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Eugene Mar 2018
Gabi-gabing nagsusunog ng kilay.
Araw-araw na tinatahak ang lubak-lubak na daan.
Minu-minutong nagtitiis ang balat sa tirik na araw.
Iniinda ang mga kagat ng lamok sa gabi.
Pinagtitiyagaan ang kapirasong lamparang liwanag sa dilim.
Maibahagi lamang ang kapiranggot na kakayahan.

Inakala **** madali.
Hindi pala.
Kailangan **** suungin ang init.
Kinailangan **** tawirin ang mga ilog marating lamang ang iyong patutunguhan.
Inakala mng magaan.
Hindi pala.
Kinailangan **** maglakad ng walang sapin sa paa.
Kinailangan **** iwasan ang mga putik sa kalsada upang marating ang lugar na akala mo ay langit na.

Nagawa mo pa ring makaalpas.
Ilang beses ka na ba dapat na sumuko?
Nakailang iyak ka na ba gabi-gabi dahil hindi mo kaya ang nakikita mo?
Ilang damit lang ba ang dala-dala mo upang maitawid ang mga kaalaman para sa iba na nagmula sa iyo?
Kaya mo pa ba?

Ikaw ang liwanag sa kanilang madilim na daan.
Ikaw ang gabay sa kanilang pagpupursige.
Ikaw ang magiging pag-asa sa mga pangarap nilang hinahabi.
Huwag **** ipakitang marupok ka dahil lamang sa delubyong likha ng kalikasang nasa iyong harapan.
Isipin mo sila!
Isipin **** may naghihintay na bukas para sa kanila.

Ikaw ang kanilang tinitingala.
Magpatuloy ka sa pagngiti.
Isapuso mo ang kanilang masasayang pagbati sa tuwing ikaw ay makakarating.
Damhin mo ang kanilang pananabik na makita kang masayang nagtuturo sa kanila.
Iwaksi mo ang negatibong bagay sa iyong isipan.
Yakapin mo ang iyong natutunan --ang iyong misyon at rason kung bakit ka inilagay sa posisyong iyong kinatatayuan.

Balang araw ay magtatagumpay ka!
Balang araw ay masisilayan mo ang katas ng iyong pagpapakumbaba.
Pagsisikap.
Pagtitiis.
Malayo ka man sa mga mahal mo sa buhay, naiintindihan nila.
Ang propesyon mo ang magbibigay ng pag-asa.
Magtiwala ka!

Kaagapay mo ang Diyos sa bawat **** pagsisikap.
Huwag kang panghinaan ng loob sa bawat problemang iyong kinakaharap.
Alam naming kaya mo!
Sa iyo uusbong ang mga batikan.
Sa iyo magmumula ang mga pinakasikat.
Sa iyo manggaling ang magagaling at matatalino.
Alam naming kaya mo!
Magtiwala ka sa kakayahan mo.
Ikaw at ikaw lamang ang maglililok nito.
Ikaw at ikaw ang huhubog sa kani-kanilang mga talento.
Nasa iyo ang aming papuri.
Nasa iyo ang aming taos-pusong dasal.
Ang laban mo ay laban naming lahat.
Kayanin mo.
Kakayanin mo!
Ikaw ang aming liwanag sa gabi at pag-sa sa umaga.

#IkawNaNagmamahalMagmamahalPa
Nat Lipstadt Nov 2013
a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs*

my woman, she's a
snuggler and spooner.

burying herself on my,
no, in my
double barreled chest,
her blonde hair,
my field of gold.^

she landscapes my life,
paralyzing me with the
simplest of gestures.

she sleeps holding my thumbs.
locks me up.
locks me down.
so I cannot transcribe
the lines of poetry mindful,
landlines shut,
land-mines of verse
unexploded,
till these now,
hours later.

a few notes ago,
a few days ago,
heard an octet,
eight voices singing of
five letters, five vowels,
a  e  i  o  u.

you can hear what I heard too.

after you listen,
better understand
vowels are the butter of language.
the anointing oil of connectivity.
more than a line of code,
they are the keys to the code,
that make words and life musical.

I suppose we could mange without them if we had to.
spsz v cd mng wthot thm ff v hd t.

but not so well.

I suppose we could manage
without opposing thumbs.
learn to type with my nose,
paint with my toes.
but not so well.

here is how it comes all together.
a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs,
never give them more than a
never thought, passing over, assumed.

oh yeah, on some tv show,
you can buy a vowel.

these glues are the things that
give me the chance to tell this:

this poem it is a bit about me.
this poem it is a bit about her.
this poem is really about you.

I could live without
a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs.
but I could not live
without her landscaping my chest.

but
when I share this knowledge
with you friend, it becomes a
verified, realized, acknowledged truth.

So you see this poem is about
a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs,
but really about you.

In fact, I am thinking,
that if I did not love the title
a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs
so much,
would entitle it instead,
a wholesome democracy of love.*

you, a registered voter,
vote then with both all the
a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs
at your disposal.
Notes:
^ So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell
As her hair came down
Among the fields of gold

Sting "Fields Of Gold"

~~
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYbFJJnJ9Q4

Aug 5, 2009 - Uploaded by roomfulofteeth
Roomful of Teeth premieres Judd Greenstein's "AEIOU"

~~
Indebted to james-bradley-mccallum for the phrase that deserves a poem of its own,
*a wholesome democracy of love.**

Born at midnight, realized at 2:45am,
When my thumbs read the
Declaration of Emancipation.
ha.

Yet and still
Vowels and thumbs
Can live without
As long as we our have
Hearts to point the way...
Mykarocknrollin  Apr 2020
mng
Mykarocknrollin Apr 2020
mng
i
like you lots
and
wanted
something to tell you
again
idfc
if that's alright
you
don't
talk too much
so far it's alright
no judgement
always
i'm still here
for you
it's you
that i miss you
sorry
i am
corny
i think God can explain
every little thing
we know
feel
this love
see you soon
handsome
cheers

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