ORAS

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Ikaw nga ba ang simula at hangganan
Daang puno’t dulo’y hindi matanawan
Dagdag pa’y bugtong kang walang kasagutan
Napakahiwaga mong palaisipan

Ang mga paham pinilit kang sukatin
Bawat galaw mo segundo kung tawagin
Ikaw nga ba talaga’y pwedeng bilangin
Isa ka bang daanan na pwedeng lakbayin

May tangkay kang patuloy paiikutin
Pag-ikot na ‘di namin pwedeng pigilin
Pag-ikot na dapat ay aming habulin
Tunay ngang kami’y kawawa mong alipin

 

Sa kamay mo kagandaha’y kumukupas
Inuubos mo ang taglay naming lakas
Buhay ma’y parang dahon mong nilalagas

Sa itinakda mo’y wala kaming ligtas


Bakit kasi nagtakda ka ng hangganan
Dapat bang ang lahat ay may katapusan
Pagikot ng kamay mo minsa’y pigilan
Saya’y h’wag palampasin sa kasukdulan

 

Paglipas mo ay pwede bang pabagalin
Kabataa’y h’wag agad palilipasin
Kabantuga’y pagtagalin mo ang ningning

Ganda’t lakas h’wag kagyat pakukupasin


Pabalik sa balag mo kami’y pagapangin
Panahong nagdaan aming dadalawin
Mga maling nagawa ay buburahin
Masasayang sandali muling nanamnamin

 

Bintana ng bukas sana’y iyong buksan
Nang ang mangyayari aming matanawan
Malungkot na tadhana’y maiiwasan
Hayaang buhay sa saya matuldukan

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About M.A.D. LIGAYA

I am a teacher, writer, and lifelong learner with diverse interests in prose and poetry, education, research, language learning, and personal growth and development. My primary advocacy is the promotion of self-improvement. Teaching, writing, and lifelong learning form the core of my passions. I taught subjects aligned with my interests in academic institutions in the Philippines and South Korea. When not engaged in academic work, I dedicate time to writing stories, poems, plays, and scholarly studies, many of which are published on my personal website (madligaya.com). I write in both English and his native language, Filipino. Several of my research studies have been presented at international conferences and published in internationally indexed journals. My published papers can be accessed through my ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4477-3772. Outside of teaching and writing, I enjoy reading books related to my interests, creating content for my websites and social media accounts, and engaging in self-improvement activities. The following is a link to my complete curriculum vitae: https://madligaya.com/__welcome/my-curriculum-vitae/ TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

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