@ I Quest- 'Me' Poem by Jordan Legaspi

At the break of the dawn I bid
Wisdom from the Book my only possession
To be ready for the long day quest
To have a steady heart and quick head
Be my armor and shield throughout the journey
From the ancient warrior who seizes’ vision

My feet hit the earth and started my day
On the stony road that seems of without end
While carrying bundle of luggage
The thoughts from the countryside youth
Wearing the heart with promises once engage
From the tribe seeking prosperity in life

Advance my search the narrow path hoping to find
A place after this endless quest
Where my dreams can toss the unfriendly night
And begin the building of the tower’-in
That was once blinded and enslaved but now arisen
From the fate prisoner of our own witlessness

Across the sea beyond the mountains
Where the shadow of the burning sun rests
I stayed for a moment and seek counsel to understand
The new life awaits me in the magnificent city
Whose only time can tell and be the measure-
For those hands works and feet that walks

I thought forever be forgotten- yet now lay before me
The spirit slowly fined its passageway out
From the ignorance that chained us
But never to me- poverty the reason of losing sight
Or the prejudice because I am from a family
Of no wealth to buy fancy cloth and shining shoes

Just face and challenge life the only reality
And laid it to the ground to bare fruit and multiply
Let the wind blows let fly of the leaves
But not the trunk that carries my vision that should not die
For so long my tears and sweat watered it since-
I saw death hit my land brought by the cruelty of men

And here comes the time to reap what I sow
-the seed I planted for seven years now in this university
-and bring the promised dignity to them praying with me
Where my tribe labored so hard without equal rights
And where my family fights against the tyrants-
Those enslave our people who cannot read nor write

I march with pride in my heart and hope in my eyes
Finally justice to my people I can start the reform
Against the monster the power of those foreigners
Who slowly driven us away in our own territory
The land were our ancestors found fertility and built our home
For it resides near to the sea with a welcoming beauty