GROWING OLD

SA ATING PAGTANDA

Isang taon na naman
Dagdag sa aking buhay
Maraming dagdag-bawas tiyak nakaabang
Iba’y nakakainis, iba nama’y kapakipakinabang
Ngunit lahat ng ito’y spices of life, bahagi ng buhay.

Mga kulubot sa mukha
Tiyak dadami na naman
Pero Olay Total Effects lang katpat niyan
Kakapal ang mga uban, di na mabilang
Isang box ng L’Oreal lamang
Tiyak burgundy lahat yan.

Mga excess fat at bilbil maglilitawan
Push ups at jogging lamang
Tiyak tunaw lahat yan.
Arthritis at gout naku!
Dapat nating abangan
Ngunit ABS Bitter Herbs lamang atras lahat yan.

Sabay sa dagdag na edad
Tiyak na ang dagdag na responsibilidad
Di bale, mga kaibigan, dagdag na experience
At sure na extra income yan.

Mga detractors at inggitera tiyak dadami yan
Pero lilipulin sila ng mga tapat na kaibigan

Ang pagtanda ay sadyang di mapigilan
Ngunit ito’y di dapat katakutan
Sa halip sa Lumikha ito’y pasalamatan.

Dapat tayong magpasalamat
Panibagong buhay at pagkakataon
Na magmahal at ituwid ang ating mga kasalanan.

jpp/02242010

PLACES and MEMORIES

It is always a heartwarming experience to go back to a place you once considered "home"...it's nice to meet friends who shared your childhood memories...you can always go back to these places and friends to renew ties and even to search for some missing links that have made your life today empty, even unfulfilled...and everytime you go back, you will be surprised that while some have changed...some have stayed the same...and in every going back...you always try to find that missing link...is it really there or has it gone somewhere else?

barely two weeks ago...we had a reunion with grade school and high school friends...there was so much fun and laughter yet at the end of the day...behind the smiles and giggles and songs and stories...i felt so empty and frustrated because the "the missing link" was not there...but like the gallant fighter... i will never give up for in my heart i know that one day, at the right time and at the right place...that elusive link will be right before my eyes...i do not even need to search for it!
i wish to share with you this song popularized by the beatles...a song i thought would best describe our last reunion....
There are places I remember
There are places I remember all my life
Though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
Of lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I loved them all And with all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new


And I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I loved you more

In my life I loved you more