Youth Speaks~

YOUTH SPEAKS 

-Amador Daguio 

We voice no apologies 

We were caused by our time. 

What we say happened to us 

Who have dared cold horizon. 

So we say to you all 

We, too have task to perform. 

We love this country no less 

Than lawmakers, money lenders. 

Governors, factory owners. 

Or hacienderos we offer 

Our strength for foundations 

But first, we must clear this land. 

We must cut down thick jungles. 

Before we can lay strong foundations, 

We must drain protozoan marshes. 

Burn old sores, cancerous flesh. 

Fathers, elders, why disinherit us? 

We who are young, longing and lonely. 

Why do you poison our growth? 

What if we are not of the privileged? 

We love our country even much more 

Perhaps than those who wallow in security. 

If we denounce wrongs, know that 

Our cry begs for our need? 

We do not wreck; we wish to perform. 

To plant proud blooms that will live- 

Allow us then, give us your trust.