Nakakalungkot
na tayo'y binabalingungoy
sa sarili nating wika.

*It's sad,
that our noses bleed,
using our own language.

I'm going to push you
So far away
With every force in my body
And curl back up into the little ball
I call home
Because it is safe in here
And the shell grows stronger
With every man who leaves me reaching
Until one day
It is impenetrable