RANDOM #74

"Lessons are not given, they are taken." Cesare Pavese

the body is laid to rest
a clan won the numbers game
conflicting tales are in the air
adding more fuel to the flame
the victims are crying foul
while the strongman is revered
the decision made it seemed like
his name has just been cleared

moving forward or at the end of the rope?
on a safer ground or on a slippery slope?

dire forces are converging
concessions are in the bag
intimidation builds up
if you have an imaginary tag
the specter of the past
has just risen from the dead
powerful voices reverberating
inside the incumbent’s head

moving forward or at the end of the rope?
on a safer ground or on a slippery slope?

color against color
streets are the battleground
the larger the crowd
the louder the sound
show of force is the way
to gauge who is in control
a landscape still divided
partisans are in foot patrol

moving forward or at the end of the rope?
on a safer ground or on a slippery slope?

RMP
11/26/16
Winnipeg MB Canada

RANDOM #73

Pitong taon
Nakaw na pagkakataon
Malalim ang pagkakabaon
Mukhang marami ang naipon
Labas masok sa loob
Sagad ang pagkakalubog
Sundo, hatid, buhat , hulog
Bagahe, parte, ambag, handog

Nagtago, nakita
Ngayon ay kumakanta
Unti-unting nilalaglag
Ang dati niyang sinisinta
Nagkusa  ba o pinipilit?
Kapit sa patalim dahil gipit?
Kapag nagpatuloy ang pag-awit
May “madam” na maiipit

Kapanalig nagngingitngit
Mga kaaway ay natutuwa
Mga lihim na itinatago
Ngayon ay nahahalata
Frailties of a woman?
Hindi raw naman sinasadya
Sa social media abangan
Susunod na kabanata…

RMP
11/22/2016
Winnipeg MB Canada

MATIKMATIK NG HALALAN

subtraction ng kaibigan

addition ng kaaway

division ang resulta

conflicts nag multiply

infinite ang difference

problems walang solution

parallel ang mga linya

maraming mali sa equation

fractions dahil sa issues

dumarami ang irrational

imaginary mga variables

stupidity rate ay exponential

lumalawak ang intervals

labanan ay who is greater than

kahit sablay ang analysis

masabi lang na may alam

may mga nangongopya

sa calculations ng katabi

hindi kabisado ang formula

hindi ma simplify ang sinasabi

marami rin ang nanghuhula

hindi masagot ang mga tanong

kaya kahit may solution set

the value is still unknown

RMP

11/20/2016

Winnipeg MB Canada

LIBING

Dinaan sa bilang
Marami ang nagulantang
Prosesong mabilisan
Legalidad ang batayan
Hindi na napigilan
Kahit may nag-aabang
Labing pinagtatalunan
Naihatid sa libingan

Tatlong dekada
Humina na ang puwersa
Manipis na ang sumasama
Kumpara nung unang EDSA
Nawaglit  na sa ala-ala
Walang pakialam na ang iba
Yung mga dating kasama
Ngayon ay nasa gitna na

May mga bagong sibol
Kasama sa mga tumututol
Malakas lang ang kahol
Pero takot na magpahabol
Dinadaan sa suhol
Upang hindi magmaktol
Unti unting nalilipol
Dating tagapagtanggol

Dahilan ng pagkatalo
Makikita sa numero
Mga hindi sigurado
Batayan lang ay kwento
Kulang na ang mga tao
Mukhang wala ng milagro
Mga politikong nanalo
Sila na rin ang abogado

RMP
11/18/2016
Winnipeg MB Canada

RANDOM #71

“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”
-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Marks all over the place the messages are in the air
Time’s getting scarce but nobody seems to care
The thin line’s about to snap the mob is in the square
While the flock is blinded by a hypocritical prayer

The beast is lurking inside the hallowed wall
His minions are waiting for those who about to fall
The room is filled with faces of sinners big and small
Nobody seems to hear the sound of the clarion call

Falling prey to the pressure of spiritual black hole
The sum of the parts is now greater than the whole
Vanity is mutating within the mind, heart and soul
Doomed from the start a brotherhood is in control

RMP
11/13/2016
Winnipeg MB Canada

A GLIMPSE OF PERFECTION

“If we could see the world through the eyes of a child, we would see the magic in everything.” Unknown

I can see the beauty
of perfection in your eyes

so pure
so pristine
so innocent

how I wish to have
those eyes once again

so pure
so pristine
so innocent

but I have to live
with what I have

so tainted
so cloudy
so worldly

let me look into
those eyes for a moment

I just want to catch a glimpse
of your perfect world

so pure
so pristine
so innocent

RMP
8/13/2013
Revised 11/6/16
Winnipeg MB Canada

RANDOM #70

Be gracious in defeat, stay humble in victory

It’s not yet time to celebrate, not yet time to party

There’s a long road ahead and it will be an uphill climb

Show them what you’ve got but take it one game at a time

Haters will be there no matter what you do

The greater you become the more they won’t like you

You win some, you lose some just continue to have fun

Bring all your blazing guns the battle has just begun

We’re with you all the way with or without a ring

The rebuilding’s in process you’ll come out in full swing

New chapters unfolding another story will be told

This will be a better season for the PURPLE AND GOLD

RMP

11/5/16

Winnipeg MB Canada

RANDOM #69

read between the lines
recognize that unspoken call
the signs were there all along
they were writings on the wall
what we see is just a decoy
placed in a misleading trail
the image is just a make believe
the narrative’s a fairy tale

RMP
11/1/2016
Winnipeg MB Canada