"Despues de la muerte" (After the death)

"Despues de la muerte"

(A tribute to Dr. Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonzo y Realonda)

I see what you people do.

Cry no more for I am all with you.

All of these vile aliens will soon bid adieu.

You will soon have your freedom.

This, I promise. I truly do.

You alien foes should start to hide for now,

for what you did to me woke my fellowmen's inner ego.

I say to you, all of you are nothing but cowards.

You eliminated me. What wrong did I do? To my land i just stated a vow.

Funny it is to know that you think you're all gods in your skins that are all foul.

You killed me after greeting "Feliz Navidad".

And I was shot.

I was shot not because I did something bad.

I was shot because I wanted the Filipinos to see that you're all not doing the will of God.

I was shot but all I did was to write with a pen and a pad.

All I wanted to do was to make you all see what is right.

That a slave can't be a slave just by showing him your might.

That we are not slaves because of our flat nose, dark skin and short height.

I prayed that before I die, may you all understand why I write.

I waited for you to realize it until my last fight.

On that very day of the 30th of December,

I prayed with all my might.

"Heavenly father, por favor!  take care of the Filipinos.

Yo ofrezco mi vida por ellos." But all of a sudden,

"Fuego!"  and then I died.