Not for keeps

Like sand dripping through my fingers
I feel you leaving me, slipping through my clasp.
Holding on, is futile and senseless
The harder I grasp, the more I lose my grip.
You were not meant for my hands,
Nor were my hands made for you.
In my arms you do not belong,
A lonely stranger at my side.
Your smile is etched [...]

Heaven weeps

The weather outside is gloomy, it is as if the sky is weeping. Weeping for whom? For the people who lay lifeless after the blast in Congress? For the families who were robbed of their loved ones? For the wounded who are lying fighting in hospital beds fighting for their lives? For the maimed [...]

An Appeal: A Sidebar Picture for the Sumilao Farmers

Last October 10, 2007, fifty-three (53) farmers began a trek, a journey on foot that will take them from Sumilao in Bukidnon to Manila. They have been walking for a month now. This afternoon they were leaving Matnog in Sorsogon and their next stop will be in Irosin. They are doing this journey ON FOOT [...]

Moo, the gallant cow

Sobrang natouched ako sa tag na ito. Ito pa yata ang unang tag na nakita kong muntik akong lumuha. Kung hindi ko lang alam na ito ay isang work of love (in the making) ay baka naglulupasay na ako sa lupa. Dahil mahal ko tong si Maru at ang kanyang not-so-secret lover at di ko [...]

Halloween at Undas

I was reading Kengkay’s blog this morning. I was inspired by her kwento of the very cultural aspect of undas. Pareho lang ba ang Halloween at Undas? Ang Halloween ba ay celebration lang mayayaman ng All Soul’s Day samantalang ang Undas ba ay ang poor man’s version nito? Alam kong hindi, naalala ko pa sa [...]