Di ba nakakasawa?

Kapag paulit-ulit ang pagtatanong
paulit-ulit na sagot
at palaging ganyan na lamang?

Nakakarindi minsan
kung bakit ang di mo nais mangyari
ang siyang nangyayari?

At ang bagay na gusto mo
at talagang gustong-gusto
ang siyang di makamit?

(isang drama sa buhay lamang ito).

Kapayapaan ng Pagtitiwala

Pagtitiwala sa sarili
sa aking kapwa-tao
lalo na sa lumikha
may dulot na kapayapaan
sa aking pagkatao.

Walang nawawala
walang itinatapon
bagkus ay may hatid
kapayapaan ng buhay
sa mundong ginagalawan.

Kay sarap abutin
lasapin yaring kapayapaan
sa kabila ng kaguluhan
di matitinag ang kalooban
sa tiwalang abot-kamay.

Un Amor Loco

Un amor loco

te das cuenta es necesario

para aprender nuevamente

y amar como nunca amaste.

Un amor loco

te amargas y te endulzas

pero nunca tú caigas

tal vez te apoyaras a crecer.

Un amor loco

te haces sentir muy estupida

te das cuenta es necesario

para aprender amar

y valer esta necesidad humana.

Stopping and Seeing

It takes time to open
and  receive our gifts
the gift of knowing
what word means
stopping and seeing in zen.

In my own experience
of not knowing
not thinking what you know
stopping means cessation
and seeing is contemplation.

Stopping my delusions
and seeing the truth
is quite a mind shaking
spinning and twirling
until I reach the axis.

Always Different

Today is not yesterday

this moment will not be the same

there is difference 

and always be different.

Yet I still need to compare

and expect it will be the same

there is difference 

will always be different.

It's my mundame mind and eyes

that see the sameness 

but there is difference

is always different.

Urging and Surging

When I want to do something
or be someone else
it comes from an urging
a forceful movement
that needs to be responded to.


From time to time
the surging of the creative
and positive energy
open to us the horizon
to become a new person.

My Mom is Smilin'

I saw her smile from out there
looking at us with great fondness
around her, my father
and 2 other siblings.

My mom is smilin' at us
from out there triumphantly
joyously had conquered life
a promise now at hand.

My mom is smilin'
happy where she is
happy where we are
my mom is smilin' at us.




"on the 85th birth anniversary of my mom"

Empty Cup

When my empty cup
is filled with my morning coffee
I feel the warmth
as it reaches my empty stomach.

There is the movement
of pouring and emptying
a satisfaction of life
and the perk of the day.

Life needs to be empty
left to be filled with
what is there inside
that gives the perk of life.

Our Strength Comes from God

Left alone we get withered

the power we have as own

is limited by human elements

and extended by will power.

However our strength 

comes from our God

who is the source of our being

and our becoming.

When my faith fails me

God still believes in us

a power that perhaps save us

from self pity and destruction.