A POEM FOR LIBYA

Libya was a part of African Country

Wherein it was located in the northern part of Egyptian community

It was then a silent city

But we were shocked of what is the news today.

Libya was now destructed by angry individual

Who wants to be free from the old precedential?

Many citizens have wasted their lives

Because of these non sense political rites.

Do the people saw what they are doing?

They don’t know that many are suffering

Because of the selfishness and hungry of the power

Many had cried and many did not survive

Love is the only thing they need

In order for the country to be developed and succeed

People should think of what are the beneficial to others

And stop this foolishness and start to hug one another

Now, Libya are starting to collapsed

Hopefully, one day, war will now be stopped

So that, children in the future will not be afraid

In continue to live in a life that was full of hope and love.

Hindi Tayo Para sa Isa’t-isa

(kwentula ni: Orlan Doromal Tabuada Jr)

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Dose anyos palang ng tayo’y naging magsyota

Pinigilan ko ang aking sarili dahil meron akong isang salita

Kaya naman ng naiwan tayong dalawa sa bahay ni Tita

Umiwas akong tumabi sayo dahil baka hidi ko makaya

Tinago natin sa ating mga kamag-anak at ating pamilya

Na ako at ikaw ay nagmamahalan na

Kasi naman, tayong dalawa ay magkamag-anak  pala

Kaya naman, iniwasan natin ang isat-isa

Limang taon tayong hindi nagkita

Dahil kinailangan nating maghiwalay para sa kanila

Kaya naman ng nalaman  ko na ako’y iiwan mo na

Hindi ako nagdalawang isip na itanan kita

Nagalit ang lahat sa atin ng tayo’y lumayo

Tiniis nalang natin at kailangan magtago

Oo masakit, pero mas hindi ko kakayanin

Kung mawala ka sakin at ang baby nating paparating

Ng ako’y naghahanap ng trabaho para mabuhay ko kayo

Meron tumawag sakin, at ang sabi “Hoy! Gago!”

Nabigla ako at kumaripas ng takbo

Akala ko kung sino, yun pala ang otol ko

Ilang saglit ay narealize ko

Na ang tinig palang iyon, ay galing sa otol ko

Binalikan ko sya kung saan ako nanggaling

Kaya lang ako’y minalas dahil wala na ang otol kung magaling

Unang gabi natin ng tayo’y nagsama

At ang pakiramdam ko ay ang saya-saya

Kahit saan man tayo magpunta

Magiging Masaya ako sa piling mo sinta

Dalawang buwan palang ng tayo’y nag live-in

Pero bakit kaya ang pakiramdam ko’y ayaw mo na sa akin

Madalas mo akong ina-away

Siguro’y gusto mo lang akong palaging nasa bahay

Nung una, ay naiitindihan pa kita

Pero ng naglaon ay, ako’y nasasakal na

Siguro nga’y totoo ang sabi nila

Na hindi madali ang maging batang ama

Kaya naman, ng ako’y lumuwas ng Maynila

Bigla mo akong tinawagan at sinabing “ako’y aalis na”

Ako’y nabigla sa iyong sinabi

At napaiyak na lamang sa isang tabi

Limang taon ang nakalipas

At yumaman narin ako sa wakas

Binalikan kita at ang ating anak

Kaya nga lang ako’y nabigla sa kanilang inulat

Namatay na ang babeng pinkamamahal ko

Sakit daw niya’y cancer sa bato

Yun pala ang kanyang naging dahilan

Kung bakit niyang naisip na akoy iniwan

Ngayon, malaki na ang anak natin

At naisip ko na siya ay dalhin

Sa tahanan na sana’y aming titirhan

At ikaw Hanna na lubos kung minahal

Siguro nga’y hindi kami para sa isa’t-isa

Kayan naman ay napagisip-isp ko na

Kailangan ko nalang pagtu-unang pansin

Walang iba, kung hindi ang prinsesa namin

***THE END***

Highschool Love

(kwentula ni: Orlan Doromal Tabuada Jr.)

Ako’y isang highschool student

Hindi gwapo, hindi mayaman pero talagang mabait

Kahit sabi ng mga kaibigan ko, akoy hindi pangit

Eh anong magagawa ko, kung yun ang sabi ng salamin naming mapanglait

Akala ko’y okay na ang maging matalino

Yun pala, kailangan ding maging gwapo

Para naman mapansin ako ng crush ko

At maramdaman ko din ang salitang “I Love You”

Kaya naman  isang araw

Nakita ko ang crush ko na ang kagandahan ay talagang nakakasilaw

Bumili siya sa aming maliit na tindahan

Ng isang softdrink at isang masarap na ulam

Habang siya ay paparating

Hinihingal ako na para bang hinahabol ng pating

At ng ibinuka niya ang kanyang namumulang labi

Parang ang sarap kagatin na parang mansanas na Fuji

“Pabili po ng softdrink” ang sabi niya sa akin

Hindi ako nakasagot dahil sa tinig niyang napakalambing

“Meron po ba kayong softdrink?” tanong niya ulit sa akin

“Aba OO” sagot ko sa kanya ng napakatulin

Siguro’y nahalata niya na ako’y kinakabahan

Kaya naman, dali-dali siyang umalis sa aking harapan

Nabigla ako sa kanyang ginawa

Kaya naman, sinundan ko siya at iniiwasan na akoy kanyang Makita

Kinabukasan, habang ako’y nag-aaral sa aming library

May narinig akong nagsasalit na para bang tinig ng babae

Hinanap ko siya para siya’y aking Makita

Ako’y nabigla dahil ang crush ko pala na si “Angela”

Naglakas loob akong pumunta sa kanya

At nag-usap kami na para bang close friend na niya

Natuwa ako at napangiti

Kaya nayakap ko siya at nahalikan sa labi

Sinampal niya ako at sinuntok

Hindi pa siya nakontento at hinampas ba ang aking batok

Humingi ako ng tawad at ako’y nagmamaka-awa

Kaya nga lang, nagalit siya sa akin at ako’y kinawawa

Simula noon ako’y kinalaban na niya

 At kung minsan, ay minumura pa

Kahit ganon pa ang kanyang approach sa akin

Mamahalin ko parin siya at nangangakong hindi papaiyakin

Sa wakas, ga-graduate na kami

Kaya nga lang, hindi ako masyadong happy

Dahil hindi pa niya ako napapatawad

Kahit apat na taon na ang nakalipas

Binigyan ko siya ng isang sulat

Hindi ko inakala na ito’y kanyang isisiwalat

Inaamin ko na ako’y napahiya

Dahil sa kanyang ginawa

Kaya naman, hinila ko siya sa stage at piniwersang binaba

Kahit maraming tao ang nakakakita

Hindi ko na kasing makayanan  ang kanyang pinag-gagawa

Kaya naman nadala ko siya sa CR na hindi pa gawa

Sumisigaw siya na para bang niri-rape ko siya

Kaya naman nahalikan ko ulit siya

Pero bakit parang gusto na niya

Kaya nagpatuloy kami sa aming ginagawa

Tumagal ng limang minuto ang aming paghahalikan

At ng siya’y aking magisnan

Hindi na luha ang aking nagisnan

Kung hindi ang malambot niyang ngiti na parang unan

Simula noon, kami na ay officially “ON”

Dahil sa nangyari sa loob ng CR noon

Ngayon ay third year college na kami

At masasabi kong our relationship is becoming stronger everydayJ

***THE END***

           

THE LAST TIME I SAW HER

The last time I saw her,

I can still see her beautiful smile.

The last I saw her,

She never had been out of my mind.

The last time I saw her,

I was mad because I forgot her name.

The last time I saw her,

I was mad because she forgets what was my name.

The last time I saw her,

She’s told me that she love me.

The last time I saw her

She gives me her hug and she cried at me.

The last time I saw her,

She was sitting at her balcony.

The last time I saw her,

She never had been stop in believing.

Until the last time I saw her

She holds my hand and say thank you for me

Because the last time I saw her

That was the last time she could spend her life living with me.

A letter from John

He was one of my best friends, his name was John, and he always makes me laugh and smile. I can’t forget him, every day in my life, I always think about him because, if not because of him, maybe right now, I can’t see and experience the beautiful side of life. He was one of my inspirations to continue my dreams, and he was then the reason why I become a successful man today. After that accident, I can still remember that he gave me a letter and that letter was from John. I read it again and this was the contained of his letter.

Dear best,

       From the moment that we became friend, you always make me strong by the things that you said and the promises that you promise to me. You know that I’m not that good in making a letter, but I really tried my best to do this.

We cannot deny the fact that I grow up in a world that was so mean to me. Remember that time when I saw you at the bridge? You ask me to help you, to find your home, but I did not help you because I can’t understand what you are saying. You were 7 years of age that time. I always laughing when you said that you will be die if you cannot see your mom and dad, and you always got mad if I did that. Remember those times when I always using you to get a food from the store of Mrs Rosario? She always wanted us to be in jailed but she can’t do it because of you. With your cute smile and cute face, no one in the village wants us to be thrown.

Since then, I choose you to stay with me. Until such time, I did not tell you that I already found your home. Even though I know that your mother was totally upset of what had happen, I still choose to shut my mouth. I know it was a sin, but I don’t want to be alone again and I don’t want you to leave me in this miserable life. Maybe I was that so desperate to make you stay and I was so selfish, but that is not my point. You make my day lovelier than it seems and you make my life so colourful. I hope you understand, I consider you now as my best friend and forever we will be best.

I think I have to end up my letter at this point, because i don’t want to remember all of the moment that we had because it only makes my tears fall. Always remember, pray before you sleep and before you eat for the Lord always blesses those person who always calling his name.

Thanks for the memorable moment, and now that you return to your original home, I hope your dreams will come true and thank you for the offer, I really can’t accept it because it was, for me, the only way to say sorry to you and to your family. Thanks for being with me for about 6 years, it was a great experience. Love your parents ok?

Always be there for you,

John

This was my favourite letter; I always read it before I will go to the office, now that I already 24 years old, I now understand him, why he keeps on telling me about life and about family. Before he dies on a car accident, because he was hit by a car, this word was never removed out of my mind. Before I sleep, it always coming back, the good memories, that’s why every time when I go to sleep, I can’t help to cry. He was then a very good friend, a very good best friend and no one can replace him in my heart and in my soul. He was my idol and the letter that is in my hand, was the letter from John.

WHEN I SAY GOODBYE TO YOU

When I say goodbye to you

You never knew how hard to make it through

Loving someone like you

Is the happiest thing that I ever do?

When I say goodbye to you

My heart stop in beating so

You told me that I have to leave you

But what will I do if I still love you?

When I say goodbye to you

You told me that it’s hard for you

But why is it when I look at you

It seems that you’re happy to know that I will finally give up on you

I never see you for almost a year

Thank God, because I finally leave the tears

Now, I found the girl that I will love for the rest of my life

And hopefully, you found yourself in the midst of eternal life.

I Love You because I Kissed You

Before I enter the room, I hear boys laughing, I don’t know what they are doing but one thing for sure they’re really having fun. I slowly open the door and then I found out that they are making bully of one of my classmate. I save her and I decided to bring her to the one of my favourite place in our school. I saw her smile and I realized that she’s cute but that time I have a girlfriend that I loved very much. I ask her why they are doing that to her, then she replied to me “because of my appearance, I guess” in my mind I said “obviously” but I choose to say good things about her. I know that she’s beautiful If only she has a friend who could help her to change her appearance. She was actually wearing a big eye glass with colourful dress then flat shoes. When you look at her, she really looks like a Christmas tree girl but I did not tell it to her because I’m afraid that I can hurt her feelings.

          Two years later, me and my girlfriend are getting stronger everyday because I know in myself that I love her, but one day when I was buying at the mall I saw my girlfriend with the other guy. I don’t know what will I do, should I talk to her and ask her who’s that man? Or I will just ignore it, maybe that was just her brother or one of her friend but I think it’s not, they are holding their hands and they are so sweet.  I call my bestfriend what should I do, then she advices me to look for my girlfriend and follow them wherever they will go with that guy.

          As I following them, they enter in the movie theatre and I still follow them. Because the place was really dark I really can’t see them and I just decided to sit and watch for the movie for a while, it was a romantic movie, suddenly, I get irritated with the two people sitting beside me, when I  look at them, I catch them kissing. I ask them two stop what they are doing, when the girl turns her head to me, I was shock!  that was my girlfriend! I immediately stand and went outside; I ran to my car and decided to leave the place. I went to my favourite place and I shout and shout. After sometime, there was a girl who stands beside me and she told me “are you okay?”  I did not reply to her because in the first place I don’t know that girl. I walk and the girl shouts “thank you!” my feet immediately stops, I turn my head and I ask her “for what?” then she ran after me then she told me “for giving me my confidence, and for giving me the hope that I could find a man that will truly love me” by then, I recognized her smile “it was you! How are you?” “I’m doing great! How about you?” then we talk for about 15 minutes, and then I decided to go.

          After that day, I decided to move to other place so that I could get easily recover from the pain, I move to the house of my brother, and after three days, I found out that one of our neighbour is the cute girl that I save in our school. We became friends, and we used to do fishing and biking. After a month, I and my ex-girlfriend are starting to build our relationship again, and I decided to go back to my place. Fifteen minutes before I leave, I go to the house of my friend, Jenny (the cute girl that I save and the girl whom I became bestfriend) to say goodbye to her, when I knock at their door, nobody answering me, since the door is open, I enter the house and look for Jenny, when I was at her room I saw a notebook and I read the message that she wrote for me and this was the message “I even give up my work just to follow you wherever you will go because I want to see you every day, this house, it’s not my house nor my parents’ house, I just rent this house so that I could see you always. I thought, you already forget that girl because she hurt your feelings, I know from the very beginning that she was cheated on you I just decided to say nothing against her because I know that you still love her. I sacrifice my own happiness, you don’t know how hard for me to talk to you and laugh with you that seem nothing feelings involve. When you told me that you want me to be your bestfriend, I said yes, even though I want more than your friend, I want to be you girl, I want to love you and I want that you love me too but I guess it will not be happening. Now, that you will go back to her, there’s nothing that I could do, because I know that you really love her but me? You never did! I’m sorry if I did not say this to you personally, but I love you Orl, I really did, please be happy always and be safe always. Hope you will be happy with her, thank you and take care. I have to say goodbye to you”.

          Tears fall from my eyes and I search for her, then I saw her in our favourite place. When I’m about to reach her, she ask me when will I’ll be going to go back in my house. I did not answer her, she stand and turns her head then she cry “you already read that? I guess I don’t have something to say, be happy and take good care, best” then she walks. I stop her and kiss her “why you don’t tell me, all I know is that, you have a boyfriend” then she chuckle “I just make a story so that you will not be bother anymore”. “Bother? You don’t know how I want to kiss you and hug you; you don’t know how hard to keep these feelings that I feel for you. You don’t know how hard for me to say that I want you to be my bestfriend well in fact, the truth is, I want you to be my girl” then she slap me, “liar! Me? You want me to be your girl? How about your girlfriend? How about Ivy?” then silence came, after a minute “I thought, I still love her, but I was wrong, so wrong, after I read your letter, I realized that I love you also” she looks at me then she cried, I try to comfort her but she push me away, then she looks at me again with that killer smile, I hug her and she ask me “do you really love me?”. I did not reply to her but instead I kiss her and I ask her “do you think, I will be doing all of this like kissing you, if I don’t love you?” then she smile at me.

***THE END***