I'M JUST A STRUGGLING WRITER
(a Filipino dalit in English)
I'm just a struggling writer
for urban poor and laborer
also poet in the corner
who is fond of rhyme and meter
sometimes have sweet and bad temper
what I'm writing is what is right
although I'm a Left when I write
what I feel, hear, or what's in sight
some topics are heavy and tight
while others are easy and light
sometimes I look in the mirror
what if I became a juror
writes about tokhang, its horror
and judging with all my valor
that those topics should I abhor
- gregoriovbituinjr.
06.21.2024
* dalit - a native Filipino poem composed of eight syllables per line
