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The Search
Find me a country.
One not disputing anything with another,
Where people are not running scared
Either to the south
Or to the north of the border.
Find me a country.
One where people are not on a killing spree
Where no violence could erupt,
Bomb explode
Or a four-wheeled might just run amok.
Find me a country.
One where nobody thirsts for a mayhem
And for no reason but insanity
Spray bullets on everybody.
Find me a country.
Where there are no drug addicts
No extremists,
Who, when under the influence of drugs
Or their beliefs,
Rape, steal
And would have you killed
Find me a country.
One whose military, police and the leaders
Are not the devil’s apprentices,
Whose power they use
To abuse and oppress!
Is there any country
Where people embrace diversity,
Where there’s no poverty,
No war
No calamity?
Find me a country.
One whose inhabitants
Could rest assured,
And say
We’re safe and secured.
Is there any country,
A haven of hope, a sanctuary
Where we could go –
To hide
Before… or when the dreaded mushroom grow?
Find me that country.
Tell me where.
Please take me there.
Hinog Na
Ika’y nagbantay,
Matyagang naghintay.
Sa wakas, ako’y nahinog.
Hinog na hinog!
Pagmasdan mong mabuti ang aking alindog.
Hayaan mo munang mata mo’y mabusog.
Ika’y lumapit.
Di ba’t ako’y walang kasing-kinis?
Batid mo nang ako’y ubod tamis.
Batid mo ring ako’y makatas…
na ako’y walang kasing-sarap.
Halina.
Lapit pa.
Hawakan mo ako.
Hinay-hinay lang.
Ako’y hinog na.
Hinog na hinog.
Ako’y haplusin,
Dahan-dahang pitasin.
Amuyin…
Kagatin…
Gutom mo’y iyo nang pawiin.
SA ALON NG PAGSUBOK
Kapag umibig ka’t ‘di na makaiwas
Tiyaking handa’t kalooba’y matatag
Pagkat ang umibig parang naglalayag
Sa ganda’t panganib na hatid ng dagat.
Ihanda mo ang sagwan, layag mo’t katig.
Punuin mo ng tibay ang iyong dibdib.
Tandaan na pag-ibig dagat ay kawangis,
Ito’y sala sa lamig, sala sa init.
Sa duyan ng alon ikaw ay sumabay,
Tataas… bababa habang naglalakbay,
Tiyakin lamang na katig ay matibay,
Hampasin man ng alon ay’dibibigay.
At kapag alon ma’y malakas ang hampas,
Kamay ng sinta’y hawakan, h’wag kakalas,
Tumingala sa langit sa Kanya’y tumawag…
Ang pagsubok ng alon tiyak na lilipas.
At kapag kamay mo’y kanyang binitiwan…
Kung pag-ibig n’ya’y bangkang sa tibay kulang,
Katig sa dibdib mo’y mahigpit hawakan
Lumangoy kang pabalik doon sa pampang.
H’wag hayaan na ikaw ay malunod!
H’wag pagagapi sa alon ng pagsubok!
Muling magmahal, muli kang pumalaot
Dagat papanatag matapos ang unos.
Analysis Paralysis
You’re very intelligent,
…very smart!
You can drag a topic in a discussion
To the core of its foundations.
Historical…
Philosophical…
Sociological…
Psychological…
Legal.
And yeah…
Including economics.
The fine prints you don’t miss.
You’re very intelligent,
…very smart!
You make arguments
Go round and round.
You run round in circles!
You philosophize till death.
You put the simplest of matters under scrutiny
… from sunrise to sunset
… from dusk till dawn!
You use all isms as your lens.
But what?
You find no answers…
You offer no compromise…
Stalemate!
You make no decisions.
Your high IQ
has been paralyzing you!
You’re very intelligent,
…very smart!
Yet you fail to realize
That all it takes is COMMON SENSE
To understand
The mysteries of life and the universe.
Mirage
Felt it was
Thought it was
But…it wasn’t
I saw you, so close to me
Your lips next to mine
But when the amber’s gone
You vanished
The cinder is my only salvation
But it has now turned to ashes
And the wind has blown away the flicker of my hope
Unthinkable…otherwise
it could have been
The sweetest of things
It was…
or so I thought
But never was…never should be
My only chance now to kiss those lips
Are in my dreams
Everything so perfect
Or so I thought
But everything is nothing…but a mirage
The Lonely Boat
“What am I without you?”
The boat says to the sea.
“Bring back the tide,
make me alive.
Embrace me like you did before.”
Differently The Same
You’re white.
He’s black.
She’s yellow.
I’m brown.
Different skin
Different hair
Different height
Different sizes
Different but the same specie
…HUMAN
Brown, white, black, yellow
Different religions
But same GOD
…others have none
Different beliefs
But same fears
…same hurts
…same joys
We were born white or black or yellow or brown.
We all live.
… we grow
… we dream
… we triumph
… we fail
… we laugh
… we cry
… we love
… we die
M.A.D. LIGAYA
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