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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