Abby Bilan Poems

I am a student of yesterday's virtues,
A dreamer of today's creations.
Someday, I'll be a great statue,
Of poetry's modern satisfactions.
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The warzone beckons me, always
So I fear to die, I refuse
Counting my numbered days
Seeking for unspoken news
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Behind your eyes, I see
Your love, your pain
You are safe, in thee
Your grace bonds your name
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The way how I compete,
I promise, I'll compete.
All it's challenge,
Sure I'll acknowledge.
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Because I have the ability,
Raising the flag of impossibility:
That thing that is unknown,
Keeps the heart of my own.
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Ako an saemong aki, Nay.
Na bakong hale sa sadiri kong Ina.
Mga anghel kan Diyos an nagdara
Sa sinapupunan hale sa kalangitan
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We're five before,
Why now four?
We're incomplete anyway,
It's your fault, I say.
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Weeping children of the nation
Sorrow of the poor
The people's temptations
Resisted by the wealth's rootless tours
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I've been waiting for a thousand times,
And achieved so my rhymes.
I've travelled so far a thousand miles,
And held my patience,
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Kaydaming pagsubok,
Sa aking isipan ay tumutumpok.
Aking pagkakamali ay laging iniisip,
Ito ri'y bumubisita maging sa aking panaginip.
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