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Maguindanao is not for the martials
December 15, 2009
I look down
through a quarter of a million miles of space.
The moon shines on thieves
way towards the green grass of December
and I see nothing,
nothing but strangers,
dressing in the darkness of the fields
hundreds of them,
encircling the barren
yet enticing but repulsive land
Who are they?
Children should be playing,
tossing pebbles,
running with waves of the inexhaustible sea
but the waters are empty.
Students should be leaning,
reading what is written,
studying about the forbidden reality,
but there is nobody at school.
Farmers should be earning,
selling their yields and harvests,
pricing survival with the power of money,
but I see no one in the sidewalk.
Wives should be calmly sleeping,
resting after finishing the tiring chores,
waiting for their husbands’ arrival,
but there isn’t anyone at home
Where has everyone gone?
Maguindanao is supposed to be
For every child
who wants to play freely;
For every student
who tries to justify wisdom;
For every farmer
who is dying to earn for a living;
For every wife
who patiently waits for her husband
This place shouldn’t be
for those big men in camouflage,
and leather-look boot covers,
with hanging guns and bombs,
topped with little arrogance on their faces.
It ought to be for the Maguinadaoans.
Maguindanao must be for the Maguindanaoans.
Maguindanao is not for the martials.
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but i cudnt
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