Sabado, Oktubre 7, 2023

Apo ni Leonidas

APO NI LEONIDAS

dugong Spartan, isang aktibista
apo ni Leonidas ng Sparta
at tagapagtanggol ng aping masa

lingkod ng manggagawa't maralita 
tinig ng inaapi't mga dukha
di palulupig sa mga kuhila

tangan ang prinsipyo ng proletaryo
inoorganisa'y uring obrero
pangarap ay lipunang makatao

sa mapagsamantala'y di pagapi
pati na sa tuso't mapagkunwari
at lalabanan ang mapang-aglahi

nakikibaka pa rin hanggang ngayon
laging mahalaga'y kamtin ang layon
nabubuhay upang tupdin ang misyon

- gregoriovbituinjr.
10.07.2023

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Lunes, Oktubre 2, 2023

I was born a Red October

I WAS BORN A RED OCTOBER

I was born on the second of October
like Mahatma Gandhi, actor Benjie Paras
classmate Angelo Arvisu, singer Sting
chess grandmaster Jonathan Spillman

a Libra who fight for social change
a writer who write in progressive page
a proletarian poet in politics engage
that in exploitative system feel rage
an activist who read Marx, the sage

I was born a Red October
I was born when French painter, chess
player and writer Marcel Duchamp died
I was born when protesting students
were killed by government forces in what
was known as the Tlatelolco massacre
I was born to continue their struggle
and the struggle of the working class

that's why I am an Spartan activist
that's why I am an environmental advocate
that's why I am a human rights defender
that's why I am a proletarian writer and poet
that's why I am and will always be
a Red October

- gregoriovbituinjr.
10.02.2023