The truth of the easy life

i wrote for travel log but i post here cause of the earlier post of "Leisure Pilipinas Style"

 

If there was an easy life

It can be here in Pilipinas

Sitting in a compound listening

To the chickens chirping

Some breed for easy life

And early death of c**k fight

 

Where mothers sing the alphabet

As a lullaby.  So serene I almost sleep

Also sounds mixed with cries

And the background of the 2-stroke

Although in a distance can still be heard

 

Still the cries of babies as they are rocked

Rocked by mothers barely from school

For this the lot of life here Pilipinas

Where you grad from high at labinlima

The labor force is mostly self-employed

Where entry level is cutoff at 25

 

Of course kaginhawaha

If you have capital of self-employment

Must have the education for employment

If you lucky enough to catch the job

While you are still in the age range

 

Of course you may catch the job

But to the other matter is to keep

Lucky if you are to catch the eye of the boss

And to retain the job is easy but for a price

Lucky is the family if a member

Was to pursue and obtain overseas employment

 

To obtain Dubai employment the highest rate of employment

For the Filipinos can be almost slavery

If they retain your passport is the danger sign

For it is the sign that slavery is next

The money flow can help the family much

But the Philippine gov benefit much

 

For the highest numbers employed are overseas

With an executive order the government gets much money

The Philippines the largest export is labor force

With the college trained at an early age  

Where at 30 is no longer employable

 

Where slavery risk is high

But employment a lure for the family

For a better life truly lucky of those

To obtain employment in the states

Knowledge of someone to know

Is most rare but family to know

 

 

Reviews

[A.r. Bazian]

i like the topic!
i really do!
i salute you for your opinions and the facts you presented!
and i salute Philippine's nation all together!
keep it up!

[Bhabie]

:)

[STEVEN]

life in the philippines is hard and work comes at early age i see...you write so well of this life and its advantages and disadvantages...young girls with child...so early to be mothers...but a way of life i see in the philippines...thank you for your wonderful poem...i love what you write...and i love how you phrase this part of a hard life...you are amazing...keep writing honey...