Lumiham at bumago ng buhay

LUMIHAM AT BUMAGO NG BUHAY

minsan, kailangan mong magsulat ng liham

at may mapagsabihan ka ng inaasam

baka iyon ang kailangan nang maparam

ang iyong mga sulirani't agam-agam

isulat mo ang iyong mga saloobin

o kung mayroong mabigat na suliranin

bawat problema'y may kalutasan, isipin

mo ito, at sa wastong tao'y talakayin

kahit nga sa pahayagan, may kolumnista

na nagbibigay ng payo sa may problema

o sa anumang institusyon, lumiham ka

malay mo, may nagbasa, isa man, pag-asa

simulan mo sa unang hakbang ang pangarap

sa kapwa'y tumulong nang walang pagpapanggap

baka may buhay kang mabago sa paglingap

at pagliham upang makaraos sa hirap

papel at plumang tangan mo'y iyong isulong

baka sa liham mo, kapwa mo'y makabangon

o sa kinasadlakang putik makaahon

liham mo, munti man, ay malaki nang tulong

- gregoriovbituinjr.

10.02.2023

I was born a Red October

I WAS BORN A RED OCTOBER

I was born on the second of October

like Mahatma Gandhi, actor Benjie Paras

classmate Angelo Arvisu, singer Sting

chess grandmaster Jonathan Spillman

a Libra who fight for social change

a writer who write in progressive page

a proletarian poet in politics engage

that in exploitative system feel rage

an activist who read Marx, the sage

I was born a Red October

I was born when French painter, chess

player and writer Marcel Duchamp died

I was born when protesting students

were killed by government forces in what

was known as the Tlatelolco massacre

I was born to continue their struggle

and the struggle of the working class

that's why I am an Spartan activist

that's why I am an environmental advocate

that's why I am a human rights defender

that's why I am a proletarian writer and poet

that's why I am and will always be

a Red October

- gregoriovbituinjr.

10.02.2023