Hangal na Puso

Ang puso ay may pakiramdam

paghahangad na nagpupumiglas

gustong abutin pero madulas

nagpipilit kahit panandalian.

Hangal na puso, walang isip

Di natuto ayaw lubayan

Bakit kahit lamang apuhap

ng sandali mangyaring angkinin.

At sa bawat paglipas ng bukas

ang ngayon ay siyang pagyamanin

upang ng sa gayon 

bawat sandali ay walang bakas.

O pusong hangal, nawaý matuto

kalokohan at kabobohan

itapon at mangyaring tapusin

karunungan ay likas sa ´tin.

Peace amidst disaster

Recalling a dream I dreamed of 

a day before the disaster in Japan

stunned me another time

why could the scene of tsunami

would appear in my dream

I was in the scene

then a sudden appearance

of water, a big tsunami was behind me

I woke up, prayed

begun to remember Japan.

I woke up, unusual hour

2:00 o´clock in the morning

the news about earthquake

and tsunami appeared in the news

I´m stunned, no deaths reported yet.

It was unbelievable how disaster

of this kind, huge as it is

have claimed the lives of people

living beings and material things

everything on its path--- destroyed.

No word to complete the puzzle

the dream is a message

peace within me, around me

in the midst of disaster

everything turns out for good.

Mabiyayang buhay

Aanhin ko ang mga bagay bagay

na di nagbibigay ng malayang buhay

at kahulugan sa aking paglalakbay.

Mga bagay bagay na ´king nasusumpungan

inaabot at pilit pinagyayaman

samantalang ako ay nilalamon.

Hawak hawak ng aking kamay

mga bagay bagay na nagbibigay buhay

kaloob na yaman at iba´t ibang kulay.

Palipat lipat at palipad lipad

tadhana ng buhay dala dala´y palad

ng buhay biyaya at walang katulad.

Mind absorbed

Have you got a sense 

being lost in a crowd

as your mind travels

as far as it could.

Have you been lost

as your mind absorbs

different plane and perhaps

it ables to see more.

As this state occurs

the sense of stability 

comes to a fore

to find our roots.