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Josh Wong Oct 2015
Bayang magiliw,
Ngunit hanggang dito tayo lamang.
Alab ng puso,
Hanggang sa puso mo lang buhay.

Mga anak ng bandila,
Ngunit ang puso'y hindi tapat.
Lunos ng nakalipas,
Lumuluksa para sa kinabukasan.

Lupang iniibig at banal,
Basaysay sa mga patay na bayani.
May dilag ang tula at awit sa,
Paglaya ng mga taksil.

Lupa ng araw, ng luwalhati't pagsinta,
Ngayo'y nasa piling ng mga duwag.
Saan ang ligaya pag may mang-aapi,
Kapag ang mamatay ay dahil sa atin?
Dark Nov 2018
Isang republika na gawa sa pangarap,
Pangarap na walang kasing sarap,
Pangulo na karapatdapat sana'y mahanap,
Upang pangangarap ay makita kahit isang sulyap.

Pero pano natin ito magagawa kung tayo'y nakakulong,
Ang nakaraan na kinulong tayo sa isang selyadong kabaong,
Na hanngang ngayo'y tayo'y nakalibing,
Dahil produktong banyaga'y ating laging hinihiling,

May pag-asa pa ba tayong lumaya?
May pag-asa pa ba tayong umiwas sa hiya?
Kung lagi tayong kumokopya,
Kailan pa ba tayo tunay na liligaya?

Tama nga ang sinabi ni heneral Luna na "hindi natin kalaban ang amerikano o ang espanyol dahil ang tunay nating kalaban ay sarili natin",
Paano tayo tatayo sa sarili nating paa kung tayo'y nagpapaalipin,
Ang sugat ng kolonisayon ay ating gamutin,
Wag hayaang tayo'y lamunin.

Produktong pilipino'y mahalin,
Hindi ang produkto ng banyaga ang tangkilikin,
Sariling wika ang aralin,
Hindi ang wikang tayo'y paiiyakin.

Pero ang mga hiling ko'y napakahirap makamit,
Dahil tayo'y isa paring yagit,
At nagpapagamit,
At masasabi kung tayong mga pilipino ay punit.
rmi Sep 2019
sa kasalakuyan,
nakatapak tayo sa isang malawak na lupain
at dinig ang mga martsang may ibubulong at aaminin.
sa ilang minutong inilaan,
ipapatunay

na kahit sino ay kayang mahalin.

                       isa, dalawa, tatlo, ang laban ay pasimula na. 'teka, 'wag muna...

balik! balik! tumalikod ka!
ano raw?    paulit-ulit na 'to, hindi pa raw handa.

balik! balik! tumalikod ka!

utos ni heneral                           sa unang mga kawal

na sumilip galing sa bagyong mga mata
na minana sa kalaban.

balik! balik! talikod na!
                                                             ­ - ayon kay heneral Luha
sometimes i get
suicide bombers, rapists, killers, robbers and thieves
because their motives are visible through their actions.

but i never once in my life
bothered understanding businessmen, pastors, priests, muslims, religions, politicians,
and people whose motives in life
remain hidden
until caught red handed,
and also those people
who choose not to see the world naked for what it is.

maybe the UP activists are right
and that i shouldn't think of them as brainwashed kids or
just paid heads to do
what they do but their actions,
my thoughts and this poem
doesn't change anything.

i bet 100% of you
who are reading this would either think i'm deranged or seeking for attention.

i could go on and on writing
this **** and explain thoroughly
but the people's brain
are now wired to ex b's
hit single and yes,
mentioning that made
this a little bit funny but no.

as a ******* filipino
who should be typing this in tagalog, working overseas,
i've seen some fellow countrymen showed some pride
against their oppressors
from work but they don't get anywhere but jail.
i must've forgot,
the movie about manalo
trampled the one
about heneral luna.

see how helpless
we are in reality?

what's your photo that comes
with a bible verse got to do with others?

are you spreading
the word of God?
what does it do to you?

Sometimes I get
The New People's Army.
But I don't get Muslims
who runs businesses and the Chinese too.

Sometimes I wish
I could spread fake news
that doesn't harm others
and last but not the least,
I hope someday the world would stop not and smoke Marijuana all
at the same time
including North Korea.

I couldn't stop.
I also hope that these people,
those who has a lot of followers
use the attention properly but no, people are so ******* dumb and Salinger is right with Holden's, "People never notice anything"
and nothing's too big
if people will stop creating bigger things that'll only add up to the congestion clogging up the world.

and Allen Ginsberg is right,
we are breaking our
******* backs just to lift ******* Moloch.

**** your Mosques, your INC branches, your corporations, your religions, your borders and divisions, your trends that kills the minds of the youth.
**** your laws, about making Marijuana illegal.
**** your disguise and your intelligence.

I almost believe world cleansing is the answerbbecause the ant colonies are so much better
ruling the world.

I don't know anymore, my smartphone's ******
and I am not smarter. . .
Nagtapos ng abogasya sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas
Mula pagiging **** sa Capiz kumatawan
Hinirang na heneral nang sa Hapon makaalpas
Pinagtuunang pansin pagbangon ng bayan.

-12/20/2014
(Dumarao)
*Pinuno Namin sa Panahing Tanso Collection
My Poem No. 290
Inabot lamang ay sekondarya
Subalit naging heneral mula kapitan
Itinatag pinakaunang republika
Sinagupa dalawang lahing dayuhan.

-12/16/2014
(Dumarao)
*Pinuno Namin sa Panahong Tanso Collection
My Poem No. 286

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