Obed dela Cruz Poems

Streams of water that give a drink for this Fertile Land,
Gushed from the scars of an Unblemished Life’s given best.
Though Eden is buried under tiny grains of sand,
This New Garden, this Vineyard flourished above the rest.
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It’s the season when jew’ls are found in a hero’s rest,
When truest honor is cradled, guarded with life’s whole.
For above all rewards we knew, breathes a grander best
That should be sought for the innermost part of the soul.
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(Read this poem as if God is being poetic with you)

In the Unseen Chambers where most expect it the least,
Where no one else could see the miracles that wonder.
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If flowery words are being planted
And not just being driven by the air
I think that this world won’t be disgusted.
It will be a picture that we can bear.
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Arise O great pearl kingdom of the east
Wake up and destroy the devouring beast.
Land and sea monsters may come and draw nigh.
Be scared not of their roars and they will die.
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Loki, you’re just a story
Told in the past history.
You are always a fiction.
You shall not bring destruction.
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I observe some people
And they feel squeezed like pimple.
For them, peace
Does not exist.
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(Original :)

May mga nagsasabi dyan sa kanto
Na naglaho na daw ang Inyong silbi.
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Do not raise your heavy metal hand against any person
Because you may find yourself in a terrible condition.
Don’t take advantage of it, or else something bad may happen.
You may lose all that you want and possess all of a sudden.
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Dear grasshopper,
When was the last time you acted not selfishly?
When shall you work not just for the sake of your “me”?
When shall this aching world benefit your goodness?
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