From the heart of my heart
For the ones who certainly knows that the best days are still ahead
This could easily be a rumbling. But this rumbling is felt. Honest. True. Pure.
I recently rediscovered how beautiful our nation anthem is.
I know we have memorized it since birth :) We can even unconsciously sing it. But do we ever stop and think how could someone write such lyrics. Seriously. How can one write such beautiful lyrics after almost 400 years of brainwashing from the colonizers if we are indios? How could someone use "hinirang" to describe a land where heartache resides?
What were the thoughts and feelings that Jose Palma embraced when he penned the beautiful poem? What did he see that we do not see anymore? That we are hoping to see again?
"... why think like mere men?"
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