37... times they're a-changing
by Filoteo Mendaza Aguillon |
| image/Filoteo Mendaza Aguilolon |
the winds of change
came roaring fast
on that pivotal june 30 2016 day
to give us all at last
a time to let true freedom play
the silencing of basic human rights
the banishment to overcrowded jails
the suppression of press insights
the cover-up of drug lords' trails
the hoarding of ill-gotten wealth
the extravagance of an over-endowed few
the callous disregard for the common tao's health
the perpetuation of a corrupt government's view
these all have come to final grips
with a terminus so corrupt with a decadent stench
that the underprivileged armed with burning hearts and lips
voted a no-nonsense mayor to the presidential bench
the winds of change
now enveloped the land
it is up to us to rise and stand
to build anew a meaningful life
out of that ruinous six years strife
hail Filipino brothers sisters victors all
let us pool brain and brawn together
regain the glory lost in that ignominious fall
under the inclemencies of the Aquino weather!
N.B.: This is a cut from the author's serial thoughts from his FB page. This is reposted with his permission.
