A tiny man once looked up
He sees the clouds, skyscrapers, and rooftops
And that moment formed a vibrant ambition
The biggest dream among the dreams of the entire nation
Before these buildings were buildings
they were skeletons of lumber and scaffoldings
Before they were dusty skeletons,
they were girders and crossbeams
of metal, hardwood, and concrete
And before they were that,
they were construction plans
Long after that,
they were architectural plans
And what we don't know is in the past
That a tiny man once looked up
And he sees the clouds, skyscrapers, and rooftops
And that moment formed a vibrant ambition
To dream the biggest dream among the entire nation
Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020 at 7:45 PM UTC
Fear the people
Leaders came from us
As dust formed life
To dust will return
Oppressors will
And shall subside
Fear the people
Fear the revolution
Any walls built
And impede our freedom
Will rise and fall
Like the Berlin wall
Jun 10, 2020
Jun 10, 2020 at 8:08 PM UTC
We sat talking how happy we felt
And surely, how it couldn't last
We'd have to pay the joyride trip
Or suffer atrocity endlessly cast
Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020 at 8:49 AM UTC
No one shall have nothing at all
But not one can have it all
Every man must always have a necessity
If necessity vanished, so as he
For a man who reached the highest peak
No land to climb but rot and weep
To be youthful, robust, and good-looking
To be famous, happy, and outstanding
Is not supposed to be held by a single creature
Flooded with envy, it's against our nature
May 30, 2020
May 30, 2020 at 12:21 AM UTC
Matagal nang nagsimula
at patuloy na umiiral
Ang ating matinik na pakikipamuhay
sa ating bayan
Palagiang nasasadlak
sa karalitaan
Ang dugo ng kabataan,
alay sa kasarinlan
Tayong mga bulag,
sa siyensiya at kapalaran
Sa pagmartsa ng kalabang
hindi natatanaw
Naulit ang kasaysayang
may isang kurso at galaw
Bala para kay tatay
ang anak ang namatay
Bumagsak ang ekonomiya
Lumambitin sa aming mga leeg
Iniasa ang pagtaas
sa aming mga bisig
Habang si Alejandrino
dumarami't nagbubuntis
Ang batang henerasyon
Patuloy na nililitis
Kung ganun,
Huwag ninyo kaming pababayaan,
Paglustayan, paghirapan
At pakikinabangan
Sa gayong mga pumalya at matatanda
Ay may aakay
Walang huhugot sa Inang bayan-
Kundi kaniyang kabataan
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020 at 12:54 AM UTC
Two scenarios
Balanced a plank
-We hold hands-
at the middle
-Or I will stay-
by my side
And you go stay-
on another
May 24, 2020
May 24, 2020 at 9:58 PM UTC
If you want to see happy people
Go to the bookstore
As they flip the first few pages
Observe the cover and the edges
Notice the torn and the teardrops
Rub the coffee spills and the bookmarks
Smell the old cinnamon bread
As this 2nd hand book tells, the living and the dead
And if you see them smile,
And their eyes sparkle like the sea
By that you can tell
And tell, yet begin another story
So if you want to see happy people
Go to the bookstore
They are silently sitting in the corner
But you don't judge a book by its cover
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020 at 10:31 PM UTC
People hate despair
But I want it all
Happiness is a trap
Prosperity is a loll
Once get belittled
Do not shrink, get big
Once broken-hearted
Pick the pieces and leave
You remember the wound
An ember will soon be fire
Collect the sticks and the stones
Slowly build the empire
Don't avoid the sudden knock
It's the sling and you're the rock
If you were beaten to the ground
You're the Champion, don't lay down!
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020 at 3:35 AM UTC
Such perfection so condensed to one
Even Maya Angelou's Phenomenal Woman,
Will face annihilation instantly
For she's the woman-the most phenomenally
My woman is never like a glass
She belongs to the stronger class
She's also not a stormy cloud
She holds tears better than any crowd
My woman is not a rose or an orchid
For her beauty comes from perennial seed
My woman nowise to be Venus idolater
Many can tell, she's a Bellona's warrior
This woman is not my wife,
Nor my girlfriend, but my life
She's the phenomenal woman for me
She's my mother, the one and the only
May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020 at 8:51 AM UTC
The great irony
Is within us all, our economy
On why it bleeds?
If we're only buying what we need
May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 at 7:01 PM UTC