Filipino: Wikang Mapagbago by Laarni M. De Castro

Filipino: Wikang Mapagbago

 Wikang nakasanayan tila ba nakaligtaan na
Sa Pagdaan ng panaho'y isinasantabi na
Wikang parati nating sinasambit 
Unti unting nawawala ang kapit. 

Paano nalang ang magandang kumonikasyon?
Kung ang wika na ating pundasyon ay kinakalimutan na sa paglipas ng panahon
Wikang sumasalamin sa atin ay dapat nating pagtibayin 

Upang mapasaatin ang ating mga mithiin. 
Kaya tayong mga Pilipino ay dapat ng matuto
Sa iniwan ng ating mga ninuno dito dapat tayo mabuo
Wikang pangkalahatan ating pakaingatan 

Sama-sama na tayong mamulat sa katotohanang ang wika ang ating sandigan. 
Wika natiy panatilin sa ating puso't isipan upang sa gayon ay magkaintindihan 
Wikang siyang nakagisna'y patuloy na pagyamin,
Sa pagtahak ng mga adhikain wika'y gamitin, tiyak itoy mararatingKaya wika ay pahalagahan at patuloy na payabungin. 

WIKANG MAPAGBAGO

WIKANG MAPAGBAGO

Wikang isinapuso at itinatak sa diwa

Ngunit wikang sadyang nakaka-awa,

Ang wikang minahal at kinagisnan ng karamihan,

Ang wika na ngayo’y unti-unti ng kinamulatan,

Tila ba tayo ay humaling sa wikang banyaga,

Upang ang ating wika ay atin ng mabalewala,

Wikang kumikilala sa ating kasarinlan,

Ay unti-unti ng namamatay ng hindi natin namamalayan,

Dahil sa ating sariling kapabayaan,

At kawalan ng utang na loob sa wikang nagbuklod sa ating mamamayan,

Wikang atin dapat paalagahan at ingatan,

Ngayo’y naghihingalo na at nawawalan na ng halaga.

Ngunit wikang pambansa ay sadyang kahanga-hanga,

Wikang nagbubuklod sa mga mamamayan,

Lumalaban sa kabila ng makabagong panahon,

Sinuong ang malakas na hagupit upang manatiling matatag,

Wikang Pambansa ay salamin ng bawat pilipino,

Lumalaban sa kabila ng kahirapan,

Di padadaig sa kahit na kanino,

Yan ang wika ko, wika mo, wika natin lahat, lumalaban sa makabagong panahon.

Silhouette by Camille Canonoy

Silhouette 
by Camille Canonoy

It’s in there. Snacking every inch of you, the silhouette that cannot be erased. It’s in there. Slowly partaking you. It’s in there. “anybody please help me!” you uttered, but no one can hear you. No one can help you except YOU. It’s in there and it’s slowly getting into your veins until it reaches your heart.

Run, run, run as fast as you can but you can’t escape it because it’s IN there. It is the silhouette that slowly absorbing you. The silhouette that only your own light can cure it and yes, it can be cured but no one can help you but only you. It is the silhouette that caused by disappointments, because someone did not meet your expectations. Caused by rejection and neglection. It is the silhouette that change you into a horrible beast. Silhouette that made you do the things that you shouldn’t, the silhouette that giving you too much hatred. The silhouette that taking you away from your loved ones. Yes, that silhouette is anger.

Anger that is slowly taking the light from you. Silhouette from the past, and it messing up the present. You keep on hiding but it hides with you. You keep on running but it runs with you. So darling, STOP. Please STOP. Breathe and LET GO. It feels you’re heading for the light, but as you run, it gets further, STOP. Stop chasing the light, let it chase you.

Let the monster inside you stop manipulating you, for now, breathe and let go. Let go of the greediness in you. Let go of everything that made that silhouette even more stronger. Let go and let the light be the cure. The light that the silhouette taken from you and that light is the forgiveness, the love and the faith you have. Let the light shines from within and kill the monster. For now, just keep on breathing and keep on fighting. Live the life to the fullest, keep on dreaming and never ever let that silhouette ruled over you again.