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Literary (Submission): Sa kabataang Filipino




Gusto kong maging agila
Gaya ng aking mga ninuno.
Sa halip ay ipinanganak akong kalapati.

Nais ko sanang manirahan sa alapaap
Makaalpas mula sa lahat ng limitasyon
Ngunit tila ako’y nakakandado sa lupa
Nakapiring ang mga mata
Nakatakip ang mga bibig
Pinutulan ng mga pakpak
Ipinanganak akong kalapati
Tila ganito na rin akong mamamatay

Ngunit bakit?
Kay tagal na nating nakakulong sa ating hawla
Gayong nasa mga kamay lang natin ang mga susi

Hindi maaari
Ipinanganak akong Pilipino
Matayog ang potensyal
Didinggin ko ang mga bulong ng dugong
Nananalaytay sa aking mga ugat
Aalpas mula sa hawlang kay tagal nang kumulong sa aking lahi

Kaya sa muling pagpagaspagas ng aking mga pakpak
Samahan ninyo ako
Isang migrasyon ng bagong henerasyon ng mga kabataan
Mula Pilipinas
Hanggang pagbabago

Literary (Submission): My-gration




Flying away in the cold wintry air
Moving away, do I even dare?
Unable to stay in this wasteland of snow
Hoping for warmth in where I will go

Misty are crystals and dead trees around
Flying to where the sun shall be found
Blurry are blizzards and wind fast to date
Ice on my feathers as dead heavy weight

My nest is a glacier, my world is too chilled
Before, home was glee and my heart was fulfilled
But a heart cold with ice, one day, has to thaw
and what once was fulfilled is now lost and raw

But flying to land, foreign and unknown
will leave me to forage for seeds on my own
As I look for pastures, green and secure
I glance back at the wintry home I endured

Literary: Landlocked




I’m a bird with a broken wing
I've lost my flock and cannot sing
The seasons, they've come around
Yet still, I’m here, oh where's northbound?

I’m the balloon without flame
Tied to the ground, it's all in vain
For I could not take you far
My basket's full of holes that mar

No propeller, just a plane
The fuel's out and I just complain
The co-pilot's run amok
I think I'm crashing, what bad luck

My compass broke in half
I'm lost alone, I can only laugh
Is there a map to somewhere new?
Far away, where I could go to

If there is, may I have a look?
Was there a turn somewhere that I mistook?
They say here is paradise
But I don’t think here's all that nice

All these months, the years have gone by
If I've felt sad, then why not fly?
Is it alright to stay in my landlocked state?
If everything I do, I hate?

Where in the world would I go to?
Could I be free somewhere new?
But right here is all I've known
Where I was raised, and where I've grown

If I climb on this launching pad
And go, will I miss everything I had?
I'll close my eyes, is that alright?
I won't look but I will take flight

I really don't want to see
Because these heights are scaring me
But will I finally breathe fresh air?
Can I really smile without a care?

If I leave everything here
Can I really move on without fear?
Will my broken wing finally heal?
And my balloon free from the seal?

I'm a dreamer in a landlocked state
Stuck to the ground doing things I hate
But someday I want to fly
Up, up and away in the boundless sky
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