TO MY LEARNERS

T - eaching you will always be

O - ne of the best experiences for me

M - emories I'll always keep

Y - ou're like my children I love so deep

L - essons, I wish you keep in hearts

E - very sermon, every spank that hurts

A - pain for me too if you but know

R - emember always that you must grow

N - ever give up, you'll make it through

E - ventually, though we may part

R - emember you'll always be in my heart

S - eeing you succeed shall be my delight

THANK YOU TEACHERS

T - hank you is all we can say

H - ow can we ever repay

A - mentor, a parent, a friend like you

N - ever tiring to guide us through

K - indness, compassion, your love so true

Y - ou're such a blessing

O - ne of a million things

U - nselfish, loving and so amazing

T - ouching our lives, you always care

E - ach patience you bear

A - ll the lessons you share

C - oaching us to be at our best

H - elping us to pass each test

E - mbedded within are lessons to ponder

R - embering and grateful will be these learners

S - uch a teacher like you worth more than a treasure

J.T. D.

J - ust unexpectedly,

A - man like you came

B - arely someone I knew

B - ravely asking for my hand

A - lot of questions linger

R - ushing my heart perplexed

T - o Allah I prayed

A - guidance to help me decide

N - ow I know why we're destined

G - etting to know you more

G - ot me love you even more

O - verlooking my flaws; you did

R - recognize the best in me

A - ccompany me through ups and downs

C - hallenges we face together

D - earest husband,

I - wanna let you know

B - lessed I am to be

A - half of your deen, your better-half

R - easons are endless

O - f why I love you dear

S - urely, madly, deeply I will

A - lways stay in love you with you

N - ow and until the Akhira

April 4, 2020

Sobre

Sa mga Maranao, ito'y sikat
Marangya man o salat
Bitbit anumang okasyon
Kasalan, lamay o graduation
Sabay sa'yong ikakamay
Yaring munting alay

Pagsapit ng Marso,
Aba'y sakit ng ulo
Si pinsan, kapitbahay, maging si bunso
Hinihintay ay regalo
Yaring sobre ay iabot
Ngiti'y langit ang naaabot

Sa kasalan, di madadaglat
Kung tawagin ay adat
Aba'y wag malilingat
Kay tito, tita, diko at ditse
Wag laktawan nire
Nang walang masabing ganire

Sa lamay hatid ay pakikiramay
Buong angkan handang dumamay
Laman ng sobre, di man sapat
Pakikiramay sa inyo'y tapat
Munting tulong sa pamilyang ulila
Dalamhati'y maibsan nawa

Isang libo o limang daan
Singkwenta o bente man
Di pinulot kung saan
Minsan pa nga'y inutang kung saan-saan
Tanggapin sana ng marubdob
Alay na kusang-loob

Gamitin sa anumang okasyon
Huwag lamang sa eleksyon,
Gawing bahagi ng tradisyon
Di ba't tayo'y maharlika
Maratabat ay sandata
Di susuko kanino mang banyaga

Bakit sa suhol, ika'y naging marupok?
Sa mga ninuno, ito'y kahihiyan
Aral ng Islam, huwag talikdan
Kahirapa'y munti lamang pagsubok
Ganid, iwaksi sa isipan
Prinsipyo, dignidad, kasarinlan
Kahit ilang sobre, di kayang tumbasan

Juxtaposition

Ambivalence
Apparently vague
Contradicting, contrasting, confusing
Embedded rhetorical ambiguity
Alluring, enigmatic puzzle
Irony


-Nov.10, 2019

Coffee

Addiction
Luscious black
Captivating, intoxicating, alluring
A swirled aroma
Stimulating, invigorating, unforgetting
My bitter-sweet
Coffee


-Nov.10, 2019

Writer's Block

The pen rushes; unstoppable yet
Thoughts deeply buried that fret
Fullness swallowed by emptiness met

Subtle meanings; ambiguous
Thoughts; so strenuous
Emotions; sensuous

Imaginations vivid and blurry
Overflowing ideas in brevity
Amidst freedom; perplexity

Stirs the mind that fetter
Pages remain in flicker
A torture for every writer


-May 7, 2019