Sana

Sana'y maglaho na ito
Sana'y magbago ang mundo
Sana ang paghinga'y mapigtal
Nang magpahinga ma amg pusong napapagal

Ang mundo ay puno ng poot at pighati
Mga pasakit na hindi na mawari
Sa sulok ng mundo'y isang nilalang na napapanghal
Ang masaklap na mundo'y hindi na maunawaan

Ito na lamang ba ang kahahantungan
Ng mga pangarap na nais maipatupad
Kalooba'y tuluyan ng nawasak
Paano pa muling babangon kung ang sakit, sa pagkatao'y yumurak

Itong mga nalalabing kataga na lamang ang karamay
Maging ang sarili'y sumusuko na sa paglaban
Paano pa susugod muli sa laban
Kung ang mga armas na dala'y wala ng pakinabang

The Lords and the Peasants

The Lords and the Peasants

By Joyce Anne S. Garcia

Hunger, disease, ignorance, and death, these are the traces of reality. People are paying for the debts of their reluctance in the essence of labor. These are the truths that are disheartening and undeniable; fundamentally, it is a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation to human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society. It means not having enough to feed and clothe a family, they have to toil the soil with blood as sweat, not having sufficient education or loads of work to earn with cash; not having a nice stash to stay, not having the land on which to harvest one’s food or a job to earn one’s living, not having any access to credit but blames of discredit. It is insecurity, powerlessness and exclusion of individuals, households and communities. It means susceptibility to violence, and it often implies living on slums without access to clean water or sanitation. How can we cope with this? Is there still a way to solve this? If so, then how?

We are living in a world of competition. This planet seems to live by the rule of the jungle, Darwin’s natural selection which is the survival of the fittest and elimination of the unfit. Many believe that some are born to be landlords and some are to be peasants. Our population crisis here in our nation is surplus that causes our nation to experience scarcity in our basic necessities. For every second, lots of people die because of poverty, every drop of blood counts. It is a mass murderer who takes many lives. It is a major issue where people cannot afford the basic needs required to survive. Though riches and poor don’t share the same fate of being fortunate, they are alike in the middle of similarity. The poor cries out, “we lack everything, we want more.” While the wealthy exclaims, “we want more, we lack something.” There are different ways of describing what poverty is, whether it is by how you live or how much money you have. Poverty is the fairness to poorness and the state of having little or no money, and few or no material possessions. Since from the dawn of the earliest sunrise, even our great grand ancestors fought with the duel that our nation is fighting right now. This war with poverty is a generational war. It thieves each generation that arrives, it steals pockets of wealth and life.

Let us wake up from the madness and let us see what we should see; our ignorance is blinding the situation and scenery. We don’t need deep understanding for us to know the truth, we just simply have to look outside our houses and see the fruit of our timidity. We can still do something for it’s not yet too late. Many people are unfortunate, aren’t we blessed to be part of the exception? Even though we have money we are still stressed. We can never find satisfaction in this life full of cravings and living in the world of scarcity. If we will not be contented with the things we have, we can never appreciate each gift that is given. We just have to realize how blessed we are eating thrice a day while others are on the verge of paying the price with their lives just for them to survive even for a single meal a day. Just keep your life simple and you don’t need to have much to be happy, it can just make your life full of complexity and anxiety. It will make you even more difficult than people who experience poverty.

Palaisipan

Palaisipan

By: Joyce Garcia

sa bawat pagpatak ng ulan

pinagmamasdan din ang pagtulo ng luha sa mga matang nagugulumihanan

ang lamig ng simoy ng hangin

ay kasing lamig din ng mga kinikimkim na saloobin

ang mga bagay na gumugulo sa isipan

ay tila ba isang bugtong na hindi masagutan

isang panibughong namumuo sa kalooban

hindi mawari kung anong pinagmulan

bawat pagkabigo ay unti unting lumalamon sa kanyang katauhan

mga pangakong pinanghawakan na tila ba'y nakalimutan

lumilipas ang panahon at wala pa ring magawa

tila ba sa isang iglap lahat na lang ay biglang nawala

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By: Joyce Garcia

a sparkling glance of her eyes

resembles an angel in diguise

each time i stare at her face

gives me a startling feeling of daze

her angelic smiles show a heavenly sight

which makes a gloomy day bright

this may seem out of style

but every moment seems to be worthwhile

i know this makes no sense

but while making this i feel this urge to commence

i don't know what else to say

but to sum this up, i just want you to know that you complete my day.

Saan ka natatakot?

Naniniwala ako na bawat isang nilalang ay may kinakatakutan. Kahit sino ka mang matapang o malakas ang loob, may kinakatakutan ka pa rin. Sabi nga nila kung sino pa yung matatag at malakas sila pa yung maraming kinakatakutan..

Kaya nga may tinatawag na phobia.. Kasi depinisyon kung saan o ano ang kinakatakutan mo..

Marami sa'tin takot sa ipis, takot sa matataas na lugar, takot sa daga, manika, masisikip na lugar atbp. Pero ako masasabi ko na ang tanging kinakatakutan ko ay maiwan. Oo tama, maiwan. Maiwan sa lakad, maiwan sa sakayan ng bus, maiwan ng nagtitinda ng ayskrim, maiwan ng jeep na last trip na, maiwan sa gitna ng ulan, maiwan.. MAIWAN.

Isang salita pero iba't iba ang ipinapahayag na depinisyon. Ano nga ba ang ibig sabihin ng salitang iwan? Ito ba 'yung kapag nagbreak kayo ng syota mo eh masasabi mong iniwan ka? O kaya eh pag tinawag mo yung magtataho pero di ka narinig at umalis na lang? --Pwede rin. Pero siguro sa ibang bagay ko ito ihahantulad.

IWAN. Napakadaling sabihin, siguro ay mahirap ding gawin? Isang salita pero naglalaman ng napakaraming kahulugan..

Lahat naman siguro tayo takot maiwan diba? Takot mawalan, takot mag-isa. Sino ba naman ang gugustuhing sa bilyon bilyong tao sa mundo, wala man lang maglalakas loob para makasama ka diba? Kasi lahat tayo nangangailangan ng makakasama, dahil wala namang nabubuhay para sa sarili lang.

Lahat ng takot ay nagsisimula sa isang dahilan.. Maaring sa mga karanasan mo o mga bagay na naengkwentro mo. Pero sabi nila bawat takot kailangan mong harapin para madaig mo yung takot mo. Sa tingin mo ba pag naharap mo na ito eh ayos na? Sa tingin mo ba kapag hinarap ka ng takot mo eh mawawala na ng tuluyan ang takot mo?

Ako takot maiwan, takot mag-isa, takot mawalan. Pero lahat ng ito ay naranasan ko na, ngunit di ko pa rin ito nasusupil mula sa buhay ko. Kumbaga eh hindi ko pa napapagtagumpayan ang takot ko. Maaring nilalabanan ko ngunit wala pa talaga ako sa punto na hindi na ko natatakot. Kasi naniniwala ako na hindi naman mawawala agad yung takot mo sa isang bagay kung di mo lalabanan at haharapin..

Maraming beses ko nang naranasan ang maiwan, mawalan at mag-isa. Iniwan ng magtataho habang hawak yung baso na paglalagyan niya, iniwan ng kalaro dahil tinawag na ng nanay niya, iniwan ng kaklase kasi uwian na.. Bukod pa riyan ang mas masakit ay iwan ka ng walang paalam. Iwan ka sa ere. Iwan ka na umaasa. IWAN. IWAN. IWAN. EWAN!

Masakit maiwanan lalo na kung di ka handa.. Dalawang taon na halos ang nakalipas ngunit buo pa rin ang alaala ko. Naalala ko pa kung paano ako iwanan ng tita ko, ng daddy ko at ng lola ko. Sunod sunod pa sila, nagsabay sabay ba? Di man lang nag-aya. Wala ngang paalam eh, basta bigla na lang nawala. Maraming pangako sa'yo at marami kang pangako sa kanila pero paano mo magagawa kung wala na sila?

Nakakatakot, oo pero kailangang harapin ang realidad. Pagtanggap at pagmulat sa mga mata na ang lahat ng nangyayari ay hindi lamang kathang isip o gawa ng matalinhagang imahinasyon. Kailangan labanan ang bawat takot kasi kapag nagpadala ang tao rito, siguradong talo. Naniniwala ako na mapapagtagumpayan ang kinakatakutan kung ito ay haharapin at lalabanan dahil hindi ka naman matatakot kung di mo kayang harapin. Naniniwala ako na kaya ito pinaparanas sa akin dahil kaya ko itong labanan at harapin.

Ikaw anong mga kinakatakutan mo? Saan ka natatakot? Paano mo ito haharapin?

Little Things

Little Things

By: Joyce Garcia

Pouting lips and uncombed hair,

Messy clothes that make people stare

And then you smile and all is fine

They start to get jealous because you’re mine

When you hold my hand my heart beats fast

This feeling is phenomenal, I hope it won’t last

Each time you stare I hear wild pounding

My heart's in a daze it singing and dancing

I feel at ease when we are together

Each day that passes my love for you grows stronger

I’m happy with you; I hope you feel the same way

The future may change so let’s just focus on today

During cold days you have a wide grin on your face

You always keep me warm with your solemn embrace

I pretend not to like it and I push you away

Yet you hug me tighter, I hope forever this way we stay

You do many things which I find irritating

But when you don’t do them those things I start missing

Crazy as it may seem but all I have said is true

For these are the little things I love about you