Post by thepoetslizard on Oct 10, 2008 15:56:52 GMT 2
Krissi Shaffina Twyla A. Rubin was born in 1980 in Malaybalay City, Province of Bukidnon, Philippines. She graduated with a BA in English Studies, major in English Language, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines Diliman, and earned her Law Degree from Bukidnon State University, graduating cum Laude in 2007. She was admitted to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in 2008 and is currently an Associate Lawyer in the Cuevas Law Office, Makati, Metro Manila.
"Womyn Defiant"
They say
Every woman
Has a man
I defy
They say
Within woman
Is a man
I defy
They place
Me in a box
With microscopic
Eyes, watch
Every move
They conclude, and
I defy
In printed words
I see myself
Labeled, defined, categorized.
I defy
The look in my eyes
Flick of my hand
Toss of my head
Shrill of my laughter
Absence of my stare
Baptized with their meaning.
I defy.
They say
The essence of my existence
Is this and that
I defy
They say
The truths of my being
The secrets of my soul
The fulfillment of my heart
The days of my life
I defy
I am
I speak
I write.
I defy.
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"Poet's Guilt"
I write
With reckless abandon
With pure delight
With passion
With fear
Write of me, of loves
Of rivers through mountains
Dreams to pursue
I write
Yet I also fear, I doubt
Power of a pen
Pen like a knife
Stories I failed to tell
Lives I haven’t writ
A mother writhes in hunger
Landless farmer clawing the earth
The hollow-eyed boy who tugged my shirt
I write
Of me, of loves
Of rivers through mountains
Dreams to pursue
The last stroke
Of my pen, I write
My name
With guilt
With shame
