Maybe I have not suffered enough

Maybe I have not suffered enough

Now I got Covid-19

Maybe I have not suffered enough

Now I’m in a facility quarantine

Maybe I have not suffered enough

Now I should take my medicine

Maybe I have not suffered enough

Now I lie on a bed in Arizona Inn

Maybe I have not suffered enough

And that’s alright with me

Maybe I have not suffered enough

Gladly I offer this to Thee

Maybe I have not suffered enough

To Thee may this acceptable be

Maybe I have not suffered enough

I unite this to Thy Cross, myself to Thee

Maybe I have not suffered enough

For Thee, for my family et aliis

Maybe I have not suffered enough

Thank you for making me worthy of this

Maybe I have not suffered enough

You love me despite all my sins

Maybe I have not suffered enough

I love You, Lord, whatever this sickness brings

Useless

When you have wronged someone

Someone who is only one

And your guilt cuts open a part

Of your culpable proud heart

Oh, how can you ever say

Im sorry, dear. I'm sorry

Your lofty throne has sealed

Your lips with golden tape

And so you rather opted

Camouflaged apologies

Mellifluously delivered

Oh angelic euphonies!

But when you speak to a hundred

When to only one needed

You have not really spoken

For you hid inside...

               the microphone.

You can but dont

 You can stay far

But do not stay cold

You can keep distance

But do not keep disconnected

Covid can scare you

But dont let fear eat you

Dark Night

If You can't make Your presence felt,

then please, don't You ever leave Me.

Or don't let me ever leave You.

Mistake

by roar

At times, 
we just have to accept 
that we once made 
a mistake.

Once we elected a leader
unbecoming of a leader
a supposed statesman
who forgot to become a human.

May 2016
unparalleled statistic
But killing spree
Also an unparalleled statistic

Promises promised
but cusses cussed
and curses cursed.

Playing god
and acting god?
I can only pray 
to the true God.

Once the Filipino people 
made a mistake.
Sadly, the mistake continues...

Hope in the Face of Fear

by Rowel Allan A. Rocaberte

written during our first recollection at the 

Mary Help of Christians Theology Seminary

My first step through the towering gate

Left foot ahead of the right

Questioning the forehead’s wrinkle

Proceeded like an armored knight.

                The gradient combination of orange and crimson

                Five sunsets seem to rise above the ocean

                So still and silent and splendid

                Darkness, the Taborean face shun.

Lights out and I was now alone

No room for desolation for tittles flicker

Stars shine and planes sprint above

All gloom is gone and loneliness and winter.

                Two fires from left and right produce wonder

                One fire of hope in my room’s ceiling

                While casting of my troubles

                A string of beads, day’s door closing.

Bakit

by X

Mahal kita yan ay totoo Itaga mo man sa bato Pero bakit ganito tayo Lagi mo akong ginag*go? Mahal mahal mo ba ako? O sadyang tanga lang ako?