Welcome to a new beginning for this blog, or whatever this is called. Haha. LOL. Man, I don’t want to sound like a professional or whatever, I just want to keep this me.

I always wanted having monthly reflections/journal every end of the month. What a way to start it with this, a journal that makes me question, “is it okay to use this time for this?”

Well, yes. I have tons of work to prepare for, other concerns. But having time for things that I really like doing, which I will share in a minute, keeps me sane and content in the midst of the pandemonium around us.

January is a great way to start this year. Yes, it is far from perfect. It is actually complicated, draining, but I never looked the other way. I faced it all with all of me. I am continuing to teach myself of things that I already know, yet it took me just now to apply.

I fully committed on writing journals, reading, taking videos, writing poems, sketching, and exercising every now and then. Everything takes a long time to do all in all, but it is indeed necessary to do such activities to keep me motivated and content.

And with that being said, here are some poems that I will share. Before that, I would like to say that I will share ALL of them in the future. I write haikus everyday, and tankas + tanagas every week.

For now, here are the Tankas that I was able to write for the month of January.

We begin again

as colors fill the night sky

all the light, the pain

just so we could learn to fly

in the midst of these tough times

Week One

where all these roads lead

starting from the very seed

planted from afar

keep pushing, keep dreaming on

grow as the man you dream of

Week Two

go and let it burn

not for you to change your turn

but for you to go

be the light in this darkness

before you fade all the way

Week Three

ride against the wind

feel the breeze of what is left

inhale what you need

exhale what makes your smile lost

and be who you are freely

Week Four

Those are the poems that I can share so far, and as mentioned earlier, I also started sketching. At the same time, I decided to improve such artwork through digitalizing them. Here are some of my works for this month featuring KPOP sensations Red Velvet, BTS, and Black Pink.

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Before I say good bye, I also went back to reading books. I managed to finish reading Meditations, and now I’m in the midst of reading Valis.

If there is one thing that I can take away from this month, it’s that I have to do my duty as a human being and be content with myself. Yes, there are times where I long for admiration, but slowly but surely, I am learning more about what I can do, and things that are in right that also makes me happy.

As long as you are not hurting anyone, just do you, do what’s right, do what makes you happy.

See you when I see you 🙂