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Bayani --
Sa tuwing nagtatapo ang aking kanang kamay at ang aking dibdib
Doon ko mas naisasaisip at naisasapuso ang pagiging isang Pilipino
Na hindi ako isang banyagang titirik sa malaparaisong lupain
At panandaliang mabibihagni sa mga likas na yaman
O mismong sa mga modernong Maria Clara
O mga aktibisang nagmistulang mga bayani
Sa kanilang walang pag-imbot
Sa pagsulong nang may paninindigan
Sa kani-kanilang ideolohiya.

Sa araw-araw kong pagbibilad sa araw
At pagharap sa bawat pagsubok na minsang nakapapatid at nakapagpapatalisod,
Ni minsa'y hindi ko pinangarap na gawaran ng salitang "bayani."

Dito sa aking Bayang, "Perlas ng Silanganan,"
Ako'y nahubog maging sanay at buo ang loob
Hindi ng mga kahapong idinaan na sa hukay
At nagsilbing bihag ng kasaysayan at rebolusyon,
Bagkus ng sariling karanasang
Nagbukas sa aking ulirat
Na may iba pa palang pintuan patungo sa kahapon.
At pupwede ko palang matuklasan
Na hindi lamang sa mga nag-alay ng buhay sa sariling bayan
Maihahambing ang katuturan ng mahiwagang salita.

Paano nga ba na sa bawat pagsilang ng araw at pagbukod ng mga ulap sa kanya
Ay maituturing ko ang sarili bilang isang bayani?
Nagigising ako na pinamumunuan hindi lamang ng isang pangulo
Kundi ng mga katauhan na siya ring nagbibigay kabuluhan sa pagrespeto ko sa aking sarili
At sa tuwing nag-aalay ako ng mga hakbang at padyak sa pampublikong mga lugar
Ay nahahaluan ang aking pagkatao ng mga abo ng mga nagtapos na sa serbisyo
At tila ba sa kaloob-looban ko ay may sumisigaw na hindi ko alam kung ano
At sumisira sa mga pintuang minsan ko nang sinubukang sipain
Ngunit hindi naman ako pinagbuksan.

Masasabi kong natuto akong hindi sumuko sa laban ng aking buhay
Pagkat ako rin pala'y may pinaglalaban
Hindi ko ninais na maging talunan sa bawat paglisan ng araw sa kabundukang minsan ko na ring inakyat at pinagmasdan
Akala ko hanggang doon na lamang ako
Na ang buhay ko'y hindi isang nobelang magiging mukha sa salapi
At pagkakaguluhan saan man sila magdako
Ngunit minsa'y limot na ang halaga.

Dito sa aking istorya'y hindi ko maipagmamalaking ako ay isang bayani --
Ngunit sa kabila ng paglaganap ng demokrasya
Ay nais ko pa ring makasalamuha ang kahigpitan ng hustiya
Nang sa gayo'y masilaya't malasap ko ring mahalaga pa rin sa lahat
Ang pagbuwis ng mga buhay --
Silang mga pinagbunyi o silang nilimot ng sarili nilang mga kababayan.

Gusto kong manatili bilang isang Pilipinong may dangal sa aking pagkatao
Na ako'y titingala hindi dahil ako'y nagmamataas
Bagkus sagisag at bunga ito ng paghilom sa akin ng may Likha
At isang grasya ang buhay na hindi ko nanaising itapon sa wala.

Hindi ako magbibigay-pugay sa watawat na walang kamuang-muang
Na ang aking laban ay tapos na.
Hindi ako magpapadaig sa lipunang maaaring bumagsak sa kahit anong pagkakataon
Kapag ito'y nakalimot sa Ngalang higit na tanyag sa kanya.
At kung ito ang magiging dahilan para ako'y maliko sa ibang ideolohiya'y
Lilisanin ko na lamang ang aking pagkatao --
Ngunit ako'y madiing magpapatuloy sa aking lakaring higit pa sa pagka-Pilipino
Kahit na ang mga tungkuling nasa harap ko'y hindi pa lubos na malinaw
Pero pangako --
Hindi ako titigil.

Oo, pupuwede akong magsimula sa wala
Pero ako ay may mararating
At marahil bukas o sa makalawa,
Kung tayo lamang ay magpapatuloy sa pakikibaka para sa ating mga paniniwala'y
Magiging higit pa tayo sa mga bayani.
At hindi mahalaga kung tayo'y limutin ng bukas
Gaya ng paghawi ng masidhing hangin sa mga ulap na emosyonal.

Ayos lang --
Pagkat sa likod ng mga kurtina nang walang humpay na palakpakan
Ay naroon ang tunay na mga bayani
Na hindi sigaw at mga pagbubunyi ang mithiin.
Hindi ginto’t mga pilak ang maibubulsa sa kamatayan
Bagkus ang makapaglingkod sa bayan na may bukal na puso't malinis na konsensya
At kalakip nito ang higit pa sa mga pamanang medalya ng kasaysayan.

Sa muling pagkikita, salubong ng ating mga ninuno
Ay mabubuksan ang ating pagkatao sa isang paraisong patay na ang kabayanihan.
Doon, sama-sama nating lilisanin ang ganid na administrasyon
At hihipuin ang galit ng lambing ng Liwanag na higit pa sa milyong mga lampara
At doon lamang natin lubos na maaakap ang pagiging isang "bayani."
 Aug 2018
Babu kandula
When the sun is down
I know you are there

When the moon is down
I know you are there

Eternity is my dream
You are eternal in my dream

Am gifted
Gifted to know you

Everything is an illusion
One or other way

It’s a matter of how
We cherish

Our dreams
Our moments

This is life
 Aug 2018
Babu kandula
Am a fiddle at heart
Am a riddle at thought

Rumbling past
Bumbling future

It’s all part of a story

Penned by regular

Choices
Sacrifices
Motions
Emotions
Events

What not?

End of the story
Random one
 Aug 2018
Babu kandula
You strike like a bowling ball

And am one of the pins

Either a strike or a spare

Your victory is inevitable

But, I still challenge you for the next round
 Jun 2018
Sjr1000
Obstacles/Problems/Pain
Contraction or Expansion
Exhaustion or Inspiration

86400 seconds a day
Hmmm, how's it going to be spent?

Difficulties are about what we care about

Our thoughts are a tool
Mind hates to be present
Evolved to keep us safe

My thoughts, my fears, my past experience
pasted to my face
Covering my eyes so they are all I can see,
While my dogs and cats
The fish the birds
they are all laughing at me.

Self is contact
Self is content

Swimming in a sea of thoughts
Emotional weather always changing

Tug of war, to and fro, trying to make the anxiety go

If I spend my 86400 seconds a day
trying to make the pain go away
No time
              to live my life

"Pain is inevitable
Suffering is optional "

Showing up for my awareness

If I'm not living my life
I'm living my fear

Old life
Old values
Living the life I care about now

Compassion for others
Self compassion

Feelings and thoughts are like the weather and
The wind it just blows everywhere.
"Pain is inevitable..." has been attributed to Buddha, however the minimal research I did says he never said that and it appears to be from A.A.
This poem is based on the concepts of Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Many thanks for the language and inspiration to John and Jamie Forsyth.
 Jun 2018
Julian Arcee G Cruz
We are just fools
Stranded in a desert
Waiting, wanting to be saved
While we let our feet
Be stuck in the sand
 May 2018
Third Legacy
along the lines, t'was paths that crossed
of fates to dust, the fates accost
probability - it just so happened
that I'd stumble across you  

of all the times and of all the chances
as winds would blow, a tree then dances
uncertainty - it just so happens
that I'd fall in love with you

as droughts would bring a land to famine
a love that grew though soils were barren
possibility - how could it happen?
that I'd fall again for you

times have past, we've spent the chances
the winds have blown, and comes the silence
surety - and so it happens
~I'd want to spend my life with you~
'time and chance happens to them all - Ecclesiastes 9:11
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'fate, to us all. destiny, to each his own''
-
 Apr 2018
Seazy Inkwell
Something good will come out of this soot,
this pain, these rejections
these harsh treatments, these hard times.

There will be reasons for
this hardship, this loneliness,
these tears, these sweats.

No, it's not success
not an award, a medal, or a praise
that everyone looks for.

It was the tears and sweats
shifting in the circulation of blood
scratching day and night
calling in every second of existence
that oscillate, converge, and instill
into a pearl of the time being,

that makes clams of us all.
0418

If the Words I hear aren't from You,
Never let me go.
If it is not for Your glory that I do what I do,
Let me stop here
For me to take a stand for what I truly believe in.

If Your Spirit no longer dwells in me,
Will You satisfy me with Your anointing
As I leave my past behind
And enter Your mercy and be in Your Heaven's place.

If it is not by Your wisdom that I understand things,
Let me not be deceived by the schemes of this world
That I may not trample down every word that You say
And as You speak, it shall be my breath of Life.

If it is not by Your army who rise up for my protection
Where shall I find comfort?
Or to whom say, "My God is my Defender."

If power is given to me
Yet I found You no longer reigning in me
Take away my eyes that make my flesh live in filthiness
That honor and glory be bestowed on Your throne.

I call to You
And for the rest of my Life
Let Me call to You --
Alone and sweet Your Words shall be
I will not be deaf
Let me not be in silence
Let Your Words Speak
This is my call for today.
1 Samuel 26:8-12
Then Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.” But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?” And David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish. The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.” So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them
041118

If life is a journey, would you waste a lifetime?
Sometimes you wonder
Why the journey is much harder than the test itself
But instead of chaining yourself into doubt,
A voice says, “Your free in My arms.”

If life is reliant on Truth, would you trust your own?
And if progress is instant, would you value the process?
Or rather easily change your mind and say,
“This is not what I prayed for.”

When wisdom comes, it’s never by your own
When you grasp for strength but fail to hold on.
Even in your might, hope is still tight
But mercy comes in a white and silky cloak
Where there’re tears in Sky’s eyes.

Sometimes, you don't need to ask God to move the mountains for you;
But ask yourself, “Am I seeking righteousness in God
Or simply zip into pockets the whole Truth?”

Ask God for strength to intervene in your weaknesses
Ask God’s wisdom to overpower your understanding
Ask God to do the only thing He can do
And there, you'll remember God’s promises to You.
“On the mountain of the Lord, it will be provided.” - Genesis 22:14
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