Isang Pagbati

A tribute to our first year aspirants done by the prenovices

Sa inyong pagdating kami'y nayanig,
Pagkat magulo pa saan mang panig ng seminaryo,
Sa paglilinis kami'y lagari,
Walang patid na pag-iimis siyang aming gawi.

Ang inyong pagdating ay siyang aming batid,
Ligaya ay sa amin hatid,
O anong saya na kayo'y aming makita,
Sasalubungin na may ngiti sa mukha.

Sa inyong paglisan sa inyong tahanan,
Wag mangamba; ang luha'y punasan,
Pagkat ang pamilyang iniwan ay mapapalitan
ng mga taong kay Kristo'y may kapatiran.

Aming papawiin ang inyong lumbay,
Pagkat iyon kaibigan ang aming pakay,
Sa Canlubang bukas ang ating buhay,
Sabay-sabay tayong maglalakbay.

Ngayon kayo ay naririto,
Sa punlaang inyong ginusto,
Ang pananahan niyo rito sana ay lubos,
Oras dito ay walang paltos,
Sa mga gawaing makaDiyos.

Sa inyong pagdating ito ang aming pagbati,
Pagkat isang taon na naman ang napawi,
At bagong taon ay ating bubunuin,
Sa buhay na ibig nating tahakin,
Kasama si Maria na ating ina,
At si Don Bosco na ating ama.

The Poet in Me

The sole survivor

Ended up on this deserted place,
got no person and a place to go,
i feel alone,
haunted by misery,
thinking 'would I survive such a place?'
knowing, I'm the only survivor from that ruined race...

It's all our fault

I see how it fall,
But I've seen it on its glory,
I've seen how it was better,
Now, it's on its worst.

We all live there,
We all do,
some would care, some just don't
some would fight for it, but some let it die.

Now it dies, and so are we,
Lost on this vast galaxy,
we end up no place to go,
no to place to live,
now we are challenged to live on this,
how long are we going to take this?

It's all our fault,
our carelessness and less-concern,
on the mother who provided us much.
We became greedy and not-minded her need,
Now she takes revenge as she perish.
It's all our fault.

The step down

The little imp I have in me,
who bothers and lead me to sin,
now, I take the courage to put it down,
giving it a giant step,
to crush such foolishness and fore go the devilish me.

As I give this imp a crushing step,
I promise to crush the evil in me,
and now, I crush it,
to end the evil in me.