I'm sitting near the window pane,
When I heard the door open
and you came,
Passing under the dancing soft light
In the quiet of a rainy night.
I heard you ordered your fave drink,
Exactly - the only thing inside that I wanna see
It’s you holding a cup of strong, not so sweet, but addictive coffee.
A drink that only reminds me of you,
How warm and strong enough to awaken something inside me that I couldn't even define.
Your presence in front of me,
Despite a lot of chair vacancies
You said it's your fave spot,
But how sure are you that I can buy that?
How can I resist to stare in your eyes?
When you're this close, I feel like watching the skies!
It glimmers like a thousand fireflies,
Damn, it's giving me butterflies!
You laughed as I teased You old
For drinking your pure barako —
Ohh, so black and so bold!
But even though,
You still give warmth to my cold.
I said I don't like your taste
I don't like bitter, I want sweet
I don't drink coffee, but I want tea
I just don't like your barako brew.
But tonight, what am I doing in this empty room alone?
Waiting, looking at the entrance door like a statue
Hoping you’d come and order your fave barako brew.
You taught me to drink despite the bittersweet,
It tastes wild and deep
I'm addicted as I take a sip.
You said I won't regret if only I could taste,
But how could this warm brew hurt my chest?
Its aroma lingers like when
You were here
‘Why did you suddenly disappear?’
Because of you,
I learned to love this cup of barako
Maybe because I taste our memories in this brew
And just like coffee, my feelings already grew.
But how can I even tell you?
When you're gone like a stranger I never knew?
Barako brew — which reminds me of you
Dark and bitter, yet painfully true.