Why Is It Hard For Someone Conscious To Close Their Eyes? Poem by John Delle Panlaqui

We are shaped by problems and difficulties
Patience and Pain, they are our support
Eyes open to hardship and truth
We have become aware of the reality that Pain is the twin of life

Why is it so hard to close your eyes when you are conscious?
Even if the eyes are blindfolded, exploitation is visible
Why is it hard for us to close our eyes when we are conscious?
Because we are predestined?
Will we who are conscious still close our eyes?
While the rotten system is getting worse
Will we who are conscious still close our eyes?
Now there are more and more people with conscious eyes!



Hinubog tayo ng problem at kahirapan
Tiis at Sakit, sila an gating sandigan
Dilat ang mga mata sa hirap at katotohanan
Namulat tayo sa realidad na ang sakit ay kakambal ng buhay

Bakit nga ba hirap ng pumikit ang mulat na?
Kahit piringan ang mata pananamantala ang nakikita
Bakit hirap na tayong pumikit tayong mga mulat na?
Dahil tayo ba ay itinakda?
Pipikit pa ba tayong mga mulat na?
Samantalang palala na ng palala ang bulok na sistema
Pipikit pa ba tayong mga mulat na?
Ngayon dumarami na rin ang mga mulat ang mata!