Dino Palattao

BSED ENGLISH 3
EMS 16 COMTEMPORARY PPOPULAR AND EMERGENT LITERATURE
Limited world: what lies beyond
Who would have thought that my introverted living will expand from a limited world of my
autonomy.
As the democracy off-limits the movement of it’s people, challenging their resiliency.
As I started to happily live in confinement having this reserved personality.
As most of the people are alienated from the changes of this dream like reality.

But here we are now, strangers on a movie of our own.

I’m looking at this mirror as I remember preparing for school
Or maybe just practicing my lines to stay a little bit cool

Yes, here I am now, challenged by the pandemic’s norm.

Learning, communicating, and interacting in a virtual room, while
Stuck in this crowded personal four cornered room

I was there at that moment when I felt ambivalent.

For the incident that concurred with my emotional adjustment.
Things I know but couldn’t say, things I feel but can’t convey,
speechless and non-contentment

I am slowly configured from my realization of how fragile my being can be.

I started to doubt the postponement of my dream – if it will ever come to me.
I will not only become a stranger in this limited world.
I will be a new version of a man surviving this meander road.

Here we are now, walking through with the norm we’ve built.
I am looking at this mirror and preparing my phone’s holder hilt,
Or maybe just practicing my lines for my report in a bit.
Dino Palattao
BSED ENGLISH 3
EMS 16 COMTEMPORARY PPOPULAR AND EMERGENT LITERATURE

Yes, here I am now drowning, of the challenge of unending activities and projects.
Learning, communicating, and interacting with Google’s help
Stuck on an idea and unsure if it’s correct

I am in this moment of understanding the purpose of everything

For the reality we are all facing
And to what lies beyond this limited world we are racing.