Voices
Tuesday, November 6, 2007The voices are crystalline.
Once you have taken away
Your aimless illusions,
You will hear them:
The reverberating chants;
The whimpering sandals;
The tense muscles
Of the hungry,
The angry,
The weary
Who seek
Justice and Truth.
You will hear them:
The flying bullets;
The emptying chambers;
The sickening thud
Of bodies
Hitting the pavement.
You will hear them:
The whispering remorse;
The lingering regret;
The clanging bottles
Of spirits
Who seek
Any semblance of Peace.
You will hear them:
The grinding teeth;
The clenching fists;
The roaring fire
In the bellies
Of those who seek
Retaliation.
alam mo bang kamag-anak ni D yon? hehehe 