My tribute to my hometown
A land of chrome
A valley of walls
A never ending rat race
A vast ocean of pure gray and black
You hold such exotic beauty
But tears of sorrow continues to flow through your face made
of asphalt
Your cemented fingers continue to reach for the core of the
sun
And yet dog feces are everywhere as if to say you’re still at
the bottom
Loudly, you here whispers of hatred and despise
Yet you strengthen your grounds like steel.
Steel that barricades you from the time long forgot
Your greatness runs through the greens and the browns
That you illuminate hope, bouncing from one glassed window to
the other
Scattering shreds of strength to those outside
Flames are burning in bright red,
Its heat radiates all over
And little moths that fly too close to you are left with
chard wings and broken dreams
Lucky are those who get to embrace your beauty from the time
of their beginning
For many aspire just to have a whip of the sweet aroma of
your stench
Your color is as filthy as smoke that you summon from the
mouths of your little minions
And yet you portray the vividness of a butterfly,
Soaring and spreading joy to everyone
You are on a pedestal towering over the others,
Laughing hysterically and forcing them,
Forcing them to dress like
the monochromatic-colorful you.
MANILIAR
October 18th, 2007 at 11:52 am
woah jazz! hehehehe! sabog ako ng binabasa ko ito kaya slight lang naiintindihan ko,, it’s 3 in the morning! :p
pero infairness… ito lang naiisip ko, you’re different from them.
la lang.. mamaya babasahin ko ulit tulog muna! hehehe! :p
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:16 am
Dahil sa dinedma mo ko sa ym, ibubuhos ko ang galit ko dito. Joookee! Hahah!
Adik ka, nagpapagawa ka saken ng tula e tignan mo naman tong gawa mo di ko maintindihan sa lalim! Mabusilak! Hahah! Hadik!
October 30th, 2007 at 3:51 am
hahaha!@ uy si phem nabuhay!1 snob ba si jazz sa ym?!?! hala… ang snob mo naman pala eh! hahahaha! at poem pala ito.. shemay! ngaun ko lang narealize.. nga pala hindi ko pa nababasa ulit… heheh! peace!
January 24th, 2008 at 1:27 am
omgaazz, jazz,
ur an official
blog addict! hahah..