limbo

Limbo is not a place of nothingness
Instead it is a land filled with choices
But with no commitment

I sip from my can of Coke Light
Sitting on the library steps
Lean on a post to rest my back

People walk by me up and down the stairs
Parked cars waiting in the rain
I say Hello to those I know

Hear the trickling from the water spout
Acid seething in my stomach
The world shuffles and I remain still

My body aches and my vision blurs
Watching from my time-space-warp
A ghost among the living

Drifting along echoing voices
They all head somewhere and nowhere
While I sit and write this poem

fortify

Living in the aftermath
The dust has settled
The storm has passed

Time of peace
Time of rest
Regain my strength
I'll need it again

I let her in
And it was on
I lost my self
But I've returned

Picking up the pieces
Battered and broken
The tides have changed
Never be the same

Back on my feet
Walking stick in hand
Grace of struggle
Grace of silence

kalayaan

Hindi mo ako maikakahon
Huwag mo nang subukan
Ako ay ako
Ako iyan
Ako ito
Lahat ako
Tanggapin mo na lang na ganito

Takot kayo sa di matanto
Kaya ganito ang trato mo
Minamaliit
Sinisiraan
Masama daw at loko-loko
Huwag naman
Di lang ikaw ako

May sungay sa ulo
Pero matulungin ang puso
Kaya kong manggulo
Kaya din magpakasanto
Madaming mukha
Pero lahat totoo

May lalim ang salita
Mababaw ang kaligayahan
Ayoko sa pulitiko
Pero ako pa rin ay makabayan
Organisado sa trabaho
Malaya naman na musikero

Diyos lang nakaaalam
Hanggang saan ang kaya
Hinding hindi sasabihin
Na hanggang dito lang ako
Hindi magpapapigil
Malayo pa maabot ko