#tatay
Napabuntong-hininga na lamang
Tila ba tumatakbo ang bubutil na pawis sa noo niya
Sasabak na naman si Tatang sa gyera
Pilit binuhat ang sakong mas mabigat pa sa kanya
Marupok na ang mga buto
Ngunit hindi ang puso
Ang wika nya, "Walang hindi gagawin para sa apo."
Si Nena, sampu na ang anak
Hindi na magkanda-ugaga
Iiyak ang isa, gutom naman sa kabila
Sa sususunod na buwan,
malapit na siyang manganak
Ang ama ng mga bata, naroon sa kanto
nagpapakalunod sa alak
Sabi nga nila, walang hindi gagawin
ang magulang para sa anak.
Tanghaling tapat na,
almusal pa rin ang hinahanap
Natulala na lamang si Nena nang malaman,
ang tatay niya'y
patay na
-Tula X, Margaret Austin Go
Nov 22, 2014
Nov 22, 2014 at 2:22 AM UTC
Dear Daddy,
Why do you have to leave me when I was so young?
I need you always here by my side
You are so selfish for leaving me I'm nine
Thought's and memories isn't enough dad
I don't even have a clue that life is tough
10 years passed
I'm nineteen today
I'm still missing the man I used to call Daddy
Now I'm blowing my candle wishing all the times back
The times that I had a father who thought me how to smile
..............
Now I realized
That My Hero
Is gone
Oct 12, 2017
Oct 12, 2017 at 3:27 AM UTC
Dalawang bata
Isang matanda
Babae't lalaki
Kasama ang ama
Naglalaro sila
Doon sa may kalsada
Napadaan lang ako
Ngunit tila paa'y napako
Habang sila'y tinititigan
---Isip ko'y bumalik sa nakaraan
Naalala ko nang kami ni ama'y
Naglalaro ng tagu-taguan
Sa tuwing ako'y nahuhuli
Ako'y kanyang kinikiliti
Oo, ako'y naging masaya
Sa limang taong pinagsamahan
---Bumalik ako sa kasalukuyan
Ang mag-ama'y tuwang-tuwa sa aking kanan
Hinihiling ko lamang sa Panginoon
Sila sana'y bigyan pa ng mahabang panahon
Sep 10, 2017
Sep 10, 2017 at 9:20 AM UTC
*The small gestures of patting my head and shuffling my hair
The small touch when we do high fives as a sign of greeting
The small bonding times when we watch your favorite noon time show and laugh together
The small and random compliments that you say like how I am pretty because I look like you
The small and really corny jokes that you tell but I still laugh at them
The small pranks of copying what I do and say like how kids do
The small act of noticing really subtle changes in me on how I got fatter or have a fairer complexion
The small reminders if I brought my umbrella and to take care as I went to school
The small talks when you ask "how are you?" everytime I got home from school
The small acts of waking me up in the morning and cooking my food
The small things like still calling me "cutiepie" and "Patskie" even I'm already turning 20
The small acts
that shows your great love
The small things
but are the sweetest ones
You are the man with few words
But you never fail to show
your abundant love
In small gestures,
in small acts,
in small things
And for me it contributes the biggest on how proud I am
of the greatest dad I have*
Jun 18, 2017
Jun 18, 2017 at 7:11 AM UTC