I LIVE

John Mark Z. Jacalne

I live to rejoice tomorrow
And reminisce the yesterday;
To get into things so thorough
And to learn from them everyday.
I live to know the noble truth
That stretches all the lies to end;
Lies will destroy manhood and youth
For war to men the lies would lend!
I live to walk on lonely ways
Where loving is an unknown word;
Where men are strangers everyday,
Ill speak the words they never heard.
I live to serve and then to rule
To hail that wise mans augury,
Says Men shall see themselves as tools
That vie against indignity!
I live to make my life sublime,
Yet walking through the barren lands;
To place me right on earth in time,
Ill act the fate drawn in my hands!
I live to die but not in vain
So I would live not just for me;
I live for humankind demesne
Then Heaven is a guarantee!