Panaghoy sa umaga

Panaghoy sa umaga habang
binibilang ang mga parating na mga
araw bago ako muling
hablutin ng pangitain, ng
katotohanan, ng kabuhayan.

Buntong hininga ang tangi kong
kanlungan para bigyan kapayapaan
ang tulirong kaisipan, na sapat
kong natugunan ang mga alintuntunin
bago ako lumisan at lumikas.

rey agudana
ika-05 ng Pebrero, 2001
9:05 ng umaga/Cadiz

Beyond 20/20

In humble huts
Dipped in murky waters
We, more than often not,
See the halves of ourselves -
Our brothers
Stuck in paddy fields,
In candy factories,
In other's households
Paying service
But whose service is unpaid
If not underpaid.
Others, unfit and incapable
Opt to thrive in the little abundance
Of the garbage dump.
More often than not
Our eyes see them
Half-living, half-dying
But our sight, it's sad,
Is left only in our retinas
The heart remains blind
As we fail to see life
Beyond vision 20/20.

ma. agnes villarino-agudana

rainy days (a reflection)

The rain never felt so
invigorating, enriching, so
potently enjoyable as I
now gaze at the surroundings
being drenched by the
million pelting drops
exploding like teardrops ...
and like a line somewhere --
"..tuwing umuulan at kapiling ka ..."

The rain that's foretold by
bleak skies and overcast by
dark clouds popularly
generate an equally dreary
sense of solitude to the most
as to why this is the common
notion, I can not transcend
but a brief croon can suffice --
"..rainy days and mondays always get me down ..."

The rain I praised for so many
years over so many periods of
emotional incontinence and so
many turbulent and exhilarating
periods, never fail to bring
in new influx, new flow
of attachments, not detachments,
especially when I am with you --
"pag-ibig ko'y umaaapaw,
damdamin ko'y humihiyaw ..."

rey agudana
February 18, 2001 9:22 Am/Cadiz

Pasalamatan Siya

Para sa July Birthday Celebrants

Ngayon ay araw mo, kaibigan mabuhay ka
Problema'y darating kaya mong lutasin
Makapangyarihan ang panalangin
Pangalan NIYA'Y sambitin.
Tunay na kapayapaan ay napakahalaga
Pagyamanin ito at isabuhay sa tuwina.

Kalimutan ang kahapon, nakalipas ay huwag
nang balikan
Narito ang kasalukuyan, magsaya at magdiwang
Napakalawak ng bukas huwag mabahala

Ang hamon ay ngayon, harapin at
magpakatatag.

Matayog ang bundok kaya mong akyatin
Malakas man ang bagyo di ka matitinag
Magulo ang mundo, ito'y iyong mababago
Ngayon ay panibagong biyaya
Pasalamatan SIYA at magalak!

May Salavia

July 2001