Obed dela Cruz Poems

Discipline has a purpose in mathematics.
It goes beyond problem solving and statistics.
It’s more than knowing the values on a paper
Because it persuades you to have an adventure.
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Dear Nightingale, your voice is very sweet.
Believe me; I always want to hear it.
Don’t stop singing whether it’s night or day.
Left in awe, I have no more words to say.
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Father, You have cleansed and dried me so well
But this time, O I could not really tell
Back to the mud I go and there I play
I think that playing there would make my day.
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(For God I write this poem)

Never again shall I hide You in the shadow.
I’ll boast of You and shall always make you famous.
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Now I’m against deceitful scrolls for they just lie.
Scribed by hands whose owners are living with bloodguilt
And whose words are confused because to lies are built.
Now you live but these scrolls will teach you how to die.
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Broken statues, forgotten names, O so many!
Men and women with fame and great admirations
But now like book pages ripped off from history
To a forbidden room of crowning collections.
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(PS: PLEASE AVOID ANY CONFUSION OR CONTROVERSY. I AM WITH THE MOST NOBLE AND SINCERE INTENTIONS. THANK YOU.)

Though sanctu'ries be filled of murals and stained glasses,
But if Scriptures are not engraved deep within the heart,
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(Honestly, I wrote this with a bit of anger. Sorry for that, please forgive me and I forgive them who offended me both consciously and unconsciously.

I don’t want to release my anger through a poem that’s why I made the theme not about anger but about a message that I want to share. Never be blocked by other people’s selfishness and bad comments. Keep on writing for your improvement and for the better of the world and planet Earth. Write and share your works in a proper manner.)
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I don’t know if I’m wrong
But I see that few are strong.
Many are attacked by irrationality
And the youth is the target to have insanity.
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(Please, don’t take the poem so heavy and don’t misinterpret that I blame and am mad to the world. I just tried to use a different vocabulary. I do not speak of negative things here but I speak of hope and I try to convince everyone to make a stand and change the present world. Thank you very much)

When did the gorgeous world I knew become like this?
Once I thought these things would never ever happen
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