Kahit ako'y bata
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Part of The Philippine Educator
- Title
- Kahit ako'y bata
- Language
- Filipino
- Year
- 1947
- Rights
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- Fulltext
- adoring you as my love-while youyou will not want to face reality and yet aU the time seeking . for that happiness ness and truth." "'Do you forget that I am married, a mother of two boys and one girl? If my love for you was blasted, shall I still crumple . tl).e love of a mother to her little on.es ?" she returned doggedly. I was silent, lost, wondering, not knowing wh;tt to say. And she continued. "Of course, you understand. You must understand!" "But, Fe" I returned, "what has life in store for me? Like the good playmates that we were, we have grown together and played together until I · left the Philippines. I have been used only to your ways. Believe me, without your care and love, I shall perish, I shall die." "We have to take life as it is. Two ships that meet but cannot hail. Two figures on the coin that are alwfiys .. ~, gether but cannot f~ce each othet-.,. What a life indeed, but still, thei'e is beauty and satisfaction in self-discipline." I was silent and she continued. "It is getting late. I must go and join my company before they look for me." I held her hand and asked, "If you must go, shall we meet again?'' "Next Sunday, perhaps, at the same time and the same place." Away she went and disappeared in the crowd at Luneta. I was left alone. I passed 'from doubt from elation to profound depressionand always at the end, I rejected everything, as if I had been pouring sand from one hand · to the other, spilling a little each time until nothing remained. ---oO<>--KAHIT AKO'Y BATA (Tulang Pambata) JOSE G. KATINDIG Kahit ako'y munting bata Ay mabait sa kapuwa; Lubos akong naaawa Sa inabot ng sakuna. . Pag may batang nagugutom, Inihahati sa baon; Ang hangad ko't }aging layon, Sa kapuwa'y makatulong. Bilang tubo't pakinabang Sa ganyan kong gawa't Mal, Darning b~tang kaibigan Na sa aki'y nagmamahal.