Ode to Filipino Mediamen

Words are Thy swords



with hopes, fears and dreams


to enter the battlefields


of the tainted world


and deliver the truth


to every man's eyes.






In the rushing wave


of reality and flame


you gathered your strength


from the "words-of-truth",


buried deep within your soul,


to be your Land's tongue.






Awake are Thy senses


for the awards in store


and on the opposite shore


is the land of honorable death.


Sill your passion kindled


for freedom and fair speech.






Not the angry Mayon Volcano


knock'd your head down


to light your nation.


No hours gone to waste


as you battled the storms


and cast your voice to the stones.






Yet when the envying light


strikes you with its merciless beam


and Fate drags you down


six feet below the ground,


your wind-worn battles will be gone


but your words lives on and on.