Between Or

I have been asked:
If you are torn between the two,
Tell me what would you choose
To love what you do or do what you love?

If you have asked me this decade ago,
I'd say it's futile to choose the first,
But perhaps I have become wiser now
And so this is how I supposed to answer that:

Love what you do then do what you love.
Polish those shoes then paint on the canvass you bought
Wait tables on weekdays then on weekends be the skater that you are
Be the rockstar, be the poet, be whoever you love to be

And if as of now, you can't yet do what you love,
Learn the art of finding joy in what you do,
Use it as a ladder that leads to your passion
Love what you do then do what you love.

But if you have asked me this decade from now,
Perhaps this is what I would say:
The goal is not to love what you do,
The goal is to do what you love.

And perhaps I'm wrong,
But I know, this one thing is for sure
To love what you do, you must do what you love,
In order to survive the cruelness of life,

Sweetheart, 
please save yourself
from a life 
that is so depressing.

Virtues: Justice

Everyone cries for me,
When God utters His voice it gives birth to me.
The avenger of the oppress I am He.
I"m the protector of the weak you must see


I am the knight of God
For those that is in need.
When evil uncover itself,
i am he that protects them indeed.


I hate wickedness
And its unlawful scheme
I rest in the bosom of righteousness and equity
This world has soaked deep in its bloody lust,
I am He that requires whatever is just.


I dont look as how a man see
Looking in the eyes of God no one can disagree.
I am the sword against the oppressor.
I am the hands of God to your transgressor..


I am the guide for them
I am the light of the law
I am your training for all the rights
Before your Savior come with its revealing light.


When they have avoided me
Do not despair.
I will come to them and make everything justly fair.


They have discarded me.
They covered me with lies.
And i had almost died
God's law they have always denied.


For those that overcome shall i give what their hearts desire
Do not be dismayed it will
Surely come even i was rejected by some.

Virtues: Justice

By: Berto

Virtues: Freedom

photo by: Maynhard Crizaldo

so you think you can shout and be greatly heard?

with the ocean underneath can you really felt?

your eyes were open but do they see to care?

the smell of deceit surrounds you unprepared

you run and tasted reality that no one finds

yet you buried them underneath the crime?

breath in and breath out but do you really live?

oh how far can you go ignoring what to reach?

said you were free but you constantly bleed

well i think you surely were deceived

you fool yourself just to make believe

boundless, limitless, no one can defeat

can you really spread your arms wildly free?

when everybody believes they own what they feed

feed the ground, feed the mind, whoever needs

they will take everything you own and leave

your senses will be awaken as time goes on

here comes the reality you’ll regret to know 

you believe you were free until you get old

and then you’ll realize you were barred all along

maybe you were free that moment you were born

but then you inhale the air the world has offered cold

now you sadly know you are in a bigger debt

but don’t you worry freedom is never dead

surrender to Jesus and not to this world

and then you will see how freedom really works

this time it will be your turn to spread the word

with every senses be freed, tell them how freedom works.

Virtues: Freedom

Virtues: Courage

Photo by: Chinkee Calapan

Inhale, exhale, leap

Still you wait for the beat

Wondering if it’ll cut deep

Or maybe you won’t feel a thing

Care not for your heart

It will stop shouting hard

But don’t feel sad afterward

It’s your choice not to hear it out

The thing you should know

Is the truth that time is short

If you think it’s your purpose

Then why do you keep it false?

It’s okay to take it slow

As long as you’re moving close

You may not reach your gold

But at least you have tried a dose

We fear what we don’t know

But that’s the beauty of the unknown

Living a life unpredictable

Only God knows the tomorrow

So have courage and look above

Take that step and move forward

If He knows what’s going on

Then why fear the unknown?

But before this poem end

Fear is essential, I must tell

Seek God’s voice, please be sure

Or useless courage will show

Virtues: Courage

Virtues: Hope

Photo by: Shella Salud

Why do you swim against the current?

                where you feel alone and different

                where things are tough and unkind

                where tears may fall but no one finds

Why do you still hold her hands so tight?

                when she have told you to let her die

                when she have pushed you so hard and far

                when she have given up and never want to fight

Why do you put up that smile on your face?

                while deep inside you’re so much in pain

                while thinking that everything’s not okay

                while believing that later it won’t be fake

Why do you live as if you really own forever?

                though you know you can’t stay any longer

                though life often tastes sour and bitter

                though happiness may turn to never

Why do you still care for this world?

                you see how it rots everyday

                you despise the justice they prevail

                you witnessed how humanity can fail

What is that thing that keeps you going?

                Is it the heart that doesn’t stop beating?

                The passion you always have deep within?

                Or the so called Hope you never stop holding?

Why do you keep on closing your eyes?

                bowing your head and bending your knees

                clasping your hands as He catches your tears

                crying your heart out as He hugs you so dear

Help me tell the world where to get that kind of Hope.

                Because I think everybody needs to know

                Because then maybe the world won’t be so cold

                Because finally they’ll see that with God there is Hope.

Virtues: Hope

Virtues: Happiness

photo by: shella salud

You went and climbed the mountain so high

But later you started digging its bottom ground

What is it that you’re looking for in this life?

Can you not see you’ve been chasing a lie?

You tried to learn how to really fly

But then you decided to just walk on by

What is it that you’re looking for this time?

Can you not see you’re just fooling your mind?

You told him you love him so real

But now you’re doubting what you feel

What is it that you’re looking for in love?

Can you not see everything’s not enough?

You wonder where to wander next

Just to feel that lovely caress

‘Oh happiness, show me your face!’

You always whisper, you always say.

And tell me creature how long will it be,

Before you realize it doesn’t exist?

But maybe I’m wrong, what do I know.

Am just about to find what I’ve been looking for.

You may take your own path and be wise

But please heed this precious advice:

True happiness depends not in a place

It goes with you as you’re walking away.

Now do you understand what I’m trying to say?

You must exist to find your way

‘Oh happiness, show me your face!’

Then God says, ‘it is I silly, let Me lead your way’.

Virtues: Happiness