Saturday, August 18, 2007

Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino, Jr.

BENIGNO "NINOY" S. AQUINO, JR.
Statesman and Martyr
1932-1983

I will never be able to forgive myself if I will have to live with
the knowledge that I could have done something and I did not
do anything. - - Thoughts of the late Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.

"I believe that the Filipino will respond to the call to greatness
not by coercion but by persuasion, not by intimidation but through
the ways of freedom."
- Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.

"We must not only preserve yesterday's heritage fight for today's
ephemeral interests, but die if need be, for tomorrow's hopes."
- Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.

"A time comes in a man's life when he must prefer a meaningful
death to a meaningless life."
- Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.

"The Filipino is worth dying for."
- Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.

Monday, August 6, 2007

Intimate Poems

MI AMOR
(A Sonnet)

A long time I have been lonely and alone
That I feel my world is gone and empty
Oh my heart-full of pain and forlorn
I'm so blue and in a cacophony.

Until you came along into my life
Sadness and grief was turned to joy and happiness;
Once been dead and was in a strife,
You filled it with hope and gladness.

The moment I saw you, I couldn't say a thing
Because the beauty I seen-so lovely and full of innocence;
Likened to Helen of Troy or the Mona Lisa in Michaelangelo's painting,
Or a diamond that shines with brilliance.

In the cold of the night, I am dreaming about you
I'm sorry that I keep thinking of you lustly
You and I, our bodies were one, setting fire ablaze to prove our love is true,
Heat surging inside us, kissing and getting inside you until we lock our hands tightly.

Now starting to begin life anew
And bid my lost memories adieu.


WHAT MUST I?

What must I say to you that you'd believe me?
My heart cries for your name, each day and night
The hurts and pains, if you could only see
Like a fallen soldier, wounded in his fight.

What must I do to make you know?
That I am having sleepless nights dreaming of just you
In my dreams, you're an unreachable star that glow
Or a woman in an artist's masterpiece, so beautiful and true.

What must I be? A brave warrior?
Fighting my nemesis to protect you, my lady
Your charm and sensuality that I adore,
Until passion binds us together, making love wildly.

What must I? What must I? I cry
I couldn't bear this anymore deep inside me
The feeling is tearing me apart, I just sigh
Hoping that someday this love of mine be free.


A MOMENT

In this beautiful moonlit night
Having you beside me, I'm blithe
Because you're my lovely princess
In your lips, I'll plant a kiss.
This moment, no more words to tell
When we're both "au naturel"
Oh, how I couldn't longer resist
that we have to do is tryst.