By Rosario Brenda Gonzalez
The Flowers That Litter Our Way
We pick up the flowers that litter our way. They are quite a sight to behold.
We would rather not name them but they are not without names. We will never forget them.
They help us, despite being influenced by the black propaganda and biases against activists and development workers.
We hope we find them again tomorrow, on our way to work.
The Stars that Brighten the Night
In the community of the brave
It is not allowed to light a house
For with the monsters of the darkness
No one is sacred
So it is the stars that lead the way
That people may find the path to safety
Leading to the monsters’ failure and frustration
To Make the Difficult Easy
Working class. Powerful and beautiful
Historical
Can even be said to be one of the most important words
Of our time, or of any other period in our existence
That when tossed around by the highest officials of the land
Fail to convince
Do not be fooled.
The people know better.
Derive that strength and resolve
From the young and the not-so-young
No repressive law was able to
Stop them from doing what is right and just. #
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This human rights week, we publish the poetess’ poems as a victim of trumped up charges by the State using the weaponized Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020. The charges have since been junked by the Malolos RTC.
Rosario Brenda Gonzalez is a long-time development worker.A BA Journalism graduate of UP Diliman, Ms. Gonzalez has been a project evaluator and development management trainer
