All shall be well

When overcome with anxiety

thinking of what is to come

and our plans seem not to materialize.

When overcome with grief

for the death and loss of loved ones

they occupy a better place than where we are.

When our hopes are gone

and all what we see is an obscurity

All shall be well.

All shall be well, all shall be well.

A promise we hold on

for all shall be shall.

A Fixation, a Challenge!

When time restricts

my movement and my thinking

I feel that something

should be freed in me

it is not liberating.

When I open my eyes

I wish to see 

my present and not past

the dual states of realities

bring sadness and pain.

When night comes

I want to be absorbed

by pleasant feelings and memories

how the day passed

and a new morn's coming.

Enough to Live By

Our life is never static in nature
the different movements and responses
give us sufficient data and information
to process and to give us a push
in our desire to grow and be different
we got enough to live by.

We learn our lessons hardly enough
but will not cause our death
it is the dying of something in us
that needs rebirth and regrowth
life is like a bonsai
we do need pruning and manicuring.

Weeding out and taking in
are movements we need to anticipate
and life is a constant learning
constancy in awareness
is a way to reaching out
the self that constantly changes.

I sing a song

In a melodious harmony of notes

I sing a song 

a song I'd like to sing.

It's a song that fills my heart

My ears begin to listen

it is a simple song.

A song I'd like to sing

To all beings 

who made life beautiful.

There's harmony, an integration

a song that lifts up the soul

it is a song I'd like to sing.

IMPERMANENCE

Impermanence is of profound importance
it's not something easy to learn
it's practical to learn to live.

Impermanence is an invitation
not to cling on anything or anyone
we live on a temporal basis.



I try to live on a daily basis
nothing to hold or keep me
from moving onward.

Like a river with its flowing water.
I allow my soul to be flown
to its resting place.

TO ALL MOTHERS

A million thank you's
each mother deserves to receive
from children you reared
to become who they are
architects of the future
sailors in the journey
neophytes in the profession
victorious at the end.

To all mothers
we love and adore you
a life of selflessness
sacrifices and care
to the children and grandchildren
who came from you
and wherever you are
we keep you in our hearts.

I SMELL THE EARTH

I took the earth on my hand
touched and smelled its fragrance.

I smiled at the earth
as I performed my tai-chi.

A wondrous gift in spring
with meadows green.

Birds melody never ends
welcoming the day.

FLIGHTS AND REALITIES

My recent flight to Guatemala

scared the living daylights out of me

a dream in the evening

made me screamed "Oh my Gosh" 

3 times I did

and 3 times I did in the actual flight.

A sudden lowering of altitude 

on a turbulent mountain area

cooled down my body temperature

and a sweltering sensation

made me pray endlessly

but confident it won´t be the last.

I tend to flee realities

when pain goes beyond my capacity

and reasons could not explain why

Now I do believe that reality 

is meant to make us strong person

and in the Divine that holds us through.

AKIN NG MAKAMTAN

Abot kamay na langit
akin kitang pagyayamanin
pipilitin na di mawala
kasaganaa´y maging angkin.


Kaloob na katapat
tatanggapin kitang maluwat
upang aking makamtan
init ng ´sang tagumpay.

Tagumpay na isang hamon
ay di magiging mailap
bagkus ay parang ulap
na hihimlay sa kanluran.

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.