Sail On... unsinkable Ofw
@ Dubai - our stop over
like a ship
docking momentarily
in the oil-rich wharf
like an empty vessel
cast-off from the island - lost sea
smashed by the economic - recession tide
we're here reloading
refueling before heading back
towards our hometown sovereign shore
years of labor, backing up with
undying patience against
undeniable discrimination
culture shock, mental torture
emotional stress
nostalgic feelings
however, the dignity of our well- motivated skills
as Filipino workers
anchored in the mind of the foreign lords
the visa endower for our indispensable courage
we're voyagers
in a turbulent seas
colliding even among colleagues
as we propell against the ill-fated
windows of opportunity
and each day
countless ships arriving queuing
here in a wharf of uncertainties
from a countless emptied vessels
ready to depart from our desperate homeland
and bound to the desert shore
as acclaimed by many -
the land of proliferating prosperity
but unknown by them; by their longing kins
some vessels here are unretrievable
sunk yet in the gulf of misfortune
though few could return back at home -
if not veiled with debts;
sealed in the steel coffin of heroism
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poem by Rommel Mark Dominguez Marchan
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