Mabuhay Philippines! Poem by Cynthia Buhain-baello

Mabuhay Philippines!



Though my country is at its lowest
I firmly believe that it will ably pass the test

Though the nations will grope in financial needs
My country's resources its people will feed.

We have plenty of water and our seas produce fish
Our land grows everything and its womb is not selfish

We can make our food in all natural growth
We can harvest the best fruits the world ever sought

They say we are poor yet our malls are all selling
Our people have cellphones, the latest cars they're buying.

The investors are coming here, realty business is booming
Condominums fast rising and like mushrooms a-blooming.

We have pearls in our seas, we have gold in our mountains
Our silver is the best and its sources are a bargain

Our people are poor but they live life with great smiles
With dance, music, and song and prayer all the while

We survive those disasters because of our character
The 'Bayanihan' spirit- we look after each other

With all our workers spread throughout the world
We don't even need government, we manage well we are told.

Our heroes are many, too many to enumerate
From Paeng Nepomuceno, Manny Pacquiao to date,

To Lea Salonga and our Charize Pempengco
To Efren 'Bata' Reyes and the rest you all know.

There is now black propaganda against my dear country
Prejudice in foreign media laced in utter mediocrity

But the irony of it all is the evident truth
Like dominoes they are falling one by one they follow suit.

A nation's wealth is its people and its natural resources
Its land and its values, its direction, and its goodness.

God bless the Philippines and its people!













Copyright Cynthia Buhain Baello
March 11.2010
Philippines

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