our
prejudice
limits
our
generosity
we alienate
we discriminate
only to
find out
that we
ourselves
are victims
of the same
prejudice
alienated
and
discriminated
we
realize
the cost
of isolation
we
learn
the value
of tolerance
we
recognize
the virtue
of giving back
RMP
8/31/2013
Revised 3/21/2017
Winnipeg MB Canada
Saturday, August 31, 2013
LAY IT ON THE LINE
Life is uncertain people come and go
We are here today maybe gone tomorrow
We’re indeed very lucky if we’re given a chance
To say our parting words and ask for one more glance
But life is strange we can’t simply explain
We’re doing great today next day we’ll be in pain
We smile and laugh, do a lot of crazy things
But with a twist of fate we may have to cut the strings
While there’s still time, let’s lay it on the line
While there’s still time, let’s lay it on the line
I know it won’t be easy to accept the hands of fate
Because most of the time we simply just can’t wait
We choose to deny what we really feel inside
But there are certainties that we can’t simply hide
Acceptance is the key if we want to move on
We’ve our own shares of pain, we are not alone
Illness can reduce our physiques to a wraith
The best that we can do is to hold on to our faith
While there’s still time, let’s lay it on the line
While there’s still time, let’s lay it on the line
RMP
7/14/2013
Revised 1/31/2017
Winnipeg MB Canada
We are here today maybe gone tomorrow
We’re indeed very lucky if we’re given a chance
To say our parting words and ask for one more glance
But life is strange we can’t simply explain
We’re doing great today next day we’ll be in pain
We smile and laugh, do a lot of crazy things
But with a twist of fate we may have to cut the strings
While there’s still time, let’s lay it on the line
While there’s still time, let’s lay it on the line
I know it won’t be easy to accept the hands of fate
Because most of the time we simply just can’t wait
We choose to deny what we really feel inside
But there are certainties that we can’t simply hide
Acceptance is the key if we want to move on
We’ve our own shares of pain, we are not alone
Illness can reduce our physiques to a wraith
The best that we can do is to hold on to our faith
While there’s still time, let’s lay it on the line
While there’s still time, let’s lay it on the line
RMP
7/14/2013
Revised 1/31/2017
Winnipeg MB Canada
Thursday, August 29, 2013
MIGRAINE
“Surviving a day with a migraine is actually a serious
accomplishment.” unknown
signals the intrusion
slowly
the episodes of pain
start to linger in your head
throbbing
piercing
paralyzing
rendering you helpless
sometimes clueless
until
darkness
and silence
surrounded you
long enough
to make you feel
a bit better
struggling
all alone
RMP
8/29/2013
Revised 4/11/2017
DI AKO MATUTULOG
nasimulan ko na kailangang tapusin
kahit ano ang tema dapat may marating
abutin man ng umaga hindi ako hihinto
ang mahalaga mayroong mabuo
kaya tuloy ang sulat tuloy ang likha
kahit na puyat basta may magawa
di maaaring lumipas ang araw na ito
na walang nabuo malikot na isip ko
di ako matutulogdi padadaig sa antok
kailangang maglabas ng mga inimpok
laglag na ang mata pero sige pa rin
tulog na mga kasama ang diwa ay gising
kompyuter ang saksi sa aking pagpupuyat
sandali na lamang tapos na ang sinusulat
konting titig pa sa computer monitor
ang mga kataga ay kusang sisibol
konting tipa pa sa gamit na keyboard
maya maya lang meron ng pang upload
hay salamat may matatapos na naman
ilang linya na lang tapos na ang laban
pwede nang matulog at isip ay ipahinga
ang isinusulat ko ay ang huling linya na
RMP
8/28/2013
kahit ano ang tema dapat may marating
abutin man ng umaga hindi ako hihinto
ang mahalaga mayroong mabuo
kaya tuloy ang sulat tuloy ang likha
kahit na puyat basta may magawa
di maaaring lumipas ang araw na ito
na walang nabuo malikot na isip ko
di ako matutulogdi padadaig sa antok
kailangang maglabas ng mga inimpok
laglag na ang mata pero sige pa rin
tulog na mga kasama ang diwa ay gising
kompyuter ang saksi sa aking pagpupuyat
sandali na lamang tapos na ang sinusulat
konting titig pa sa computer monitor
ang mga kataga ay kusang sisibol
konting tipa pa sa gamit na keyboard
maya maya lang meron ng pang upload
hay salamat may matatapos na naman
ilang linya na lang tapos na ang laban
pwede nang matulog at isip ay ipahinga
ang isinusulat ko ay ang huling linya na
RMP
8/28/2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
PANDORA'S BOX
inilantad ang sisidlan
takip ay binubuksan
itinagong mga laman
ngayon ay tinitingnan
laman ng sisidlan
sandamukal na yaman
na pinaghahatian
ng mga kawatan
maiitim na lihim
na itinago sa dilim
yan ang iniingatan
ng mga salarin
di sila papayag
na basta mawala
laman ng sisidlan
na pampataba
kaya humanda
sa pakikihamok
mga diablo’y
magbabantay
sa kanilang
inimpok
pakasigurado
sa mga balak na gawin
pag mga diablo'y nagsamasama
baka di na sila kayang puksain
RMP
08/27/2013
edited 12/01/2014
takip ay binubuksan
itinagong mga laman
ngayon ay tinitingnan
laman ng sisidlan
sandamukal na yaman
na pinaghahatian
ng mga kawatan
maiitim na lihim
na itinago sa dilim
yan ang iniingatan
ng mga salarin
di sila papayag
na basta mawala
laman ng sisidlan
na pampataba
kaya humanda
sa pakikihamok
mga diablo’y
magbabantay
sa kanilang
inimpok
pakasigurado
sa mga balak na gawin
pag mga diablo'y nagsamasama
baka di na sila kayang puksain
RMP
08/27/2013
edited 12/01/2014
Monday, August 26, 2013
KARAYOM AT SINULID
unti-unting dinidilaan hanggang sa tumigas
kailangang basain bago ipasok sa butas
sa mga daliri dapat paikutin
kaya ang pagpasok di dapat madaliin
dapat na sipatin dapat itutok
nang di pasala-sala tangkang pagpasok
lalo na’t matanda ang siyang gagamit
pag di napatuwid tiyak na magagalit
pag naipasok na ang laking ginhawa
mga gagawin mas mapapadali na
ngunit ang ipinasok ay iikli rin
pag di na aabot kailangang hugutin
RMP
8/26/2013
kailangang basain bago ipasok sa butas
sa mga daliri dapat paikutin
kaya ang pagpasok di dapat madaliin
dapat na sipatin dapat itutok
nang di pasala-sala tangkang pagpasok
lalo na’t matanda ang siyang gagamit
pag di napatuwid tiyak na magagalit
pag naipasok na ang laking ginhawa
mga gagawin mas mapapadali na
ngunit ang ipinasok ay iikli rin
pag di na aabot kailangang hugutin
RMP
8/26/2013
Saturday, August 24, 2013
ADIK
di mapigilan laging hinahanap
pag di maramdaman araw ay di sapat
laging hinihintay kailan darating
sandaling mawaglit isipa’y napapraning
high na high pag ikaw ay nandiyan
lahat magagawa ng walang atrasan
walang antok diwa ay gising
bawat isipin mabilis ang pagdating
di alintana panahon at oras
gutom man kayang magpalipas
di kayang pigilin pag ika’y kumatok
dapat tipunin mga pumapasok
isip ay babatak puso ang tutulak
kamay ang titira kaw ang sangkap
pag umepekto buhay ang huwisyo
tuloy ang gawa habang kargado
walang hinto walang malabo
mga naiisip mabilis lumago
mga trip na gawin di na maitago
sa mga isusulat damdami’y nalalango
RMP
08/24/2013
pag di maramdaman araw ay di sapat
laging hinihintay kailan darating
sandaling mawaglit isipa’y napapraning
high na high pag ikaw ay nandiyan
lahat magagawa ng walang atrasan
walang antok diwa ay gising
bawat isipin mabilis ang pagdating
di alintana panahon at oras
gutom man kayang magpalipas
di kayang pigilin pag ika’y kumatok
dapat tipunin mga pumapasok
isip ay babatak puso ang tutulak
kamay ang titira kaw ang sangkap
pag umepekto buhay ang huwisyo
tuloy ang gawa habang kargado
walang hinto walang malabo
mga naiisip mabilis lumago
mga trip na gawin di na maitago
sa mga isusulat damdami’y nalalango
RMP
08/24/2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
BAHA
nilamon
ng mga ganid
ang biyayang
para sa bayan
kinupit
isinilid
inimpok
pinaghati-hatian
kani-kanyang tuusan
kani-kanyang lamangan
pinagkakakitaan
tulay
palaruan
paaralan
lansangan
lugar hintayan
huwad na samahan
kaya
pagdating
ng ulan
na dala
ng unos
at ng habagat
proyekto
ng mga ganid
lalamunin
ng tubig
kababayang
umaasa
kawawang
biktima
RMP
8/20/2013
ng mga ganid
ang biyayang
para sa bayan
kinupit
isinilid
inimpok
pinaghati-hatian
kani-kanyang tuusan
kani-kanyang lamangan
pinagkakakitaan
tulay
palaruan
paaralan
lansangan
lugar hintayan
huwad na samahan
kaya
pagdating
ng ulan
na dala
ng unos
at ng habagat
proyekto
ng mga ganid
lalamunin
ng tubig
kababayang
umaasa
kawawang
biktima
RMP
8/20/2013
Sunday, August 11, 2013
KUNG PARA SA BAYAN
magkatunggali matindi ang gitgitan
hangad ay panalo para sa kanilang koponan
di padadaig kahit na masaktan
dibdib sa dibdib banggaan kung banggaan
ang bumangga giba kapwa di patitinag
magkapalit man ng mukha magkakasubukan ng tatag
muscle sa muscle tibay sa tibay
hanggang sa huling Segundo walang bumibigay
ganyan sila noon pero iba sila ngayon
nang dahil sa bayan parehong sumasang-ayon
magkalaban man noon magkaibigan naman ngayon
kung para sa bayan sabay sila sa pag-ahon
kapwa pusong pinoy pinag-isa ng layunin
maipanalo ang laban pinag-isang hangarin
pinagsamang mga puso pinagsama-samang lakas
sa bawat pakikihamok ito ang bitbit nilang armas
ngayon ay magkasama sa hirap at ginhawa
sa agos ng pagsubok ay hindi padadala
matitibay na dibdib ngayo’y magkakapit-bisig
nagkakaisa sa laban ng bayang iniibig
GO GILAS! LABAN PILIPINAS!
RMP
8/11/2013
hangad ay panalo para sa kanilang koponan
di padadaig kahit na masaktan
dibdib sa dibdib banggaan kung banggaan
ang bumangga giba kapwa di patitinag
magkapalit man ng mukha magkakasubukan ng tatag
muscle sa muscle tibay sa tibay
hanggang sa huling Segundo walang bumibigay
ganyan sila noon pero iba sila ngayon
nang dahil sa bayan parehong sumasang-ayon
magkalaban man noon magkaibigan naman ngayon
kung para sa bayan sabay sila sa pag-ahon
kapwa pusong pinoy pinag-isa ng layunin
maipanalo ang laban pinag-isang hangarin
pinagsamang mga puso pinagsama-samang lakas
sa bawat pakikihamok ito ang bitbit nilang armas
ngayon ay magkasama sa hirap at ginhawa
sa agos ng pagsubok ay hindi padadala
matitibay na dibdib ngayo’y magkakapit-bisig
nagkakaisa sa laban ng bayang iniibig
GO GILAS! LABAN PILIPINAS!
RMP
8/11/2013
PUSONG PINOY
Di tayo aatras gaano man
kahirap
Ang anumang laban na
kinakaharap
Wala sa laki lalong wala
din sa lakas
Ang ating panlaban ay ang tindi
ng GILAS
Kahit saan pa mang bahagi
ng mundo
Hindi umaatras ang lahing Pilipino
Kahit anong pagsubok ang
sa ati’y ibato
Hindi patitinag ang dugong
Pilipino
PUSONG PINOY
Ang nagbibigay lakas
PUSONG PINOY
Nagpapatindi sa GILAS
Puso nating mga Pinoy
Na bigkis ng pagkakaisa
Ang susi sa tagumpay
Basta’t sama sama
Kaya magtipun-tipon
Atin nang pagsama-samahin
Ang nagkakaisang sigaw
Ng mga puso natin
Sa napipintong pakikihamok
At sa mga darating pang
pagsubok
Iparamdam natin sa mundo
Kung paano tayo makilahok
Manalo o matalo man
Kailangang masaksihan
Kung paano tayo
Lumaro o lumaban
Gaano man kalaki
O kalakas ang kalaban
GILAS ng PUSONG PINOY
Ay makikipagsabayan!
MABUHAY ANG PUSONG PINOY!
RMP
8/11/2013
DISEQUILIBRIUM
testing the waters
i eluded the truth
looking
for answers
i ended up
with nothing
but assumptions
started
with something
ended up
with nothing
but
i have
to continue
dreaming
learning
wanting
seeking
hoping
that someday
my words
will finally
find their way
back home
RMP
8-10-2013
i eluded the truth
looking
for answers
i ended up
with nothing
but assumptions
started
with something
ended up
with nothing
but
i have
to continue
dreaming
learning
wanting
seeking
hoping
that someday
my words
will finally
find their way
back home
RMP
8-10-2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO
you walk across the town not knowing where to go
still trying to find what can break the status quo
rewriting a story you’re trying to win her back
the one that shattered your fragile world apart
something’s not right but you still persist
hoping you can change what’s in her bucket list
you'll do everything do whatever it takes
to win back her heart and rectify a mistake
no matter what you do
you can’t bring back the time
when she’s right there with you
showing you each missing rhyme
no matter what you do
you love can’t bring her back
words are not enough
you can no longer fix the crack
time’s running out her shadow’s fading away
she can no longer hear what you're about to say
she's moving on to a different direction
while you’re fighting the pain of being left alone
life’s not a free way everything comes with a price
when you open your heart be prepared to sacrifice
when you open your door and let someone comes in
hopes might come true or you’re left with broken dreams
no matter what you do
you can’t bring back the time
when she’s right there with you
showing you each missing rhyme
no matter what you do
you love can’t bring her back
words are not enough
you can no longer fix the crack
RMP
08/10/2013
still trying to find what can break the status quo
rewriting a story you’re trying to win her back
the one that shattered your fragile world apart
something’s not right but you still persist
hoping you can change what’s in her bucket list
you'll do everything do whatever it takes
to win back her heart and rectify a mistake
no matter what you do
you can’t bring back the time
when she’s right there with you
showing you each missing rhyme
no matter what you do
you love can’t bring her back
words are not enough
you can no longer fix the crack
time’s running out her shadow’s fading away
she can no longer hear what you're about to say
she's moving on to a different direction
while you’re fighting the pain of being left alone
life’s not a free way everything comes with a price
when you open your heart be prepared to sacrifice
when you open your door and let someone comes in
hopes might come true or you’re left with broken dreams
no matter what you do
you can’t bring back the time
when she’s right there with you
showing you each missing rhyme
no matter what you do
you love can’t bring her back
words are not enough
you can no longer fix the crack
RMP
08/10/2013
Thursday, August 1, 2013
YOU ARE MY LIVING POEM
“But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:14
You’re an endless stream quenching my inner thirst
A song that soothes my rage when I’m about to burst
When I'm lost in darkness and about to go astray
Your everlasting light will always show the way
I can go anywhere I know I can do anything
You gave me wings to fly so I can keep on dreaming
Whenever I fall, your arms are there to pick me up
When I ran out of options, you fill my empty cup
Your grace is my only home
My Lord, you are my living poem
Your grace is my only home
My Lord, you are my living poem
I am limitless if I have you as my source
Your power to change is the mightiest force
The changing of the seasons no longer bothers me
Your wisdom brings me beyond what my eyes can see
The spring that gives life to every word I write
Though the rebel in me keeps on looking for a fight
Your light won’t leave me even during my darkest hour
I just drop down on my knees to feel your endless power
Your grace is my only home
My Lord, you are my living poem
Your grace is my only home
My Lord, you are my living poem
RMP
1/16/2016
Revised 3/18/2017
Winnipeg MB Canada
You’re an endless stream quenching my inner thirst
A song that soothes my rage when I’m about to burst
When I'm lost in darkness and about to go astray
Your everlasting light will always show the way
I can go anywhere I know I can do anything
You gave me wings to fly so I can keep on dreaming
Whenever I fall, your arms are there to pick me up
When I ran out of options, you fill my empty cup
Your grace is my only home
My Lord, you are my living poem
Your grace is my only home
My Lord, you are my living poem
I am limitless if I have you as my source
Your power to change is the mightiest force
The changing of the seasons no longer bothers me
Your wisdom brings me beyond what my eyes can see
The spring that gives life to every word I write
Though the rebel in me keeps on looking for a fight
Your light won’t leave me even during my darkest hour
I just drop down on my knees to feel your endless power
Your grace is my only home
My Lord, you are my living poem
Your grace is my only home
My Lord, you are my living poem
RMP
1/16/2016
Revised 3/18/2017
Winnipeg MB Canada
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