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

* litrato mula sa google

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