sa ngayon

narinig ko na noon pa ang sabi nila:

hindi naman talaga maaring makapunta ng buwan ang ordinaryong tao. ang kaya niya lang ay mangarap makatuntong dito.

pero hindi ko na iyon dinadamdam. tanggap kong hanggang headbang nalang ang kaya kong gawin.  hanggang pagkamangha lamang sa mga aninong iniilawan ng buwan. kuntento na ako doon.

sa ngayon.

wala akong ibang hiling, sa ngayon.

tanging nais ko’y maging payapa ang aking isipan. payapang tumanggap ng mga hamon. payapang humarap sa pagsubok. payapang makipagtunggalian. payapa subalit may paninindigan at di matitinag.

yun lang sa ngayon.

sa susunod na taon ko na lang paplanuhin ang pagpunta ng buwan.

Char.

Your Element Is Fire

Your passion and emotion are as obvious as the brightest flame. You make sparks fly, and your passion always has the potential to burst out. You are exciting and creative – and completely unpredictable. You sometimes exercise control, and sometimes you let yourself go. Friends describe you as sensitive, spirited, and compulsive. Bright and blazing with intensity, you seem mysterious and moody to many.

Ikaw?

wala akong mukhang ihaharap sa buwan

wala akong mukhang ihaharap sa buwan

dahil pilit kong kinutya ang kakarampot niyang liwanag
at di pa nagkasya’y inalipusta ang kanyang ganda
pansamantala, hindi, paulit-ulit ko siyang pinaluluha
sa mga tanong na paulit-ulit ko ring sinasambit
at ang kaniyang mga sagot na hindi ko kailanman maririnig
dahil pinipilit, mas ganoon pa, ang pagkabingi

ngayo’y wala akong mukhang ihaharap sa buwan

at ngayong gabi’y hindi na rin matatakasan
nagpupumiglas sa yakap ng katotohanang
ang buwan ay nagbibigay ng liwanag
at kahit papaano’y nariyan
tuwing madadapa’t muntik masugatan

pero ito’y aking itatanggi
sanlibong beses at paulit-ulit
para lamang maiwaksi ang pagkabalisa
tuwing nangangapa sa dilim
at kumapit sa kahit anong mahawakan
sa bawat pagkakataong lumilisan ang araw
at sa bawat saglit na ikinukubli siya ng mga ulap

kaya’t paumanhin, buwan,
kung hindi man kita naising masilayan
dahil ginugupo na ako
ng aking kaduwagan

Para kay Grecil

One for Grecil. Some 300 residents of New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, held an unprecedented demonstration in their town on Wednesday to denounce the killing Grecil Buya and the militarization of their province that have, according to them, caused them misery. That same day, the parents of Grecil — Gregorio Galacio and Virginia Buya — filed murder charges at the Provincial Prosecution Office in Nabunturan against Lt. Francis John Gabawa and the rest of the members of his platoon that killed Grecil during a March 31 encounter with the New People’s Army. The military has said that the Grade Two pupil was a communist guerrilla. Meanwhile, Grecil’s parents and several child-advocate groups said they would likewise file a complaint against the military before a body that monitors the implementation of a land mark human-rights agreement signed by the government and National Democratic Front. (Contributed photo) – repost from davaotoday.com

Justice for Grecil Buya. The family and friends of Grecil Buya, the nine-year-old girl from New Bataan, Compostela Valley, who was killed by soldiers last month, launched a movement this week to demand justice for the girl. The Children’s Rehabilitation Center, a nongovernment group, decried the militarization in the countryside that, it said, is traumatizing children. The Salinlahi Foundation and the Alliance for Children’s Concern criticized the military for tagging Grecil as a member of the New People’s Army. This, they said in a statement, was meant to evade responsibility for her death. An interfaith mission that conducted a fact-finding on Grecil’s death also denounced the military. (Contributed Photo) – repost from davaotoday.com.

Gabriela Women’s Party protest :

DAVAO CITY—The Gabriela Women’s Party-list (GWP) staged a picket rally last April 19 urging the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Regional Office XI to expedite its investigation on the case of Grecil Buya, the 9-year old girl who was brutally killed by elements of the 28^th Infantry Brigade last March 31, 2007.

Traces

My daughter’s ribbon. Gregorio Galacio, father of Grecil, shows his daughter’s report card and one of Grecil’s unpinned ribbons. (Photo courtesy of Karapatan-Southern Mindanao)