so her future can be so bright But the atmosphere of your existence was savage  And energy so negative That she cannot see the light Now she is drowning alone  Catching her life in deep breath Her body now wretched and tired  That you pushed her towards her death.