PAALAM ( A Tagalog Poem)

Patawarin mo ako sa aking pagtataksil,
Sa iyo at sa lahat ngmga kaibigan natin.
Hindi ko nakayang panindigan ang aking mga salita.
Akoy' inyong patawarin.

Kung ako may napagpasyahan nyong kalimutan,
ayos lang! Nang di na kayo masaktan.
Mas mabuting ako'y mawala kaysa kayo'y saktan.
Kaya patawad at paalam.

Ninanais ko sana'y magkita pa tayo muli,
Ngunit ito'y hindi na maaari.
Pagkat sinira ko ang ating sumpaan;
Na maging magkaibigan magpakailanman.

Salamat sa mga alaala na inyung inalay.
Sumigla ng kaunti ang aking buhay at nagkakulay.
Sa mga kwento't tawanan, sa mga lihim na iyakan at hidwaan.
Kalimutan nyo na ako, iyo'y dapat lang.

Hayaan nyo man lang sanang sambitin ko ang mga ito
Nang sa gayo'y mabawasan kahit katiting itong dinadala ko.
Dahil hinding - hindi ko kayo makakalimutan,
Saan man ako dalhin nga aking dinadaan.

Ayos lang! Kung ako'y inyong iwan,
Pero sana'y gawin lang itong maliit na pabor
Alang-alang sa aking katahimikan.
Magpakasaya kayo, matuwa't magalak, kumanta, sumayaw
Pagka't ako'y lilisan na at di na magpapakita pa.

Ngunit huwag sana kayo'y masaktan,
Pagkat wala ako sa tabi nyo upang pawiin iyong mga luha
Ni hindi ko kayo mahahawakan at maalalayan,
Pagkat ako'y lilisan at hindi na muling magbabalik.

Maging masaya kayo,
Magayak, matuwa
Ayos lang! Magsaya kayo sa aking paglisan
Mahal kong Kaibigan.!

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There can never be

a thing as lovely as the sea...
No dime can rhyme

with the sparkling of the stars....

No painting could capture

the beauty of the flowers.....

Nor can darkness rule over LIGHT!

But why do I feel so dark

when all I can see is light?

Did you ever feel this kind of feeling?

Or has it ever occurred in your thought?

Abnormal it might be to others

yet it’s like normal to me…

Have you seen yourself in a kind of place

where you think no one ever exists but you?

Weird, it might sound to your listening ears,

unlikely it might seem to your reading eyes

yet ‘tis is true to my consciousness…

Consciousness?

But how can I explain its depth or its shallowness?

These ideas are rarely accepted as I may expect

Because they’re so vast that one couldn’t embrace?

Crazy, fool, out of my mind….

You may think that way,

Impossible, out of this world, inhumanly….

you can treat me anyway you want…

.

All of us are free...

Free to do whatever we please,

So be free to ridicule, to discriminate, to scourge…

But you can never touch the depths of me

nor even reach its lining.

For I have been hardened by life’s never ending trials.

Hit me with stone;

I think I’ll hit you with bread…

Course me;

I think I’ll wish you blessings….

Hate me;

I think I’ll love you instead…

Pull me down

and I think I’ll push you up…

But it all depends on what kind of person I have to deal with…

Guess I am a normal human after all…