My eyes can only look so far
Maybe not enough to see through your heads
But my fingers grasping my heart
Can tell its yearning,
In a body sworn to fight
And to be fought for, protected
Urging vessels in flesh
Beating at the same body, we are
Fragile hearts feeling
The pains of the skin
The numbness of limbs
When the blood we pump so tirelessly
Leaks out of the body
When the clearness of sweat
Mirrors fire inside
We hope not be drenched
As we drown in this ocean
Of money and violence
Hatred and vengeance.
Is it too much to ask
For waterproof jacket
Amidst a world stormed daily
A boat barely afloat?
Is it too much to hope
For a stretch of hand
To reach as we sink
After paddling too much?
They can never speak worse
As another heart beating
We’re just citizens seeking
For something deserved
You say it’s for our sake
But you can’t live without
These slaves you bought for
A thousand pesos.
