Rubies

Rubies adorn her arms

Glinting radiant in the moonlight

Each drop a crimson release

From pain

She watches them as they tumble

Down her arms in a red cascade

Dreaming crimson release

From pain

The moon sets and the sun rises

There she lay still and pale

Among her ruby pool, released

From pain

by: Pusangbayhay

Kuting Gahitos is a housewife and a mom of two from Quezon City. She lives with bipolar disorder, but in between bouts of anhedonia and hypomania she tries to work online jobs, write poetry and sometimes do sketches. She is open about her condition, and doesn't let it hinder her from having a full life.