Ang Ina Nating Magiting

ANG  INA NATING MAGITING

Ni Apolinario Villalobos

 

Isang nilalang na madalas ay hindi maunawaan

Dahil maasikasong ugali para sa iba’y kakulitan

Nguni’t para sa kanya’y tanda ng pagmamahal

Kaya’t sakripisyo’y sinasabayan na lang ng dasal.

 

Siyam na buwan kung dalhin niya sa sinapupunan

Isang buhay na bunga ng taos na pagmamahalan

Subali’t para naman sa ibang di pa handa para dito

Tinitiis na lang ang ang lahat, nakasadlak sa siphayo.

 

Sa kanyang sinapupunan ang buhay nati’y sumibol

Sa masakit na pagluwal ang paghinga niya’y hinabol

Gangga-munggo man ang pawis, sa labi’y may ngiti

Nang marinig ang pag-iyak ng isang sanggol na munti.

 

Buhay na martir ang dapat na imahe sa ating paningin

Nitong nilalang na kung minsan, pag tanda’y di pansin

Iyan ang turing ng mga anak na suwail at walang puso

Kaya, nagtatampong ina, kung saan-saan napapadako.

 

Pagmamahal, damdaming walang katumbas at katapat

Ga-bundok mang yaman, sa ginawa niya ay hindi sapat

Kalooban niya’y di sinasaktan, kristal dapat kung ituring

Mahalagang nilalang sa ating buhay…ina nating magiting!

 

 

Para sa Namayapang Kaibigan at Kapatid…Ted Lapuz

Para sa Namayapang Kaibigan

At Kapatid…Ted Lapuz

Ni Apolinario Villalobos

 

Hindi madali para sa iyo ang umilag sa karit

Minsan ka na ring nadaplisan…ito’y masakit

Tiniis mong sa iyong paggising tuwing umaga

Para kang nalulunod sa paghabol ng hininga.

 

Noon pa man, marami ka nang gustong gawin

Ang iba’y di natupad, matindi man ang hangarin

At tulad ng nakagawian mo, ikaw ay ‘di kumibo

Masakit man ang kalooban, hindi mo pansin ito.

 

Ang ngiti mo’t tawa ay palagi naming maaalala

Ngiting tapat, may alab, at malutong na pagtawa

Mga tanda ng isang taong ‘di gusto ang malungkot-

Kahi’t sa harap ng problema, ‘di dapat sumimangot.

 

Natatangi kang kaibigan,  bilang ama nama’y huwaran

Taong madaling pagkatiwalaan, pati na ng kalooban

Sa pakisama ay hindi mapantayan, ikaw ay pambihira

Kaya’t marami ang nanghinayang sa iyong pagkawala…

 

Ted, nanghihinayang man kami, ito ay walang lungkot

Alam naming masaya ka, nakangiti’t hindi nakasimangot

Turing namin sa iyo ay mapalad nga sa iyong paglalakbay-

At makakasama mo na rin Siya, sa walang hanggang buhay!

 

Mahal ka namin, Ted!

                                                                       

 

  (Kasama sa diwa ng tula ang kanyang pamilya, mga kapatid at kamag-anak,

   mga ka-batch – elementary, high school, college, at mga kasama niya

   sa Masonic Lodge-Tacurong. May 9, 2014)

Understanding A Friend

Understanding a Friend

(for Ted Lapuz)

By Apolinario Villalobos

 

When I extended my hand for a shake

Do I see streaks of doubt in your eyes?

I’d like to think that it’s just

The true you

That you wanted to show.

 

I know that you have tried

To find real friends

But others thought

It’s hard to grasp the real you

Until now, some still do.

 

But you’re sincere and strong

So don’t despair, my friend

You’ll prove them wrong…

 

(1979…when my friend confided, it’s not easy to move on.)

Seeing Truth and Reality…thanks to a fallen friend

Seeing Truth and Reality

…thanks to a fallen friend

(for Ted Lapuz)

By Apolinario Villalobos

 

You told me once between rounds of rum

That life is short but could be meaningful

If lived according to the Book of Man.

 

It seems, now, you said it right

As I imagine your lips with a contented smile

As if telling me,  that everything’s alright.

 

You opened my eyes to see reality

And made me live life

The way it should be lived- with sincerity

You told me, too,

To appreciate what God has given me –

Those which only He

Has all the right to take…

Thank you my friend

For letting me see –

Truth and reality.

 

(1992…during my birthday at their home.)

Living Without Regret

Living Without Regret

(for Ted Lapuz)

By Apolinario Villalobos

 

For someone who struggled hard

To be where he wants to be

You’ve just shown that life –

Really, is what you make it.

You are there now…

You have worked for it

You are where you wanted to be.

Life is what you make it

And you are helping yourself

Savor it to the fullest.

Also, it is good for you

To remember that up there

Somebody extends a hand

While whispering that

-life is sweet

-full of hope…

And should be lived

Without regret.

 

(1994…advice given by Ted when I almost “let go”.)

For My Dear Mother …poem for Mother’s Day

Poem for Mother’s Day May 11, 2014

 

FOR  MY DEAR MOTHER…

By Apolinario Villalobos

 

Just like the rays of the sun that burst forth

To flood the earth with warmth and light

Stringing the world with threads of life

You, with that warm smile and twinkling eyes

Makes me feel like there’s no darkness

And gloomy twilight

That dims the sight.

 

That radiant face just glow

Thanks to the womb that nurtured you.

 

You once told me:

“In this world, roads are strewn with rocks and thorns

Clear skies may suddenly turn dark

To let go of torrential downpour

That could wash down your enthusiasm desire

Leaving you, chilling in the mired.

 

But if you will just set your eyes

Beyond the horizon

Where there are clearer skies

Your hopes won’t go to waste my child

Especially, if you just let God

Be your guide.”

 

Now I know….I love you mother!