Third World

We live in a Third World country Where most breathe in poverty Where progress is way too slow As corruption disrupts its flow We see children sleep in streets With no shelter, no food to eat We face dreadful traffic everyday Public works here is a rife dismay We often hear and see street crimes Pushing people in face of hard times Where drug lords in jail operate and sell For luxuries officials allowed in their cells We waddle through floods everywhere Always when beaten by violent weather Where calamities are taken advantage By officials drooling for foreign aid We share the same abused piece of land Christians and Muslims of the same stand To dwell in a homeland of pure democracy Free from politically maneuvered captivity But we, citizens, are partly to blame When we vote for leaders who are lame For lack of sensible men to lead the land We choose to settle for poseurs of clan brand What we Filipinos never try to erase Is that ready smile you see in our faces Unearthing little happiness as we strive Until emancipation from hardship arrives Resiliency, diligence, patience is our virtue Changing the system overnight is hard to do We cannot beat this ruthless, harsh society We need a Moses to free us all from slavery!