Jeremiah Abuan

I listened to the wind and heard
the song to which my heart duets
through noise it courses undeterred
amazed am I that sing with it
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Time races and my heart denies
The feeling that within it lies
Ignoring all the shouts of fate
Chose to lock in a frozen state
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Not with my will I tried and smiled
to hide the grief that lurks inside
the heart once hopeful now defiled
and buried deep with sorrow’s tide
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Since when can humans tolerate
love with its hard and cruel slap?
All dreams done built incinerate
and can cause both grief and mishap
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Close your eyes, gentle and firm
Now open them slow, same picture it seems
except for spots twinkling in the dark in short term
wait for them to fall, then whisper your dreams
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You see the smiles around you, but not in yourself
now look down, and stay in mourning
don't try to talk, there is no help
no one can hear you, no one knows
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For God so good has blessed me
I give this life to my country
I’ve shaped myself for the world to see
My talents shared to all for free
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Within the earthen harsh embrace
Lies a basin of precious gold
seen not by eyes of human race
nor can be touched by man; behold
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