Wag Husgahan ang Walang Laman

Eh ano ngayon kung nangupit siya? 

Eh ano ngayon kung nang-umit siya? 

Damang dama ang pighati ng uring manggagawa....

i. Agahan

Tila nagkukulang na ang tamis

sa kapeng hain o masakit lamang talaga

dyeppri

ang kalangitan ko ay puros panimdim

at ang palamutiy ulap na madilim

ang hihip ng hangiy awit nasa libing

ay tinatangisan ng mga bituin

alapaap kung bakin aking natamasa

ay puno ng hilahil at luha ang bunga

o ang kariktan ay langit ng dusa

at ang buhay koy storyang walang lasa

maging anga agos ng aking batisan

ay nangatuyo nat luha ay nasaan?

ang malilim na puno sa aking likuran

ay nangamatay dit bulok nang datnan

awit ko ngayoy lamay na malungkot

Pag-ibig mo'y sugat
Sa aking puso,
At ang patuloy nitong pagdurugo'y
Sanhi ng aking tuluyang pamamaalam
Sa mundo ng matinding kalungkutan,
Sa mundo ng nakabibinging katahimikan,
Sa mundo ng mga patay.

mae ann is 42 and proud to be. She was a LIRA fellow, an athlete at age 38 with two long distance running medals, a member of Ricky Lee's Katorse. A survivor of domestic violence, she believes that all abused women's lives are not over. She started to accomplish all of the above a year after she ended her relationship with an abusive husband.

Somehow i started to doubt love

if aint for my heart i should not be thinking now.

My mind would not be boggled by uncertainties

that could stained my feelings and thoughts to flinch.

Nothing could be more painful than seeing

the one you love slipping-out into your hands.

Yes, i can dare  to be hurt ten times or so

and i would freely take the every pang 

just not to let go and missed the chance

to feel love and be loved.

But what if its already enough and you tried the

A Veil Enlightens You

Been cursed to kiss forever

In solitude, consoled

By the love light cast upon myself

Ruthie is a gal from Baguio City who's trying to learn the ropes in Quezon City.  She works in an NGO at the moment, and is blessed to have been given the opportunity to solve distressed people's problems.  In the process, she learns more about herself and her worth and her role in human liberation and labor vindication. 

Mukhang masungit nanaman

ang kalangitan na naghuhudyat

ng masamang panahon

tulad ng ating kahapon.

Dagundong ng kulog,

nakasusunog sa mata

dyeppri

The Lovers

Lovers cowering
In the long shadows of dawn
Fearful to be seen

every petal that falls even
from the homeliest blossom
is grieved by the congregation
of blooms in the garden

a solitary demise
is not an isolation

The Sculptor

These calloused hands

Once sought classic ideal

Hewing rocks, chiseling marble