Cynthia Buhain-baello Poems

Definite is the term I use
For the end of all mortal men
Inevitably it happens like the news
No one lives forever, that's given.
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Where the heart is, there lies
The meaning of one's every breath,
The inner joy seen in the eyes
A cause one wills to pay with death.
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Weaving many threads of varied colors
Completes a pictured tapestry,
When viewed it somehow tells us more
Than what the eye can merely see.
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Writing of death this Christmas?
How morbid the thoughts for the season!
Whatever happened to the fun that was?
We forgot merriment was the reason?
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There are dreams for my country
I may not live to see,
Hopes that my people will be truly free!
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Buo ang loob, di matinag
Ang Totoo, kanyang inihayag.
Lumaban sa paraan ng pluma
Maging ang buhay inialay niya.
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Panahon pa ng Kastila
Sinasampal ka na sa mukha,
Binulag ang mata
Upang hindi mo makita-
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Atin ngang pag-isipan
Kung bakit sa ating bayan
Hirap at kasakiman
Tila hindi na lumisan?
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WHY FIND IT SO HARD TO COME TO JESUS?

Grief and sorrow overwhelm the victim,
No healing balm from his gods received.
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An old woman's photograph speaks
A thousand words in eloquence
Read her eyes, they may look weak
But the stories they tell are immense.
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