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Sa Lilim ng Bandila

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Sa lilim ng bandila, may sugat ang dangal,  
Ang hustisya’y nililimos sa bulsa ng hangal.  
Ang batas ay papel na nilalamukos,  
Habang ang makapangyarihan ay patuloy sa pang-aabuso.  

Sa bawat proyekto, may patong na lihim,  
Ang daan ay ginto—pero hindi para sa atin.  
Ang dukha’y naglalakad sa baha ng pangako,  
Habang ang may trono’y nalulunod sa pera at luho.  

May mga pangalan sa balita, paulit-ulit,  
Ngunit tila ba sila’y may balat-kaliskis.  
Ang kaso’y nabubulok sa silid ng paglimot,  
At ang katotohanan ay binibili ng salapi’t takot.  

Ngunit sa kabila ng dilim, may tinig na bumabangon—  
Tinig ng ina, ng magsasaka, ng kabataang pumipiglas  
Sa tanikala ng takot, ng tanong na walang sagot,  
Ng pag-asang pilit inaagaw ng mga tuso’t salot.  

Isang araw, ang bandila’y muling itataas  
Hindi sa palasyo, kundi sa puso ng masa.  
Ang katiwalian ay susuko sa liwanag,
At ang bayan ay babangon, muling magkakaisa...

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English Version:


“Beneath the Flag’s Shadow”

Beneath the flag’s shadow, honor bleeds,  
Justice begs in the pockets of fools.  
The law like paper, crumpled and tossed,  
While the powerful leap without cost.  

Each project hides a secret fee, 
The roads paved in gold—but not for you and me.  
The poor walk through mud made of promises,  
While the throne drinks deep in indulgences.  

Names mentioned in the news like a curse,  
Yet they wear scales, immune to worse.  
Cases rot in rooms of forgetting,  
Truth is sold to fear and betting.  

But beyond the dark, a voice begins—  
A mother’s cry, a farmer’s hymn,  
The youth who cast away their chains,  
And hope that thieves cannot contain.  

One day, the flag will rise again,  
Not in palaces, but in the hearts of men.  
Corruption will kneel before the light,  
And the nation will rise—whole, upright.

~ Copyright ©EmperatrizV @Sunflower for Emily, 21 September 2025 - All Rights Reserved
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Winter-Spring

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Flowers bloom in spring, snowfalls in winter...
Is it possible that two different ideas would connect? 
Blooming flowers in cold winter snow...
How ironic these two seasons would meet...
Will the winter snow protect the blooms in spring?
Will the snow save and preserve its blooms, 
or the snow will crush and ruin it?..

One born in spring, another birthed out in winter
Is it possible that two different generations would meet, 
and forego their dreams together?
Decades apart we could never say...
Differences in style and ideas could make or unmake them.

The warm breeze of spring could melt the winter snow,
and yet the freezing air of winter could preserve the blooms of spring.
Somehow one could never be prejudged what would really transpire,
for only humility, submissiveness, and sacrifice of each one,
could make it work, though perils and trials are way ahead.

 ~ €mpêråtrïzV

Copyright ©EmperatrizV @Sunflower for Emily, December 2014 - All Rights Reserved