this nation can be great again

this nation can be great again

Melchor F. Cichon

July 13, 2004

Revised: Sept. 21, 2017

this nation can be great

again.

One by one,

The future of our Fatherland

Are forced

To go early to their

Unknown graves.

One by one,

As they fight for our rights.

this nation

can be great

again.

Yes,

Our young mothers

Silently weep

As their sons and daughters

Leave their homes

Never to return home

Again.

One by one,

As they stand firm for our rights,
they are dragged
leaving behind their blooded sandals
in Mendiola, in Luneta.
 

Yes, this nation

can be great

again,

While the thousand pairs of shoes

And the hundreds of ternos,

Are filled with dust

In the Palace's Apartment Room;

While our mothers leave us

To work abroad as helpers;

While our lawmakers

Debate till past midnight

Whether to amend again

Or not

Our Constitution.

Indeed, this nation

can be great again

As we sigh

Like a boiling lava.