Man of Earth

by: Amador T. Daguio

 

Filipino Katipineros: General Manuel Tinio (seated, center),
General Benito Natividad (seated, 2nd from right),
General Jose Alejandrino (seated, 2nd from left)


Pliant is the bamboo,
I am a man of earth.
They say that from the bamboo,
We had our first birth.
 
Am I of the body,
Or of the green leaf?
Do I have to whisper,
My every sin and grief?

If the wind passes by,
Must I stop and try
to measure fully
my flexibility?

I might have been the bamboo,
but I will be a man!
Bend me then, O Lord,
Bend me If you can!

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