Beyond Borders

Left, right, left, right, left, right, left…

My feet walking on the streets of Manila,

Traveling places to where I’ve never been,

Colors and hues, lights and shades surround me.



Tug, tug…Tug, tug…Tug, tug…

I hear my heart beat again, getting louder,

Sounds ringing in my ears, I cannot breathe,

I felt all these before but now it feels something new.



Going beyond borders, beyond things that I know…

Loving the feeling of getting lost and having found

What’s more to life…revealed through faces

Of men, women and children in need- I am in painful ecstasy.



Beyond borders…

Beyond the borders of myself,

Beyond the limits of all my limitations,

Beyond the impossibilities and mediocrity,

Beyond finding the meaning of life…



Learning…

To be somebody to someone,

To be an agent of positive change,

To be the miracle towards possibilities,

To be the symbol of life…of hope…and of love.



Some things are inevitable, such as LIFE.

Like the reason I am here with you at this point of my life,

And the reason you are with me at this point of your life.

Together let us brake the barriers- MAKE THINGS HAPPEN…



And go farther beyond borders…

It doesn’t matter where this journey will lead us to,

Having to meet beautiful people such as you are

To learn, to grow, to love, to live at a time together,

Makes the “trying” each and everyday worthwhile.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written on April 16, 2004. After my first week on job as an Educational Assistance Program Coordinator in Families and Children for Empowerment and Development. Working with simple people in the community made me learn more about life and beyond and conquer more of my self. ~jerlin

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