Puting Mga Kamay - A Poem on Imperialism

jeninamunoz (46)in #untalented • 6 years ago (edited)

Puting mga Kamay

Ang kamay mong gumagala
Sa katawan kong nagagambala
Ng iyong mapagmanipulang mga daliri
Na sa katawan ko’y naghahari

Pilit kong inaalis
Ang malaking kamay mong ang nais
Dungisan ang balat kong
Sa iyong mga gapos nakukulong

O, ang mapuputi mong mga bisig
Na yumayakap sa kayumanggi kong dibdib
At sa bawat paghagod
Katawan ko’y pinapagod

Kailan ba titigil
Ang mga kamay mong nanggigigil?
Sa balat kong sunog na
Sa mga paglatigo mo’y nagkalamat na

Ang kamay mong sumasakal
Sa leeg kong namamalat
Hindi na ako makahinga
Kailan ka ba huhupa?

Ang kuko ng kamay mong
Sumusugat sa aking katawan
Dugo’t pawis ko’y balewala
Sa kamay mong nagwawala.

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6 years ago in #untalented by jeninamunoz (46)

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jamesanity06 (50) 6 years ago

Wow! Such passion and patriotism expressed in just a few verse. I felt the long term longing for freedom on this one, sad as it may be but our beloved country's been gripped with colonial mentality it has become the norm, signature bags, branded t-shirts, imported chocolates. What about "sariling atin"? I loved the poem!

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jeninamunoz (46) 6 years ago (edited)

Maraming salamat @jamesanity06. What's happening to our country and fellowmen is really sad. Being controlled by something with a higher power is no good. But I think if Filipinos start to love their own, everything will follow. So sad that even the language we mostly speak is not ours.

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jamesanity06 (50) 6 years ago

It's the sad truth 1,000 years of slavery and colonialism affected our ancestors' way of thinking and we carry on as if nothing's wrong, as if it's the right thing to do to survive, we're still enslaved until now, making our heroes's sacrifices for naught. But yeah, there's still hope for the future generation, like in schools, there'e this new subject called "Mother Tongue" in elementary, I hope this will create a spark in our almost dying patriotic spirit.

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jeninamunoz (46) 6 years ago (edited)

Wow! That is interesting! Would love to sit in to that subject even just once. I hope younger generations will be able to not just spark but create a fire to bring back that patriotic spirit.

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