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This one is an entry to one of the writing competitions that my wife participated in.  As she qualified in the regional meet, she represented our school and the province of Rizal.  <\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
I have a voice and I can speak<\/div>\n\n\n\n
But they have cut my tongue<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Now it is from the inside that I shriek<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Now I am mute<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Silent, Silent, Silent<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
I have eyes and I can see<\/div>\n\n\n\n
But they have placed a blindfold on me<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Now I see nothing<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Nothing, Nothing, Nothing<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
I am free<\/div>\n\n\n\n
But they have chained me<\/div>\n\n\n\n
My hands, they have bound<\/div>\n\n\n\n
My feet, they have shackled<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
A bird whose wings they have clipped<\/div>\n\n\n\n
I cannot fly, I cannot fly, I cannot fly<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
They paint pictures<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Colorful, beautiful pictures<\/div>\n\n\n\n
But like the headstone of a tomb<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Underneath it is rotten and dead.<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
I have smelled their stench<\/div>\n\n\n\n
I know their evil<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Yet I have been silenced<\/div>\n\n\n\n
A song without a melody<\/div>\n\n\n\n
A breathing corpse<\/div>\n\n\n\n
A mute who can speak<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
I have a voice and I can speak<\/div>\n\n\n\n
But they have cut my tongue<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Now it is from the inside that I shriek<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Now I am mute<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Silent, Silent, Silent<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
9th place<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Poetry Writing (English)<\/div>\n\n\n\n
2007 Regional Press Conference<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Region 4-A CALABARZON
ica cheng<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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