55

The foundations are giving way.
Getting weak and shaky everyday.
The beams are getting bent,
The entire structure is crumbling -
Slowly.


Oh! My Temple!
Reconstruction need it be,
Rehabilitation to the core.
Restoration comes so dearly,
And it takes time.
Both I can't afford,
At this point in time.

54: The Guardians of The North

They are the Guardians of the North
Protecting Ilocandia, the Lowlands and 
The Cagayan Valley.
Protecting them from the Pacific Evils
Who wreck havoc for seven long months on 
The Pearl of The Orient.


They are both tough and beautiful.
A lot tougher than the
Praetorian Guards of Rome.
More outstanding than the
Napoleonic Guards.
Forever Beautiful
Forever Loyal
Forever Intervening
Without them The North of Luzon -
Would be blown to kingdom come.
The Cordillera -
The Sierra Madre -
The Guardians of The North.

53

Women are like roses.
As roses comes with thorns,
So does women with their - 
Flaws.


The prettier the roses are,
The more thorns they have.
The prettier the women are,
The more they -
Sting.

52

I dread most,
The monstrosity called - 
The Human Society.
To live within it is a -
Curse.
It'll eat you alive if you have
Nothing to show.
It'll drag you down If you are -
Nobody.
It's a cruel world to live in.
And I'm a nobody,
Hence, I dread it most.
For I fear I might get eaten -
Alive.

51

It boils like magma within.
As hot and red as lava flow.
As bright and hot like a - 
Glowing coal.
So fierce when it finally comes out.
As fierce and intense like an - 
Erupting volcano.
So intense the ground shakes and -
Visions darken.
It's alright while it's kept inside.
But when it happens to come out,
The world will be - 
Sorry.

50: Honey

Just like the honey

That sleeps during - 

Winter.

Couldn't wake up unless,

Stroked by heat.

Old people have a 

Hard time - 

Waking up.

49

Can't go back to sleep
Cause sleep won't come to me.
Drank the elixir of sleep -
Still sleep won't come to me.

Sleep won't come anymore
Cause she just left me
Without saying -
Goodbye.