Noong Simple pa ang mundo

Noong simple pa ang mundo,

payapang namumuhay ang mga tao

malinis ang paligid, walang away, walang gulo.

May pag-ibig, kapayapaan at pagbibigayan,

walang inggit, walang takot at pag-aalinlangan.

Noong simple pa ang mundo,

Luntian ang kulay ng kapaligiran

at bughaw naman ang bakas ng kalangitan.

Ang mga bundok ay hitik sa puno at bunga,

Salat sa kalat, walang basura at bihira ang baha.

Noong simple pa ang mundo,

kay daming isda sa karagatan ang lumalangoy

walang dumi o basurang animoy nanaghoy.

Sama samang lumilipad ang mga ibon sa himpapawid

na parang mga angel na nagsisipag awit.

Noong simple pa ang mundo,

sa paligid ay naglalakbay ang sariwang hangin

at ang mga batang naglalaro ay kay sarap tanawin.

Ang buhay ay parang munting paraiso

at di kailanman ipagpapalit sa kahit na ano.

Ito ay dahil noon, simple pa ang mundo,

di tulad ngayon na napaka-komplikado.

Ngayo’y kay dami nang sa paligid ay binago

kung kaya’t pati ang tao ay nagbago.

Maitutring pa bang isang kayamanan

ang dating mala-paraisong kapaligiran?

O magsisilbi na lamang na magandang alaala

sa ating puso’t isipan ang isang kahapong kay ganda?

by: jheng manalang prado

www.echoesbeyondmysoul.blogspot.com

Letting Go

We said goodbye for some time now

But I can’t forget you, please tell me how?

Memories of you keep coming back

I can’t help but to reminisce the past.

There was sadness in your face when you left me

And your teary eyes were telling me “I’m sorry.”

You held my hand and kissed it gently

“I will miss you!” were words you whispered softly.

Tears tumbled from my eyes before you walk away

you looked at me, embraced me and said

“You’ll be in my heart everyday.”

As I stand in the dark and watched you stride

there was pain in my heart and I cried hard.

You caused me grief and anguish that’s why you left

but your kindness and sweetness I kept.

I still cling to the happy memories you left behind

your words and compassionwon’t fade in my heart and mind.

Your mistakes are not important to me

what matters is the Love, You and Me.

How could I totally let go of someone like you

who once let me feel a love that was true.

As I close my eyes at night before I went to sleep

I hold my pillows tight and my heart still weeps.

I embrace the thoughts of you coming back to me

but your foot prints went far away from me.

I let you go and this time its really goodbye

and may the wind take this feelings away from me,

and bring it up high in the sky….

by: jheng manalang prado

www.echoesbeyondmysoul.blogspot.com