WE'd like to share this beautiful poem by our friend, accessories designer Cholo Ayuyao from Pampanga and photos at Manila Cathedral taken this morning by Geoffrey Yusooncho (whose wedding WE featured a few issues ago)


A Poem for The Mother of Democracy
by Cholo Ayuyao

Her family mourned, unselfishly
Her country, drenched in yellow confetti
streets, lines of people
hearts, rivers of tears

yellow, bright... bitter sweet
songs of praise
half mast raise
honoring our mother of freedom
silently watching from the kingdom...

sorry if we've been disobedient
sorry if we sometimes did wrong...
sorry if as your children we've strayed far
and sorry as citizens we seemed to forget...
like a mother, you still forgive and inspired many to do right...

further on, her message states
to take care of the thing she fought for
the freedom, enabled us to have a voice
today, tomorrow we should be thankful for...

her crying children, forced to share
the only mother they've known
to the country who grieves with them...
at the end of the day, realized
in her eyes
we are all citizens of this country.

goodbye our mother of democracy...
goodbye our yellow rose...
bloomed, wilted and now ready to shed...
shed the seeds of her sacrifices
for the country she loved unfazed...

the orphaned Philippines will miss you greatly
Our president, our mother, our giver of freedom...
thank you.
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Let's not forget today, for tomorrow.




image courtesy of Cholo Ayuyao





Thank you Geoffrey and Kats Yusooncho for these photos