Grant me witnessing all ‘round I go Let me be uncomfortable In my sadness In my spite In my veins our ancestors’ strife Their oppression chiseled in depths Of my subconscious—mayn’t I forget In my every privileged sigh In every nightmare’s death And all of my trivial achievement That their blood inks this gazette That my soul echoes their last breath For justice—mayn’t I Move idly and yield To transient relief To false gods To defeatism That my heart numbs To the cries of my people To the destruction of our homes To the monarchy of traitors Let me hear it everywhere I go Let me be uncomfortable
49 years ago, the Philippines succumbed to Marcos' Martial Law.