M A K A T A
October 2001
Issue No.10

For Silva (in memoriam) The day I heard about your death I pounded the table with my fist "I could not take it anymore" I said quietly to myself And then i shed bitter tears silently in this room while the New York City ambulettes screamed in the crowded metropolis. Months and months ago You sauntered along life's alleyways with childlike innocence overflowing with joy like the smiling bunny printed on your maroon t-shirt. I remember you telling me how you love to dance. I can see you now in your velvet gown of floral mauve dancing the weekends away dancing to the rhythm of the wind dancing like nobody is watching dancing to the rhythm of life pulsating in your veins Cancer is a monster that you tried to wrestle with But depression set in and robbed you of your fighting spirit to defend the life that you held so divine and now you are gone you can no longer dance you can no longer dance to the rhythm of life that you held so divine. Pilipinas Ulirang baybayin at sariwang hangin mga tutoong tao linta, buwaya at itim na mga damo buwang nagtatago sa likod ng mga rehas na bakal at mga bilanggong pulitikal Lagutin kaya ng mga duwende ang kanyang tanikala? Determinasyon At dito sa gitna Ng mga umagang waring di magising Habang ang mga aninong ginahis ng dilim ay nagtatampisaw sa dusa't hilahil pilit hahanapin ang kahit bahagyang sinag ng pag-asang magbibigay aliw sa pusong sugatan at magpapatibay na muling harapin ang maraming bukas pang darating. About the Author Shirley Cahayom is from OceanView Ave. Brooklyn, New York. She is one of the in-house poets of Dalityapi. nanonotan mo ni'y... mapmaples ya uran diman ed iskwelaan mankirmat ni tunggal paminsan onsempet ta la kuan mo balbaleg so payong ya awit ko nambisokul tad gilig na pilapil diad alog nen lakim Eliong ya bilabil diad utel na pagey abasa ka ya anggad pagew tinupak mo ak na bayawas ya pakulat nen imbagak ed sika ya akanengnengak na butaw a karson ya ambalanga panag-ani la mandederemen si nana Kuala inalak may alemew ya alo insan ka angiban nanbayo atikel ak na sabit tinawag ka nen agik arawi ka ni aliknak lay sakit diad petang na aplos na limam nakal ya aminpinsan nanala ak na bulawit nankotkot kay abot abung-abung so ginawa inagew agew wadman ta naninagem kay walon labi say pakatambal moy pika-kasi alikas koy onmomutmut ya panangaro inmabay ak ed diking mo tan taloran salita so inesaes ko nanpatanir ak ed sika binmilonget so lupam tinmerter so luam apagen tay sakit na linawa komun aga mangoman so liknaan tan dua si ina (si anak) abangon ak ed ogip kon masamsamit lapud kokaok na manok ya mantotombok diad angob na belas ya natetektek tan sanggook nen amak ya mankokogip linma ak ed kusinan aka kubot na oles ya tinumpang nen baik Dorot ambilbilonget dia kuan kod si ina say pabilo na lamparaan et melmelag la andokerokey lay sangi manas-asiwek ni anagasang tan manluwa-lua lay matak dokul ka sirin ed datal anak abangon ak ed sinag na agew dangul na aso tan titit nen agik kawalaan la nen inang wadman ed baybay ya manbebelang antoy gabay yon gawaen ko mankimey o manbantay ed sikayo alam so barang ed tapew na kaban amin ya palapa sikatoy kalaskasan say aninok tinmekey say agew so pinmetang panangugto la ina manpainawa ti la mangutong kay kamote mikerew kay kalamonde ipaluag ko lay lamaw inasin na monamon lay pansawsawan ombibilonget so tawen onkakasil so sibuk na dagem isirom mo laray kiew tawagan mo lay agim mapmaples so uran manterter so dokulan adanuman so silungan saray manok walarad dalagan anggaponi si ama manalasais lad labi agka mapaga anak wala lad gilig na dayat naksawan may anako alingwanan to lay eras to diad pantatalaran tod ama to akaogip lad bangko About the Author Jon Mario G. Cornel is from Miami, FL USA. A U-PANG graduate - A.B., Political Science, minor in English/Math (1977). B.S.C., Accounting (1982). Originally, from Bonuan Buquig, Dagupan City. Right now, I work at Miami-Dade County, Department of Environmental Resources Management as an Accountant 2. makata 2001 january february march april may june july august september october nov-dec