The Philippines Now

Look around, look around

There's something I have found

In every corner, in every street

There are people, who are not very nice to meet

Brainwashed are their minds, 

By the power of fame

And brainwashed are their attitudes

Who rob and kindnap each other like insane

This is the Philippines now

Not very much like before

Not like the people who wrote La Solidaridad

Not like the ones who died before

Not like the heroes we used to looked up to

Not like the world with peace that those heroes wanted

But a world full of villains

The one thing unexpected

Wasted are the sacrifices

Our Philippine heroes made

Since even leaders of our own

Are making their own throne

Presidents, VPs, Senators and more

Are nothing like those heroes I expected like before

Sometimes I wonder

Of why our country and people then 

Are the complete opposite of our country and people now

Yes, we have freedom

But not the best country if I may add

Corrupt people, selfish robbers, excited-to-grow up children, and a world without cooperation

I'm not saying I hate the Philippines

I love it, yes I do

I just want Filipinos to know

That if we won't change

Then we won't learn as we grow

Thank You Philippines

And of course, the Filipinos

For making me know

That this world needs heroes

We need a more than a million, did you know?

Tomorrow's National Heroes' Day

And a very memorable day it is 

For here we remember

The priceless sacrifices our heroes did

We need to change, we need to grow

If not, what shall we do? 

The world needs heroes, and one of them could be you

*Poem