मरिजः लोतुस दे राम

Synthetic Image

Synthetic Image
By Marijah “Lotus” de Rama
And
Adrian Gocon Lai

Who am I?
A never ending query of man
Where do I came from?
No one knows!
Why not ask the sun?
Is there life after death?
What your religion tell ‘bout?
Co’z who am I to tell you now?

Is my existence real in the lila of men?
Maybe yes!… Maybe not!…
Other says’
Feel the bitter taste of sweet juices
Super induce in our daily life
From the dictate of the church
Down the norms in this vineyard.

Oh! Foolish… how foolish I Am?
Asking my existence under the sun
Not contented with the bread I ate
Since the old times
Dreaming to know more
About the essence
Of the I Am!

Oh wise men, though unwise
Tell me what lies beyond
This image of a man
Existence that I penetrated within…
Where is my real image…
in this bungling realm?
Does somebody took it away before my eyes?
Why my eyes can’t see?
The real I Am
In the place now I belong.

Perhaps… even this image
Would be true…
My mind still bothered
Based on the truth you taught me too
On god’s concepts
That made as doggie doo…
And not the image of the real TAO
The path of knowing thyself…
According to Lao T’zu

Oh! Great TAO
Do I have to build my own path?
Show me the road
In knowing the real I Am
To play the game in the arena of existence
For my God and fellow men
To survive in this miserable
But happily accomplished vineyard
Where you and I reside
To know what’s real… what’s not
About this synthetic image
That I Am… whom I Am not.

Utak

“Utak ang isa sa pinakamahalagang sangkap sa katawan ng Tao, makina ng isip, Akasha (Alaala) ng mga lumipas na kaganapan, lundo ng talino, ng lakas na nagpapakilos sa katawan, katuwang ng Dakilang Manlilikha sa paghugis ng panibagong anyo, at ka-manunulat sa pag-akda ng mga karanasang magiging kasaysayan. Ito rin ang lunduyan ng galit, ng takot, ng hinanakit, ng mga ilusyon at delusyon, ng mga pangarap, ng pag-asa, ng ligaya, kalungkutan, pag-ibig at lahat ng pwersang ihahayag ng damdami’t malay (damlay)na naghahangad na tuklasin ang mga bagay na nagkukubli sa mga hiwaga ng kalikasan. Bukal ng lakas na mapangbuo-mapangwasak… daluyan ng palapahamang (pilosopiya) nagbubuhol – nagkakalag ng mga hiwaga ng buhay at pag-iral.

Sandakot na bagay sa ulong luklukan… sasakyan ng damdami’t malay (damlay) na magsisinsay… kung ang tao’y munting diyos o aso ang buhay at pag-iral”

- mjlderama
- March 2003, PUP Sta. Mesa, Manila, Philippines