tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16783180873314376612024-03-12T17:57:00.903-07:00Of Verses and RhymesWriting and sharing poetry!Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-43453326739042939512014-05-11T03:42:00.000-07:002014-06-11T03:56:56.047-07:00Happy Mothers' Day to All!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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To the greatest woman we have ever known;</div>
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to the most caring and endearing lady in our life,</div>
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who has mold us to be respectable and noble;</div>
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and cared enough to give us the very best.</div>
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HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY, MOM!</div>
Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-47547036501770620952014-04-12T09:20:00.000-07:002014-04-12T09:20:18.923-07:00Powerful Hands<span class="_50f4"></span><br />
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from Mr. Luis Lu's Facebook Status:</div>
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When our strength gives way, </div>
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there's an arm that never gets tired...</div>
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"God will hold you and won't let you down." </div>
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<br /> Put God on top of everything </div>
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and let Him take charge of all your plans</div>
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then you will see the reason why.....</div>
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<br /> Even in pain, we could smile;<br /> Even in sorrow, we could still have joy;<br /> Even in doubts, we could still believe;</div>
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<br /> Even in betrayal, we could still trust;<br /> Even in fear, we still continue to fight!<br /> Be felt with His love!</div>
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Image Credit:</div>
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<a href="https://www.beaconlifechristianstore.com/tag/christian-living-with-christian-faith/" target="_blank">https://www.beaconlifechristianstore.com/tag/christian-living-with-christian-faith/</a></div>
Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-1934927784001165312013-10-12T04:11:00.003-07:002013-10-12T04:11:41.725-07:00Don't Quit!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">When the funds are low and the debts are high, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As every one of us sometimes learns, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And you never can tell how close you are, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit. </span></span></div>
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Fill your heart with deep, strong faith</div>
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Let hope and peace prevail</div>
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O'er the problems that bother you</div>
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Trust God without fail...</div>
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Fill your days with labor true</div>
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Persist till your goal is hit</div>
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Within your hands the magic rests</div>
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Life is what you make it.</div>
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a Free Verse</div>
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by Jessie A. Israel</div>
Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-40076271850214179402013-03-30T03:41:00.000-07:002013-03-30T03:41:13.780-07:00The Essence of a Wife<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">and let her works bring her praise at the city
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">a Poetic Prose </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Proverbs 31-NIV, c/o Biblegateway.com</span></div>
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not for people who drift </div>
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a relationship so precious </div>
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for one who is affectuous. </div>
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Must admit I’m sentimental </div>
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friendship isn’t incidental </div>
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it’s a choice people make </div>
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a risk people take. </div>
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Friendship isn’t for fun </div>
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One thing beautiful about young lovers is that for them, love is all that matters. However, as we mature, we realize that no matter how big is the love that a couple shares and no matter how true it is, it is not enough.</div>
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It is the painful part of loving: trying to get the strength to endure the pain of letting go. Somehow, you may survive but deep inside you know you will live in the memory of that one love over and over even if it's over.</div>
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Below is a copy of a poem, "It's Over", which I have set into music. I have finished the poem on March 10, 2004 at 12:00AM. I finished the music two days after at 6:00PM.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Why do I feel this way?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It's hard for me to say;</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">While life must go on</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">I'll have to live the rest of my life alone.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">I won't make it hard for you,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">While love could be so true,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It won't be enough</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">We have to face the fact that we're not that tough.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It's over, I guess</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">This is just where it ends</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">The hope we'd like to hold on to</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Has been swept away and lost</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It's over, just like</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">how you blow off a candle light</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It's just gone;</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It's gone forever.</span></i></div>
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Indeed, there are many struggles in life. There are circumstances that we need to face bravely even if our strength seems fading. We can still rise up if we will never give up. Our strength wanes but God is always there to help us. While we are here on this earth, we will face countless trials but if we know how to trust in God, we can experience how to be victorious.</div>
<br />Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-52594856600109018322011-12-14T19:11:00.000-08:002011-12-14T19:11:59.745-08:00T'was The Night Before ChristmasT'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house<br />
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.<br />
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,<br />
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.<br />
<br />
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,<br />
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.<br />
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,<br />
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.<br />
<br />
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,<br />
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.<br />
Away to the window I flew like a flash,<br />
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.<br />
<br />
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow<br />
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.<br />
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,<br />
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.<br />
<br />
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,<br />
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.<br />
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,<br />
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!<br />
<br />
"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!<br />
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen!<br />
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!<br />
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"<br />
<br />
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,<br />
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.<br />
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,<br />
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too.<br />
<br />
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof<br />
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.<br />
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,<br />
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.<br />
<br />
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,<br />
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.<br />
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,<br />
And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.<br />
<br />
His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!<br />
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!<br />
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,<br />
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.<br />
<br />
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,<br />
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.<br />
He had a broad face and a little round belly,<br />
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!<br />
<br />
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,<br />
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!<br />
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,<br />
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.<br />
<br />
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,<br />
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.<br />
And laying his finger aside of his nose,<br />
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!<br />
<br />
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,<br />
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.<br />
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,<br />
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"<br />
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by Clement Clarke Moore (1779 - 1863)Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-46535115893203741562011-11-07T01:06:00.001-08:002011-11-07T01:09:12.285-08:00Mga Luha ng Isang DalagaMalakas ang buhos ng ulan, <br />
Lumalabo na ang salamin ng bintana, <br />
‘Di na makatagos ang tingin, <br />
Parang mga matang puno ng luha, <br />
Kailangan nang pahirin. <br />
<br />
Ang dami kong pinagdaanan, <br />
Hanggang ngayo’y tumatakot sa akin, <br />
Isa lamang ang natitiyak, <br />
Saan man dalhin ng tadhana, <br />
Patuloy kitang mamahalin. <br />
<br />
Hindi kayang sukatin, <br />
Damdamin para sa ‘yo, <br />
Sa haba ng panahon, <br />
Nanatili ang pag-ibig, <br />
Mula pa ng mga bata tayo. <br />
<br />
Ipinipikit ang mga mata sa katotohanan, <br />
Nguni’t hindi sa mga ala-ala, <br />
Sapagka’t iyon na lamang, <br />
Ang mayroon ako mula sa ‘yo; <br />
Nagbibigay ng ngiti sa puso. <br />
<br />
Magmula pa nuo’y mahal na kita, <br />
Hanggang sa mga sandaling ito, <br />
Nguni’t wala na ‘kong maibibigay pa, <br />
Liban sa damdaming nakatago sa puso, <br />
Kasama ng mga ala-ala mo. <br />
<br />
Malakas ang buhos ng ulan, <br />
Lumalabo na ang salamin ng bintana, <br />
‘Di na makatagos ang tingin, <br />
Parang mga matang puno ng luha, <br />
Kailangan nang pahirin.<br />
<br />
<br />
a Free Verse in Filipino <br />
an Official Entry to the 2007 Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature <br />
Copyright © April 2007 by Arnel Oroceo for CPMA 2007<br />
All Rights Reserved, International Copyright SecuredArnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-88266467898787702052011-10-31T00:30:00.000-07:002011-10-31T00:30:00.447-07:00Hiwaga ng Pag-ibig<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDllhA60vgxRBt1LPcaMMOPzBCPGBtNnRBlKMccB19PkgcGcUxiYN_IBmtiOdMUV2KBklFVPxLDfDZSjsq_DQE8kipk-507YY2EJ6ey2F0RIljWs22oTZWVwH3bIV9lx-2ZibqdqgOxrxA/s1600/truelove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDllhA60vgxRBt1LPcaMMOPzBCPGBtNnRBlKMccB19PkgcGcUxiYN_IBmtiOdMUV2KBklFVPxLDfDZSjsq_DQE8kipk-507YY2EJ6ey2F0RIljWs22oTZWVwH3bIV9lx-2ZibqdqgOxrxA/s320/truelove.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
O anong hiwaga mayroon itong pag-ibig? <br />
Nakababaliw; nakapagtataka, <br />
kahanga-hanga; napakasaya, <br />
bumubuhay ng pagkatao; <br />
bagama’t minsa’y nakamamatay din ito. <br />
<br />
Kay hirap isipin kung paanong <br />
ang dalawang tao’y pinagtagpo <br />
upang magsama bilang isa habang buhay! <br />
O may lihim na hiwaga ang pag-ibig <br />
at basta ka na lamang bibihagin <br />
at gagawing alipin. <br />
<br />
Hindi naman siya Diyos, <br />
nguni’t buong puso’t kaluluwa mo’y <br />
ibibigay ng walang pag-aatubili. <br />
Hindi mo naman nanay, <br />
pero ipagpapaalam lahat ng pupuntahan <br />
pati oras ng balik at ang dahilan<br />
kung sakaling mahuli sa oras na pinag-usapan. <br />
<br />
Hindi mo naman tatay, <br />
pero lahat ng sabihin ay kailangang sundin <br />
salungat man sa saloobin. <br />
Hindi mo naman kaanu-ano, <br />
pero ibinibigay sa kanya ang buong suweldo. <br />
Lahat ng kinikita sa kaniya ang intrega, <br />
maliban na nga lang sa kaunting naitago sa kuwalta moneda. <br />
<br />
O anong hiwagang mahirap unawain! <br />
Paulit-ulit mang pagtaksilan, pinapatawad pa rin; <br />
ilang ulit mang saktan, tinatanggap pa rin. <br />
Kahit bistado na ang kasinungalingan, <br />
pinaniniwalaan pa rin. <br />
<br />
Pupuyatin ka sa paghihintay, pag-uwi’y lasing; <br />
siya pa ang may ganang magalit, <br />
sa ngit-ngit halos gusto mo ng lasunin! <br />
Nguni’t pag tahimik na, <br />
paglipas ng sagutan at sumbatan, <br />
pagkatapos dumaloy ang ilog ng luha, <br />
sa kabila ng galit, iniibig pa rin. <br />
<br />
Marahil, ang pinakamalaking hiwaga, <br />
ay ang makita ang kaibig-ibig <br />
na nakatago sa likod ng kapangitan; <br />
‘di lamang sa hitsura o katayuan sa buhay, <br />
o sa edad o maging pisikal na kapansanan. <br />
<br />
Hindi iindahin ang maraming sakripisyo, <br />
maipadama lang ang pag-ibig na tutoo. <br />
Ay, kay hiwaga ng pag-ibig! <br />
Mahirap unawaing lahat tayo’y inalipin.<br />
<br />
a Free Verse in Filipino <br />
an Official Entry to the 2010 Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature <br />
Copyright © May 2010 by Arnel Oroceo for CPMA 2010 <br />
All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured<br />
<br />
Image above courtesy of:<br />
<a href="http://www.lobobear.com/?tag=mystery-of-love">http://www.lobobear.com/?tag=mystery-of-love</a>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-62553658954717089912011-10-26T00:03:00.000-07:002011-10-26T01:05:42.316-07:00Isang PanalanginKay daming nais na makamtan,<br />
nais malasap at matikman;<br />
makamit ma’y wala ring kabuluhan,<br />
kung ‘di ikaw ang pag-aalayan.<br />
Iisa lang ang aking kaligayahan,<br />
isang bagay na aking napatunayan;<br />
nais ko’y ikaw ang kapiling,<br />
sa bawat araw na dumarating.<br />
Kapag ‘di ka kasama<br />
ang bawat araw na lumilipas<br />
parang natutuyong bulaklak na nalalagas.<br />
Nawawala ang samyo nito<br />
gayun din ang saysay<br />
kasamang nabubulok ang gandang tinataglay.<br />
Ang iyong tinig ang aking kalakasan,<br />
ang iyong yakap ang aking kasiglahan;<br />
ang iyong pag-ibig ang tanggulan,<br />
sa paghinga’y ikaw ang dahilan.<br />
‘Di kita ipagpapalit sa mapanuksong mundo;<br />
tanging pag-ibig mo, O Diyos, ang nais ko.<br />
<br />
<br />
a Free Verse in Filipino<br />
an Official Entry to the 2010 Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature<br />
Copyright © May 2010 by Arnel Oroceo for CPMA 2010<br />
All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-45478836641789011142011-10-25T00:37:00.000-07:002011-10-25T00:37:00.225-07:00Diligin ng Luha ang Natuyong LupaLubhang nasasalanta ang lupain, <br />
bitak-bitak na ang lupa sa mga bukirin. <br />
Sa tindi ng init ng araw, <br />
natutuyo na ang mga katubigan; <br />
dasal ng mga tao’y bumuhos ang ulan. <br />
Kung tutuusi’y katatapos pa lang ng mapaminsalang bagyo, <br />
na nagwasak ng mga bahay at kumitil ng maraming buhay; <br />
nilunod sa ilang oras na ulan, <br />
ang ilang taong pinaghirapan! <br />
Sino nga ba ang tamang sisihin; <br />
ang mga pinunong bigo sa pamamahala, <br />
o ang mga mamamayang nagpabaya? <br />
Tag-ulan at tag-araw, <br />
siklong nagpapapalit-palit lang, <br />
sana’y magawang maiayon ang pamumuhay <br />
sa pabagu-bagong panahon. <br />
Responsibilidad sa sarili; <br />
tungkulin sa kapwa at pribilehiyo mula sa Diyos na may likha <br />
na magawang alagaan ang likas na yaman <br />
bago tuluyang masadlak sa isang likas na kahirapan. <br />
Tunay ngang ‘di malalabanan, <br />
ang puwersa ng kalikasan; <br />
nguni’t maaari mo itong maging kaibigan. <br />
Ngayo’y kailangang tiisin ang nakapapasong init ng araw <br />
at labanan ang matinding uhaw <br />
habang dinidilig ng luha ang natuyong lupa. <br />
Ilang buwan pa ay darating na <br />
ang mga ulap na magdadala ng ulan; <br />
mga bagyong magpapalubog sa maraming pamayanan. <br />
Panibagong problema nanaman! <br />
‘Di kailangan ng mga babaylan para makita <br />
ang mga darating pang krisis, <br />
kailangan lang idilat ang mga mata sa kapaligiran. <br />
Kung hindi matutugunan ng may kapangyarihan <br />
ang pangangailangan ng bayan, <br />
parang siklong pabalik-balik lang ang mga nararanasan! <br />
Tulungan ang sarili; sikaping magbago, <br />
magtiwalang malalampasan ang hirap; <br />
magpapadala ang Diyos ng himala sa mga nagsisikap. <br />
<br />
a Free Verse in Filipino <br />
an Official Entry to the 2010 Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature <br />
Copyright © May 2010 by Arnel Oroceo for CPMA 2010 <br />
All Rights Reserved, International Copyright SecuredArnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-67203000062150045092011-10-24T02:35:00.000-07:002011-10-24T02:35:09.888-07:00Hanggang Kailan?<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Ilang panahon na rin ang nagdaan, </div><div style="text-align: left;">kung iisipin, para bang kailan lang; </div><div style="text-align: left;">nung tayo ay huling nagkatabi </div><div style="text-align: left;">at mga palad nati’y nagkadampi, </div><div style="text-align: left;">kailan kaya kita muling makakasama? </div><div style="text-align: left;">Ilang panahon na ring naghihintay, </div><div style="text-align: left;">kung puwede nga lang sanang pabilisin </div><div style="text-align: left;">ang pag-ikot ng mundo. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Nananabik na mamasdang muli </div><div style="text-align: left;">ang ganda’t tamis ng iyong ngiti, </div><div style="text-align: left;">madugtungan pa kaya, ang mga lumipas na sandali? </div><div style="text-align: left;">Nguni’t parang habang ika’y inaabot, </div><div style="text-align: left;">e lalo ka namang napapalayo; </div><div style="text-align: left;">habang hinahabol ka’y tila lalong naglalaho </div><div style="text-align: left;">ang pag-asang magkakasama muli tayo. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Hanggang kailan maghihintay </div><div style="text-align: left;">na madama ang init ng pag-ibig mo? </div><div style="text-align: left;">Hanggang kailan maiinip </div><div style="text-align: left;">sa tagal ng iyong pagbabalik? </div><div style="text-align: left;">O kay tagal, umaasam, nangangarap </div><div style="text-align: left;">na tayo’y maging isang puso, sa harap ng Diyos. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Nguni’t parang ‘di na yata darating pa </div><div style="text-align: left;">o ang tagal, hanggang kailan pa ba? </div><div style="text-align: left;">Matagal na kong naghihintay, </div><div style="text-align: left;">sana ‘di mo, malimutan. </div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">a Free Verse in Filipino <br />
an Official Entry to the 2010 Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature <br />
Copyright © May 2010 by Arnel Oroceo for CPMA 2010 <br />
All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured</div></div>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-5023624459299360302011-10-20T20:35:00.000-07:002011-10-20T20:35:29.360-07:00Parable of the Tenants<div style="text-align: center;">The Pharisees were restless <br />
as they listen to the Great Teacher, <br />
they gnashed their teeth in outrage <br />
as the words of Jesus struck deep. <br />
It was not hard to understand the fury they kept <br />
for envy and pride were eating up their hearts. <br />
<br />
And so Jesus went on to say: <br />
“A man planted a vineyard; <br />
puts up fences, wine press <br />
and a tall watchtower. <br />
He then asked his tenants <br />
to watch over his estate <br />
while he went to a foreign land. <br />
<br />
When the time of harvest came, <br />
He sent his servants to the tenants <br />
to get his rightful share, <br />
but the tenants grabbed his servants <br />
beated up one, killed another, <br />
and stoned the others. <br />
The owner sent more servants to his vineyard <br />
but the same fate they suffered. <br />
<br />
At last, the owner sent his son, <br />
he thought, “Perhaps, my son they’ll respect”. <br />
Yet when the tenants saw his son, <br />
among themselves they agreed: <br />
“Let’s kill him and get his inheritance!” <br />
So they dragged him out of the the vineyard <br />
and slayed him ruthlessly.” <br />
<br />
Now, when the owner of the vineyard <br />
have returned for his harvest, <br />
What would he do? <br />
Shall he kill them all and hire new tenants <br />
who would give him his share? <br />
<br />
The Pharisees saw the truth in each word <br />
yet their eyes they closed to Him, <br />
They understood but would not believe; <br />
they saw but would not accept. <br />
The Rock they trampled on <br />
had become the Cornerstone. <br />
<br />
The time will come when <br />
we shall all account <br />
for the life that we have lived, <br />
Have we believed and have lived <br />
as we have believed?<br />
<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">a Poetic Prose </div><div style="text-align: left;">Copyright © October 2011 by Arnel Oroceo for Of Verses and Rhymes <br />
All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured</div></div>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-86498983248179438282011-10-19T20:22:00.000-07:002011-10-19T20:22:23.239-07:00Missing the Light<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFcpfavPXMGwbnlkhDsXZDYojnnz-oIB4LjlwAUknzL-AlEv-wM9qAwRMWcywBVJIdfkTjV7Pboa11_brm31GZV-oLJwtexVXWJGTKhh_3nUKuhqwpiILWfkL1I7s8Y3sewLvd_JR__QQ/s1600/More_Dark_Clouds_by_GRANNYSATTICSTOCK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFcpfavPXMGwbnlkhDsXZDYojnnz-oIB4LjlwAUknzL-AlEv-wM9qAwRMWcywBVJIdfkTjV7Pboa11_brm31GZV-oLJwtexVXWJGTKhh_3nUKuhqwpiILWfkL1I7s8Y3sewLvd_JR__QQ/s320/More_Dark_Clouds_by_GRANNYSATTICSTOCK.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
It’s a cold, gloomy and stormy night,<br />
The rain’s falling with a terrible might,<br />
It’s flooding every space where it passes,<br />
Like tears to a heart, lonely and restless.<br />
<br />
It has been ages since I have seen light,<br />
Shadows dark have kept it out of my sight,<br />
It is so near yet it is very far,<br />
Like having peace in the middle of war.<br />
<br />
All that’s left for me to cherish and hold,<br />
Are tender memories out in the cold,<br />
And hoping for the future to unfold,<br />
Yet which no power has ever foretold.<br />
<br />
Siding with any possibility,<br />
Pressing against imminent tragedy,<br />
Leaving behind reason and sanity,<br />
Taking hold of love’s serene purity.<br />
<br />
Dark shadows cast doubt that obscure vision,<br />
Filling the heart with utter confusion,<br />
It’s a long and cruel isolation,<br />
A life-long and bitter separation.<br />
<br />
She’s gone yet I inquire of her return,<br />
From a distance only hearts can sojourn,<br />
As for where this timeless journey shall end?<br />
I leave it all up to destiny’s hand.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">verses in iambic pentameter <br />
Copyright © October 2011 by Arnel Oroceo for Of Verses and Rhymes<br />
All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured<br />
<br />
Image Courtesy of: <br />
<a href="http://grannysatticstock.deviantart.com/art/More-Dark-Clouds-121045843">http://grannysatticstock.deviantart.com/art/More-Dark-Clouds-121045843</a></div></div>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-61635962845342401172011-10-11T21:13:00.000-07:002011-10-11T21:13:56.657-07:00Paano Ba Maging Bayani?<div style="text-align: center;">Sabi ng isang pulitiko, </div><div style="text-align: center;">magiging bayani ka kung una, </div><div style="text-align: center;">yun ang ipapangalan sa’yo ng iyong ama! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Nakatatawa ang kaniyang biro </div><div style="text-align: center;">na ang pagiging bayani ay ‘di biro. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Karamihan ng mga kinikilalang bayani’y patay na, </div><div style="text-align: center;">inaalayan ng bulaklak tuwing sasapit </div><div style="text-align: center;">ang kanilang kaarawan o araw ng kamatayan. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Subali’t buhay pa rin ba sa ating kamalayan </div><div style="text-align: center;">ang kanilang kabayanihan? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Gugustuhin mo bang sundan </div><div style="text-align: center;">ang daang pinili nilang lakaran? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Maraming makabagong bayani </div><div style="text-align: center;">ang ‘di napapansin. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Bakit? Dahil hindi sila namamatay? </div><div style="text-align: center;">‘Di kailangang laging dumanak ang dugo </div><div style="text-align: center;">at mabuwis ng buhay para maging bayani! </div><div style="text-align: center;">‘Di lamang mga sundalo ang puwede sa ganung parangal! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Nakalulungkot, mga dayuhan pa ang kumilala </div><div style="text-align: center;">at nagparangal sa isang Efren Penaflorida! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Kung iisipin, wala ni isa sa mga bayani natin </div><div style="text-align: center;">ang nangarap na kilalaning bayani. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Wala ni isa sa kanila ang naghangad </div><div style="text-align: center;">na tumanggap ng parangal pagdating ng panahon. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ginawa lamang nila ang inakala nilang dapat gawin; </div><div style="text-align: center;">na tumugon sa tawag ng kapwa nilang nangangailangan. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ibinigay nila ang kanilang oras at panahon; </div><div style="text-align: center;">ang malaking bahagi ng kanilang buhay </div><div style="text-align: center;">at hindi ipinagdamot ang kakayahan. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Kabalintunaan kung iisipin: </div><div style="text-align: center;">hindi ginusto ng isang bayani na maging bayani! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ibinigay lamang niya ang kaya niyang ibigay </div><div style="text-align: center;">upang mabigyan ng pag-asa ang iba. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Kung gusto mong maging bayani, </div><div style="text-align: center;">malamang hindi mo iyun makamit. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Nguni’t kung may tainga kang handang makinig; </div><div style="text-align: center;">may pusong nakauunawa, </div><div style="text-align: center;">may mga palad na handang tumulong </div><div style="text-align: center;">ng walang hinihintay na kapalit, </div><div style="text-align: center;">‘di ako magtataka na bukas o makalawa, </div><div style="text-align: center;">may tatawag sa’yong- bayani!</div><br />
<i>a Free Verse in Filipino<br />
an Official Entry to the 2010 Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature<br />
Copyright © May 2010 by Arnel Oroceo for CPMA 2010<br />
All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured</i>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-70581838397082601842011-09-28T02:47:00.000-07:002011-09-28T02:47:58.989-07:00Punong Mangga (Mango Tree)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3RGgjTm2cr7Uz3JeNNjKj0GsmRRTW0O4u43MeeV1MArQg0K-CrUZbRD6FcGdSVIdDJm9kMxdpaF96rkN9zW-D2V_G0cNG-vX8Ux5bRtQkRruxWylv0yL9DEQgBOvLK2wFyozSVaUCxSE/s1600/mango05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3RGgjTm2cr7Uz3JeNNjKj0GsmRRTW0O4u43MeeV1MArQg0K-CrUZbRD6FcGdSVIdDJm9kMxdpaF96rkN9zW-D2V_G0cNG-vX8Ux5bRtQkRruxWylv0yL9DEQgBOvLK2wFyozSVaUCxSE/s320/mango05.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apple Mango Fruit</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">May punong mangga sa harap ng aming bahay,<br />
hitik na hitik sa bulaklak;<br />
sana hindi umulan.<br />
Nguni’t ‘di maaaring maiwasan;<br />
tiyak ang dating ng ulan.<br />
Naglalaglagan sa bawat bugso ng malakas na hangin<br />
at malalaking patak ng ulan,<br />
sayang at ‘di nabuo.<br />
Nakapanghihinayang!<br />
Ang nawalang mga bunga,<br />
‘di na maibabalik pa sa sanga.<br />
Bunga ng punong may dalang pakinabang,<br />
‘di na nabuo, sayang!<br />
Sa buhay may mga bunga din;<br />
higit pa ang pakinabang kaysa pagkain.<br />
Ang iyong mga ginawa at gagawin;<br />
parang mga bungang maaaring pitasin.<br />
Dulot ay aral at kaalaman, <br />
kaya’t gawing matibay ang iyong mga sanga<br />
ng hindi basta malagas ang iyong mga bunga.<br />
Umihip man ang malakas na bugso ng unos,<br />
hindi malalagas at mahuhulog<br />
at sa lupa ay mabubulok.<br />
Nakikilala ang puno sa kaniyang bunga,<br />
matatandaan ang tao kung paano niya ginugol ang buhay niya.<br />
Dadaan ang sigwa ng panahon<br />
nguni’t mananatili ang iyong bungang buhay sa ala-ala.</div><br />
<i>a Free Verse in Filipino<br />
an Official Entry to the 2010 Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature<br />
Copyright © May 2010 by Arnel Oroceo for CPMA 2010<br />
All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured</i><br />
<br />
Image above courtesy of:<br />
<a href="http://mgonline.com/articles/mango.aspx">http://mgonline.com/articles/mango.aspx</a>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-29527182885904968122011-09-20T03:51:00.000-07:002011-09-22T04:04:31.479-07:00Panlulumo<i>June 12, 2009, 11:33PM <br />
A Poetic Prose in Filipino </i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://camecare.com/recover-depression-with-lifestyle.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiTNCkEtoC4rTmQcmH1yrlv6DxUICmRaSzcGVUzXLgmE59vvgeamGWWa5Y-gSzfNg4FHvZTrvTN7yvVqtTOedTLs7CsMA_c3z_kcU439eHafbBJK-aQFehuMaBYFFgAwhqskeH6mQyhRq/s200/depression.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Lahat ng bagay sa ilalim ng araw ay may dahilan at layunin. <br />
Hindi madaling malaman lalong hindi ang unawain; <br />
subalit sa malao’t madali, maraming tanong ang kailangang sagutin. <br />
“Nagkukubli sa lambong ng makapal na ulap”, <br />
sa ganyan maaaring ihalintulad ang paghahanap <br />
ng isip na bulag sa matuwid na paliwanag. <br />
O bulag nga ba? O pilit lang hinahanap ang gustong makita <br />
at iniiwasan ang totoong nasa harap niya? <br />
Kahangalang habulin ang mabilis na orasan <br />
kung kailan huli na sa takbuhan; <br />
lalu pa ang abutin ang pangarap kung ‘di naman akma sa sukat. <br />
Pilit mang magpumiglas ng ubod lakas, <br />
ibabalik ka rin sa iyong pinagmulan; <br />
kakain ng alikabok habang gumagapang sa lakaran. <br />
Mabuting tanggapin na sa simula pa lamang <br />
ang kakatuwang kinasadlakan. <br />
Maraming dusa at luha ang maiiwasan <br />
kung lalagay lamang sa dapat na kalagyan- <br />
kung sagana ay magpasasa; kung hirap ay magtiis- <br />
sadyang hindi patas ang buhay sa daigdig. <br />
“E ano’ng gagawin mo laban sa kalakaran <br />
kung wala ka namang pinag-aralan”? <br />
“E ‘di mag-aral at magpakadalubhasa”! <br />
“Ang daling sabihin ngunit mahirap simulan”. <br />
“E lalong hindi matatapos kundi uumpisahan”! <br />
“E paano pa ngayon, e huli na”? <br />
Bawat galaw mo, kailangan ng pera, <br />
ultimo bawat butil na isusubo ay may halaga. <br />
Lahat ng gusto mo ay magagawa kung may panggasta. <br />
E paano kung wala? Saan ka kukuha? <br />
Tataya na lang sa lotto at maghihintay ng bola? <br />
Sige, mangarap ka kung may sampung piso ka! <br />
E sa pagkain pa lang yun e kulang na! <br />
Magpalimos na lang kaya sa kalye, <br />
O umasa sa tulong ng mahahabag? <br />
E, pa’no naman kaaawaan kung ang tiyan <br />
ay ‘sing bilog ng pakwan! <br />
Lumpo nga ang mga paa at walang lakas ang katawan, <br />
ngunit nakakapag-isip naman! <br />
Saan nga ba pupunta? <br />
Paano pupunta doon? <br />
Kailangan bang magi-isa o may kasama? <br />
May maghahatid ba o susundo? <br />
Nakakapagod maging inutil! <br />
Pero mas nakakapagod ang mapagod. <br />
Parang sayang ang buhay na walang narating. <br />
Minsang lumakad sa mundo ngunit parang ‘di napansin. <br />
Mabanggit man ang pangalan ay walang makakilala; <br />
lilipas pa ang mga taon at wala nang makaka-alala. <br />
Parang abong hinipan ng malakas na hangin, <br />
hahalo lang sa alikabok na pinapalis. <br />
Mas mabuti pa nga siguro ang mamatay <br />
kaysa isilang sa sangmaliwanag; <br />
mabuting ilibing sa lupa kaysa magpatuloy na huminga; <br />
hirâp ‘di lamang ang katawan kundi pati ang isip. <br />
Magmukhang tinakasan man ang buhay na walang say-say, <br />
nabawasan naman ang pabigat sa lipunan. <br />
Ngunit ‘di tayo ang nagtatakda ng katapusan, <br />
kinahantungan man ay hindi mo gusto. <br />
Batas pa rin ng langit ang masusunod. <br />
Lahat ng bagay ay may dahilan; <br />
kung gayon, lahat ay may matinong kahulugan. <br />
Kung alam mo na kung nasaan ka at kung saan ka pupunta, <br />
tsaka mo lang makikita ang liwanag. <br />
Doon mo mauunawa ang pakinabang <br />
mula sa mga aral na nalampasan; <br />
tulad ng yamang hindi nawawala, <br />
yun ay kung mayroon kang pang-unawa. <br />
<br />
By Arnel Oroceo <br />
From the “Salamin ng Puso” (A Compilation) <br />
Copyright © 2009, Arnel Oroceo All Rights ReservedArnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-22365460519093006422011-09-14T21:42:00.000-07:002011-09-14T21:42:29.305-07:00All Of Me<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">All of me, Lord You see</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I can’t hide myself from Your eyes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You search and know my deepest thoughts</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Oh, You see all of me my Lord.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">What can I say? You see my ways</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I can’t pretend I don’t comprehend</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Those words from Your lips I’m supposed to keep</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Oh, You see all of me my Lord.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">With just one call I know You hear me</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Even to a whisper You respond in Your mercy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And all of my guilt you shall wash away completely</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">No matter how far I’ve strayed You never take Your love away.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Even though I am not worthy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">To You Oh, Lord I shall come boldly</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Take me in Your arms and change me</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Let Your burning fire come and fill all of me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">All of me, Lord You see</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A broken heart, Lord I lift up</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Heal each pain; mend every vein</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Oh You see, all of me my Lord.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And all of You, make me see</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Your loving heart that I tear apart</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The life You give, I despise and throw away</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Every time Lord You see, all of me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">With just one call I know You hear me</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Even to a whisper You respond in Your mercy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And all of my guilt you shall wash away completely</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">No matter how far I’ve strayed You never take Your love away.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Even though I am not worthy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">To You Oh, Lord I shall come boldly</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Take me in Your arms and change me</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Let Your burning fire come and fill all of me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">a Free Verse w/ original music </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">based on Psalm 139:1,23-24</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright © May 1998, September 2011 by Arnel Oroceo for Of Verses and Rhymes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured</span></div>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-54097127972589819072011-09-05T04:16:00.000-07:002011-09-05T04:16:36.327-07:00Expression<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Certain things need no words to express…</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The human soul is a vast space;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">an endless and unexplored depth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It is where love flourishes and thrives;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">yet it’s not strong enough a vessel</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">when love wants to break free.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The souls dictates what the mind should think;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">what the hands should do and what the lips should speak</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">yet the same soul holds them up in silence</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">but no matter how hard you wrestle love will show up;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">for love has a language of its own.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">At times, words are not enough to express them…</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Even if I pick up every word I can learn</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">and arrange them into a fine discourse,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">it would not be enough to express precisely</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">what love wants to say;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">for words are just not enough.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Too much words could mean flattery</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">but few words might lose meaning.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In the end you’ll realize that words are too few;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">for what you want to convey</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">is much too big for words to say.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Love is more than what you can say,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">it is even beyond what you can do</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">but if you are indeed true,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">love will come across exactly</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">how you want it to.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">But at certain times, expression is your only consolation…</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The human soul is where that the fiercest of battles is fought;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">where wounds are deep and takes time to heal.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Yet is where the strongest of bonds forms</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">which time tests and builds up;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">too strong for any tempest to impair.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">A saying is true;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“Happiness is not what you have to live on,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">but what you have to live for”,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">and for as long as the bond stays in place,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">happiness will never be elusive.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Happiness does not demand perfection;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">as circumstances are not always pleasant.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Not all our dreams will come true</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">and you can’t make situations turn</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">toward your favor.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Yet there is happiness if you know</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">love binds you tightly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">you know your aspirations have a purpose;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">no matter how hard you perspire</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">love is always there to inspire.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">a Free Verse</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Copyright © September 2011 by Arnel Oroceo for Of Verses and Rhymes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured</span></div>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-6099160297128990602011-08-29T00:09:00.000-07:002011-08-29T00:09:00.065-07:00It’s Rather Slow<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">I’ve just had my desktop reformatted,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Unbelievably, twice in this month!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The past days have been stressful,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Couldn’t get my important stuffs done!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Yet still, it’s rather slow!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Couldn’t perceive if it’s the connection</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Or another conflict in programs,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">But I need to get my stuffs done!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">But I am tied to this situation,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">I‘m afraid I need to keep up with it,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">I would not be able to complete my task,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">If I’ll let exasperation get the better of me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It’s rather slow maybe,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">But I’ll get there if I will not falter,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What will happen next?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It depends on how I will act!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It’s not that I can control things,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Rather, I can choose how I will respond </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To things that happen unexpectedly</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Even if it’s rather slow.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">by Arnel Oroceo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">a Free Verse</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Copyright © August 2011 by Arnel Oroceo Of Verses and Rhymes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">All Rights Reserved, International Copyright Secured</span></div>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-81370981807146343262011-08-27T00:04:00.000-07:002011-08-27T00:04:00.063-07:00Row Against the Wind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekQbiE_gaEQ35moWjqGNZvmJS0FomUfE_UxITafjVjxGITDskJxw91uWHFPqFZJR9HPAC2jo1WnRIzTFmQTMStgC3l4hbME2TsSjGz5WET5vPUfPAP2DTKi0ldI5xgurd5uP4UNt1snB_/s1600/Rowing+on+Deer+Lake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekQbiE_gaEQ35moWjqGNZvmJS0FomUfE_UxITafjVjxGITDskJxw91uWHFPqFZJR9HPAC2jo1WnRIzTFmQTMStgC3l4hbME2TsSjGz5WET5vPUfPAP2DTKi0ldI5xgurd5uP4UNt1snB_/s320/Rowing+on+Deer+Lake.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Sometimes it feels like you’re losing your ground,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Seems like you’re whole world is falling apart,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">It’s hard to understand what you’re going through,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Is there a better day to hold on to?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Imagine, you’re in a boat rowing calmly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Suddenly, you meet a storm in the journey,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Though you don’t know what to do don’t let it frighten you,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Don’t lose your heart; go on and row.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Row, row against the wind,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Stand until the end; it doesn’t matter when</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">In your darkest day, in Jesus mighty arms stay</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Let Him blow the dark clouds away.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Maybe it’s hard to trust what you don’t see,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">But God is the One who sees clearly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">When you can’t see what lies ahead,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Let Him ride your boat and trust His call.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Somewhere in the course of life,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">The point where the horizon lies,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">While resting on God’s mercy,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Watch Jesus calm the restless sea.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">By Arnel Oroceo</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Inspired by Mark 6:45-56</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Image from:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.harwoodwatercraft.com/All%20Boats%20for%20Sale.htm">http://www.harwoodwatercraft.com/All%20Boats%20for%20Sale.htm</a></span></div>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-66609087147123199662011-07-24T21:45:00.001-07:002011-07-24T22:18:13.370-07:00From An Old Greeting Card<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6Ldn1OL6GA012p1opLCEHYMSj7G1GEVFF7IgUQo90TMQUsgiubDDfjDT2njr3-V5Ix8eh-ATnDXABzTfwGXLY4Y9T4hQSgR0EhP-zrl3BewW7JKYKHYGA4m5xuOEpSgAADpjj6OluUgV/s1600/12_61_52_prev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6Ldn1OL6GA012p1opLCEHYMSj7G1GEVFF7IgUQo90TMQUsgiubDDfjDT2njr3-V5Ix8eh-ATnDXABzTfwGXLY4Y9T4hQSgR0EhP-zrl3BewW7JKYKHYGA4m5xuOEpSgAADpjj6OluUgV/s200/12_61_52_prev.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">This poem is from an old Valentine greeting card, which Dad has sent to Mom when he was in the US Marine Education Center in 1972. It is nice that Mom has kept it even a score and a decade after. Imagine, I am only one year old at that time. Now, I am forty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">I have thought of sharing the poem here...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">I suppose Someday I’ll need you,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Even more than I do now,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">I suppose someday I’ll love you more</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">But Hon, I don’t see how,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">For you’re the very dearest part</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Of every dream of mine,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">The one who’ll always be my own,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">My favorite valentine!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">-February 14, 1972</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Image above courtesy of:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.freefoto.com/">www.freefoto.com</a></span></div></div>Arnel Syjuco Oroceohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697495656574793112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678318087331437661.post-7426413641190863632011-06-28T01:52:00.000-07:002011-06-28T01:52:10.705-07:00Jesu, Thy Boundless Love to Me<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAceRLeC_XzB7z05VwZfiwEUqsmso3IdJWXKiEfNEDAYbQWBXpHm6Sc8UMzJDe1c1EMBRTNv8JbNUxmM7waqtiq93DuClXkIzSCmLZMLAvLsK-zL47XKiMuBFCwGmN1W4Q6-TJtR43nZl/s1600/05_08_86---Three-Crosses_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAceRLeC_XzB7z05VwZfiwEUqsmso3IdJWXKiEfNEDAYbQWBXpHm6Sc8UMzJDe1c1EMBRTNv8JbNUxmM7waqtiq93DuClXkIzSCmLZMLAvLsK-zL47XKiMuBFCwGmN1W4Q6-TJtR43nZl/s200/05_08_86---Three-Crosses_web.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Jesu, thy boundless love to me</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">no thought can teach, no tongue declare;</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">O knit my thankful heart to Thee</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">and reign without a rival there.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Thine wholly, thine alone, I am;</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">be thou alone my constant flame.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">O grant that nothing in my soul</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">may dwell, but thy pure love alone!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">O may thy love possess me whole,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">my joy, my treasure, and my crown.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Strange flames far from my soul remove,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">my every act, word, thought, be love.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">O love, how cheering is thy ray!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">All pain before thy presence flies!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">where’er thy healing beams arise.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">O Jesu, nothing may I see,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">nothing hear, feel, or think, but Thee!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">In suffering be thy love my peace,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">in weakness be thy love my power,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">and when the storms of life shall cease,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">Jesu, in that important hour,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">in death as life be thou my guide,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">and save me, who for me hast died.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;">This is an extract from one of John Wesley’s translations from Paul Gerhardt, prepared in Savannah, Georgia, and published in 1739 in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hymns and Sacred Poems</i>, under the title “Living by Christ.” He later quoted stanza 2 at the end of his sermon “A Plain Account of Christian Perfection” as “the cry of my heart” upon leaving Georgia, rejected and disillusioned.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 9pt;">The United Methodist Hymnal</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 9pt;">Book of United Methodist Worship</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 9pt;">Copyright © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 9pt;">Eighth Printing 1993</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 9pt;">All Rights Reserved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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