The Famous Downfall 0 comments

There is a ladder that has no peak.
Its top is its bottom,
Each stair climbs downward.

“Better” is infinite, a cycle of exhaustion,
Competition that frustrates adrenaline.
Trophy… an immediate yesterday.

A race of vanity, endless in pursuit,
Centered in self, a tentative state,
An empty fame, a broken ego.

Decorations of a Selfdom,
Witnessed by the mist,
A rotten crown, a wormed throne.

Gain pride, wound your soul,
Lose to unlimited blaming,
Blinded by your fault.

How high is defeat? How silent is shame?
Oh champion of losers,
Be honored by ignorance.

Running away backwards.
Haunted by escapes, crippled by lies.
Corrupted in deceit.

I invented my glory and betrayed myself,
Drowned in a plethora of false confidence.
The Viper’s venom, poisoned my hopes.

Glory ---– the only thing u can’t own.
A fool loses if he dare claims.
But the humble wins before a war begins.

Humility is unknown to a devil.
God gives grace to the humble.
My fame is destroyed, let my reputation be crushed.
Still, my head is lifted… for Christ is my glory.

“But You, O LORD, are a shield for me,
My glory and the One who lifts up my head.” –Psalm 3:3

A Child and A Mother 0 comments

When he was still small, you were his refuge.
When he was sick, he can't get well without you beside.
He asks questions, you answer, and he believes all you say.
When you hug him, it's the safest place he can be.

He grew up, you've always been there full of love.
He's confused, you were his guide.
He fell in love, you wanted to make sure he'll be with the right one.
When he was broken, you cried more tears than he did.

Then he became a mess.
And he became silent.
He kept his pain not because he does not trust you...
But because you don't deserve what he has become.
He has his own choices now, he doesn't want you to suffer with him.
But he craves for your embrace, he seeks your advise but prefers to be alone.
He doesn't want himself to be your burden.

He may have stopped being your child, the child you wanted him to be.
But you will remain his mother... you endured him for 9 months and it's worth his life.
You desired a perfect child that he may reflect a perfect mother.
He is not a perfect child but it's not because you're not a perfect mother.
It's because he is a human, a person just like you.

What happens when a child becomes independent?
What happens when a mother abandons a child or a child rejects his mother?
When a man refuses to be a child and a woman surrendered her being-a-mother... there will never be a home called "family."

A child will run away and have his own life...
A mother may get tired and grow old...
But one day, the child will have his own piece of his Mother's being-a-mother to him.

Crossing the Bridge 0 comments

ITATAWID SA LANDAS
by Arnel de Pano

Sa bawat dahon ng aklat ng buhay
bakas ang luha na tumatangay
inaanod ang pag asa unti unting nawawala
haligi ng munting daigdig ko

Minsay naglalamig na rin ang araw
ihip ng hangin ay gumiginaw
nanlulumo nalulumbay, hanap ay isang gabay
sa piling Mo'y hindi mabibigo

Koro:

Kahit magunaw man ang daigdig
lisanin man ng init ang mundong nanlalamig
kahit na humayo sa daang magkabilay bangin
Ikaw pa rin o Dios, Ikaw pa rin
pag ibig Mo'y hindi magwawakas
kalinga Mo o Dios ang siyang magbibigay lakas
sa anumang panganib ginintuan ang Yong pagliligtas
panatag at tiyak, itatawid Mo sa landas

Kung ang tadhanay di alam ang guhit
pawang sagabal ang sinasabi
Ikaw ang syang tatawagan at saro koy aapawan
ng pag asang kailanman ay dulot Mo

Koro

tulay:

Itatawid, ililigtas,
ihahatid hanggang wakas
hanggang wakas

Koro

itatawid mo sa ........ landas


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Life is full of transitions. The pain of adjustments... the tragedy of mistakes... the joy of a lesson's reward.

This song makes tough times a moment of surrender and hope to my Keeper, my Jesus. Surrounded by cliffs and pits, God's hand is always deeper than my fall... the other side of the island turns out to be a better and stronger Me.