Emotions

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We always fake our emotions. Not showing what we really feel.

Lagi nalang pinepeke yung emosyon. Hindi pinapakita kung ano talaga yung nararamdaman.

Sometimes even if we just want to cry but then it's easy to fake a smile. To mask the sadness.

At kung minsan kahit na gusto mo nalang umiyak, pipilitin mo pa ring ngumiti. Kasi mas madaling itago yung kalungkutan na bumabalot sayo.

Just to show how strong you are even though you're already a wreck.

Para lang ipakita na matatag ka. Na kahit alam mo naman sa sarili mo na wasak ka. Wasak na wasak na.

But faking your own emotion is not bravery. You're being a coward.

Hindi katapangan ang pagiging peke. Hindi katatagan ang pagngiti sa bawat luha. Kaduwagan yan.

Hiding into the mask that can cover it all for you. The real you.

Nagtatago sa likod nang maskara. Maskara na tatakip sa buong pagkatao ko. Maskara na magtatago nang totoong ako.

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