Long Gabi Poems
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“October 2020”
In 2020 darkest days,
When all I loved had slipped away,
A child was born—a light, a flame,
And life would never be the same.
October winds were sharp and cold,
My soul felt tired, my bones felt old.
But then he came—so small, so new,
And suddenly, the sky turned blue.
He didn’t know the pain I bore,
The battles lost, the slamming doors.
He only knew my steady hand,
My voice, my love, my promised land.
He called me Gabi—pure and true,
And joy returned in shades I knew.
Each giggle, kiss, and bedtime song
Made broken days feel soft and strong.
He held my finger—tiny fist—
And life no longer felt like risk.
We played, we danced, we flew so high,
like pterodactyls crossing the sky.
I lost a world, but gained a soul,
A bond that made the shattered whole.
And though the storm still pounds my door,
He makes me fight, and dream, and more.
October 2020 came—
And with his birth, he changed my name.
From broken, tired, and full of strife,
To Gabi, full of love and life
written by mj/2025
Nagkulong sa ilalim ng kasawian
At nakatulog ng walang kasalanan,
Sa pag-ibig sa iyo ay nanirahan,
Datapwa irog maaga kang lumisan!
Ilang araw kong sarili ay nilitis,
Bawat gabi luha’y kasamang tiniis,
Ikaw sa dibdib kay tagal ‘di naalis,
Bakit buhay ko’y ‘kaw ang siyang ninais?
Payo’y kay rami na sa’kin ‘pinabatid,
Bakit itong utak ay naging makitid?
Hirap talagang masawi sa pag-ibig
Maging aking utak ay ‘di dinirinig.
Isang araw ay namulat akong hubad
Bakit dala ng kasawia’y natamad?
Buhay ma’y mababansagang ‘di mapalad,
Siguro’y‘raming pag-ibig pa’ng lalahad!
Ngayo’y panahon nang kusang pagbabago,
Mulat na ang utak kong kunyari nagtago.
Paalam na sinta kong dagling nang-iwan!
Aywan ko ba’t bakit kidlat kang lumisan.
776.
Mag-Simbang Gabi na Tayo
9 na arao bago ang Pasko
Mag-Simbang Gabi na tayo
Habang patungo ng simbahan
Mga Pamaskong pailaw madadaanan
Habang nasa daaan ay mapapakinggan
Nag-aanyayang kampana ng simbahan
At kapag nasa loob na nito
Mga awitin naman ng Pasko
Ito ay tradisyon na kinalakhan ko
Dito sa bansa naming ito
Makikita, mapapakinggan
Oh anong karanasan?
Diwa ng Pasko ay mararamdaman
Kapag Simbang Gabi ay dinaluhan
Mag-Simbang Gabi na tayo
9 na arao bago ang Pasko!...
-12/16/2019
(Dumarao…1st Day of Simbang Gabi…1st time Pope Francis celebrated this)
Sa kailaliman ng gabi ang diwa ay muling naliligalig
Sa twina'y nabubusog ang kalooban ng mga di maurirat na sapantaha
Mga tinig na nagmumutawing, "wala kang kalakasan, wala kang puwang"
Makulimlim na mga salita na nagpapabalisa
Kakambal wari mula nang ako ay magkahininga
Hindi ko maipagkukubli marupok kong damdamin
Tindig ko man ay hindi kababakasan ng lakas ng loob
Paano ako titingnan ng dako't paroon
Kahit kakampi ko man ang panalangin
Kung kaniig naman mga palad sa mukha
Habang sa isip laging umuukilkil mga imahe ng kapintasan
Dalisay kung pumapatay sa sariling katinuan
Sadyang kay hirap maigupo habang nabubuhay
Kung batid mong sarili man ay kaaway.
Gabi didn’t start out meaning to feed the crows…
didn’t know, then, of their gratitude.
She was just a little girl who was prone to dropping food.
As she walked to the school bus invariably she would drop part of her snack
which nearby crows would eat…and the next day would come back.
Eventually Gabi began taking extra snacks and causing quite a fuss
as she fed her crows on her way every day to and from the bus.
Gabi enjoyed this so much (obviously so did the crows)
that she started filling the bird bath in her back yard
and laying peanuts out in rows.
The crows would happily eat the peanuts then back to her yard they would sneak
leaving trinkets behind for Gabi…shiny trinkets that would fit in their beaks
They have also leave her screws and pins and paper clips
as well as little animals that are no longer living…
but Gabi doesn’t mind these at all
she knows
the gift is in the giving.
How wonderful that a little girl, a murder of crows
and the little presents they leave each other
can show the world how every creature
should be more like sisters and brothers.
Can show the rest of the us on this planet
by the presents they each leave
(wether it’s peanuts, dead animals or paper clips)
it is in the giving that we receive.
*Paghuli ng Bulalakaw*
Minsan ako'y nakahuli ng isang bulalakaw,
at sa aking mga kamay inilagay
Ako'y lubhang napaso, nasaktan ng lubusan
kaya't aking itong pinakawalan...
Isang gabi, natanaw ko ang isang tala
na nagliyab sa himpapawirin
Akin lamang tinignan, at aking pinagmithian
Wari ko'y ngayon, tama ang aking ginawa.
July 23, 2010
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*Catching Falling Stars*
Once I caught a falling star
and cupped it in my hand...
It burned me so, it hurt me so
that I just had to let it go
Then one night, I saw a star
that blazed across the sky...
I looked at it, just wished upon it
and I knew that this time, I did right.
May 28, 2002
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Oddly enough I haven't really written any poems in
my native tongue, tsk tsk shame on me!!
(I've only written only ONE, wow)
& it's taking me forever to translate it to English
so, I decided to go about it the other way around
and translate an old poem of mine instead, & here
it is! My Filipino translation though is sort of rusty when
it comes to the flow of the poem (but hmm I guess
only those who know how to speak Tagalog would see that ^_~)
it's fun though so I just might try to write more translations!
Gert sure makes this look sooo easy!! ;)
Ang papel ng anak sa pamilya
Ay ang paggalang sa ama't ina;
Ang pagsunod sa kanilang payo
Ay totoong mabuting prinsipyo.
Ang kailangan n'yang magampanan
Ay ang pagtuklas ng karunungan;
Dapat na mag-aral na mabuti
Upang mapaunlad ang sarili.
Sa masama ay huwag tutulad
Dahil sa panganib mapapadpad;
Umiwas sa ugaling baluktot
At magtaglay ng banal na takot
Huwag mag-aakyat ng suliranin
Dahil sa pagbugso ng damdamin;
Karangala'y dalhin sa magulang,
Papuri sa Diyos na lumalang.
Utang na loob ay tinatanaw
Sa nag-aruga gabi at araw;
Di ipinagwawalang bahala
Ang papel ng anak sa pamilya.
Habang nilalakbay itong karagatan,
Iba't ibang kulay ng ilaw ang nasisipat
Kadilima'y alay rin sa mamamayan
Puting walang galaw, iba nama'y pakipat-kipat
Parang pasko sa dalampasigan
Ilaw ng mga motor sa dagat, kumukutikutitap
Ang masilaw na puting ilaw, dinaraanan
Sabi'y halika'yo mga isda at kulisap!
Dasal 'wag lang lumapit ang kidlat
Nang pamilya nami'y huwag mangamba
Hala mga isda pasok at tuloy sa lambat
Oh kadiliman ikaw rin ay pinagpala
Lamig din ang kalaban, ngunit hindi patitinag
Tuloy lang mga bituin sa pagkislap
Ganito ang gabi, kapag nanlalayag
Saksi sa ilaw ng pagsusumikap at pangarap.
852.
My Christmas 2023
From December 16-24 in the morning early
I completed the 9 dawns of Simbang Gabi
I was with the choir for 7 days
I wasn't with them for 2 Sundays
Also from December 16-24 in the evening early
I completed the 9 dusks of Novena by Liguori
I was in my bedroom to pray
After my 6 PM Angelus everyday
I received in December 22
My Christmas Bonus from Dumarao LGU
I spent it for our church & my family
For my workmates & for others dear to me
I attended also in December 22
The Christmas Party of Dumarao LGU
But I left them so early
At about 7:30
During Christmas Day 2023
I gave my Christmas gifts to my family
I attended the 8 AM Holy Mass
In celebration of 2023 Christmas.
-12/25/2023
(Dumarao)
*Christmas Day
316.
Unang Araw ni Papa Francisco sa Pilipinas
Enero Kinse, Dos mil Kinse
Sa Villamor umindak daan-daang estudyante
Paglapag ng eroplanong Sri Lankan
Mga sasalubong naghiyawan
Pagbukas ng pintuan ng sasakyang lumilipad
Skull cap ng Santo Papa ay nilipad
Pagpanaog sa hagdan ng eroplano
Sinalubong ng mga sundalo at ng Pangulo
Pinatugtog himno ng ating bansa
Ganundin ang himno ng Vatican sa Roma
Dalawang batang ulila sa kanya sumalubong
Matamis na pagbati sa kanya ibinulong
Sa Pope Mobile na walang panangga sumakay
Ang Supremo ng Simbahan todo ngiti at kaway
Kahit gabi na kayraming tao bawat daanan
Hanggang sa Apostolic Nunciature na pagpapahingahan.
-01/16/2015
(Dumarao)
*Pope Francis Fever Collection