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.
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