I'm just a struggling writer

I'M JUST A STRUGGLING WRITER

(a Filipino dalit in English)

I'm just a struggling writer

for urban poor and laborer

also poet in the corner

who is fond of rhyme and meter

sometimes have sweet and bad temper

what I'm writing is what is right

although I'm a Left when I write

what I feel, hear, or what's in sight

some topics are heavy and tight

while others are easy and light

sometimes I look in the mirror

what if I became a juror

writes about tokhang, its horror

and judging with all my valor

that those topics should I abhor

- gregoriovbituinjr.

06.21.2024

* dalit - a native Filipino poem composed of eight syllables per line