Once, We were a Child

Once, we were just a child,

candidly conversing with Mama,

playfully exploring the yard,

reverently adheres to the words of Papa.

Once, we were just a child,

who simply sleep, eat, and play,

unaware of the events around,

defeating the ignorance with what we see.

Once, we were just a child,

delighted to receive even a penny,

no envy, bragging, or blazing up of pride,

living with our life so contently.

But, we were no longer a child,

we learn to dream of prosperity,

seeking more of what we have,

we exist no more just to eat and play.

Wish, we stayed just a child,

free from habits of depravity,

pleased with the things we have,

not anxious of the coming day.

If I Could Write More

Many times I wrote about the rain,
and how it brought the joy and pain.
I also wrote about the deep blue sea,
and how it was ruined by humanity.

Wish I could write more about nature,
so as the stream with water so pure,
and so the fowls flying in flocks,
and the mountains with trees and rocks.

But how could I write the unseen things-
if it only exists within my dreams?
How could I describe it so vividly-
when it was never in my memory?

I want to write about the human life,
of the society and the people’s strife.
Wish I could pen down the things I see,
and make known of the inequality.

Also, wish I could write about love,
that in everyone’s heart it will have.
But how could it becomes a reality-
when everyone is full of animosity?

If only, I have the courage to write,
of what I see whether it’s wrong or right,
of corrupted things and what the people suffer,
so it may be known to those who do not care.

Pangarap

Umpisa sa pagkabata ay natuto

kang mangarap

Nangarap na lumipad at abutin

ang mga ulap

Naging tagapagtanggol ng mga

taong mahihirap

Libre mo itong nalasap dahil

ika’y nangarap

Mangarap ka ng malaki o

kahit na payak

Mangarap ka ng mataas, ng saya,

at ng sarap

Mangarap kang libutin ang mundo

ng walang kahirap-hirap

Subalit, bakit ba hindi ka mangarap ng simple

at madaling malasap?

Libre para sa lahat ang umasam

at mangarap

Bakit ka maglalakad kung maaari

ka namang lumipad?

Bakit hanggang ituktok lang

ng bundok –

Kung kaya mo namang abutin

ang ulap?

Sa pangarap ay maaari kang sumikat

na parang tala

Maging isang prinsesa katulad

ni Cinderella

Maging isang mandirigma na

mahal ng madla

Ah, ang mangarap ay para sa lahat

‘di lang sa mga bata