Obed dela Cruz Poems

To the people where freedom exists, I write
That you will use more than your strength and your might,
In order to have justice and make things right,
So that the place you dwell be pleasant in sight.
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Mga Tagalog na tula,
Mga tulang Pilipino,
Huwag kayong mawawala
Kayo’y kailangan dito.
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I found myself enjoying wormwood’s bitterness
Thinking that it is the sweetest life can give me.
For too long I partook the bread of dire falseness
Knowing falsely that I ate life’s delicacy.
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(There was an army which was composed of grown-ups (both men and women) . It was an army that was skillful in using swords, spears, bows, and arrows; it was an army where all members knew how to use their armors. They had enough knowledge on how to have combat with an enemy; they fit physically.

Now, this army engaged in a battle wherein their skills and armors they found that those were not enough. They were shocked because this battle where they engaged in never happened before. They could not make a strike, their arrows are not enough and their shields cannot shield them any longer… all that they know and have is not enough to win.
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Be humble
Even in your greatness.
Be noble
Even if in you own the stars.
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The younger years may fade but childhood remains within
Like a constant trace which can never be erased by time.
Always bound to a paradise that is evergreen
Where all poets never lose any enchanting rhyme.
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For my God, family, and nation.

When I am down and am filled with troubles,
Torments, terrors, destruction, and rejection
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Earth used to be an immortal garden
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Your words shall and will never flatter.
Instead of weakness You give power.
Your eyes will ever shine so brightly.
All that I see pays You courtesy.
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Letting go of the things that are mortal
For a life promised to be eternal
Is never foolishness if you’ll ask me.
With that, I have the best security.
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