On day 9 of #NaPoWriMo, I joined a Filipino prompt: ningas kugon, from #rhymeofpegs. “Ningas kugon” is a Filipino mentality which means a lack of sustained perseverance in a certain project or action they promised to invest time with.
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(This poem is posted on my IG Reels.)
ako lang ba
ang natutuwang magmasid
kung paano biglang nagbabago
ang ihip ng hangin
matapos mo sabihing…
“maghihintay ako hangga’t hindi tayo”
bigla ka na lang naglaho
dumayo sa ibang bakod
sa pagmamahal mong ningas kugon,
hindi na kataka-taka
na wala ka nang mabiktima
— Maria 
we thought we cannot 