By: Wilbert Laforteza
Serenity aloft the water's pristine lay
Sham of simplicity rakes the day
As twilight cuddles the darkness
Light flicks to paint hope in life.
Reverie brings opulence
Grandiose stature may be reached
Glamorous castles shall be owned
Yet, all are imaginations while in a shanty.
Rich men shall see what is ours
Shall experience living in scraps
In a messy creek soaked in poverty
In a place cannot even be called our property.
Despondence shall take no virulence
So humility be replaced with holocaust
Simple life and dream shall be the only possession
Yet, dignity is preserved in such an adversary.
Who's to blame for impoverished fate?
Decision? Ours or theirs?
Why not pick misery or prosperity?
What defines the beauty of a mansion and a shanty?
No less than the gleam of optimism
In a lighted abode sublimes
Wrecked is the house...not fiery as is
But, who lives in perhaps are disciples of love.
Commoners reflect common Filipinos
Housed in murky waters of aghast
Still, humility is not forgotten...
So to speak...cites a modest national status.#
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Twilight: Mundanes in a Shanty
PoetryThis a motivational poem I wrote during an impromptu poetry competition. This poem won 2nd Place in the held Higher Education Regional Press Conference last 2011 at Batis Aramin Hotel, Lucban Quezon. The said poem garnered an entry to the Luzonwide...
