Dear Ama

-Alang kang Russ-

Salamat sa pamahaw
Paniudto
Panihapon
Merienda
Ug 0% calorie midnight snacks

Salamat sa dadang pangtuition
Pang-Uniform
Pamilite
Pang-bawn
Ug pang-projects

Salamat sa TV
Radyo
Magasin
Newspaper
Ug love story novels

Salamat sa true friends
Family
Neighbors
Classmates
Ug sa tanang people around

Daghan pa man ko’g ipasalamat unta Ama,
Apan dili ko ganahan nga mahasol ka
Lisod na, kay ang pasalamat ra ba
Paagi sa pagpangayo baya.

Ako ra kang gisuna uy
Kay taudtaod na ko
wala katilaw’g grasya
Sukad niladlad ko,
Silent na ra ba ka.

Nagduda na ‘nuon ko
Tinuod gyud diay siguro
Dili ka ganaha’g bayot no?


I wasn't able to read this last BATHALAD poetry reading in Kahayag. I don't know why... something might have gone wrong in my head that night, I just wanted to stay in the corner, unnoticed. Vera got mad... she scolded me for being shitty that I am. Then we got ourselves drunk. Well, Russ was there to take us home... so the two of us were confident to consume bottles of beer.