WORD NERDS: this is NOT your nanay's blog

Things I hated growing up included this phrase
Words used as punishment
It was like a rubber-banded threat
Silencing child's play

Words used as punishment
We used this control each other
Silencing child's play
What the fuck is Home?

We used this to control each other
Because restrictions came out of purple places bruised
What the fuck is Home?
I couldn't love you right enough

Because restrictions came out of purple places bruised
We are like lost souls under a glass ceiling
I couldn't love you right enough
Always sleeping, never awake when I needed someone

We are like lost souls under a glass ceiling
It was like a rubber-banded threat
Always sleeping, never awake when I needed someone
Things I hated growing up included this phrase

Reflections on growing up in a Filipino home, under 1 roof with 3 different families.