My Reaction (For May 13, 2016)

Like The Molave - poem 
by/Rafael Zulueta da Costa 

Not yet, Rizal, not yet. Sleep not in peace: 
There are a thousand waters to be spanned; 
there are a thousand mountains to be crossed; 
there are a thousand crosses to be borne. 
Our shoulders are not strong; our sinews are 
grown flaccid with dependence, smug with ease 
under another's wing. Rest not in peace; 
Not yet, Rizal, not yet. The land has need 
of young blood-and, what younger than your own, 
Forever spilled in the great name of freedom, 
Forever oblate on the altar of 
the free? Not you alone, Rizal. O souls 
And spirits of the martyred brave, arise! 
Arise and scour the land! Shed once again 
your willing blood! Infuse the vibrant red 
into our thin anemic veins; until 
we pick up your Promethean tools and, strong, 
Out of the depthless matrix of your faith 
in us, and on the silent cliffs of freedom, 
we carve for all time your marmoreal dream! 
Until our people, seeing, are become 
like the Molave, firm, resilient, staunch, 
rising on the hillside, unafraid, 
Strong in its own fiber, yes, like the Molave! 
II. 
Not yet,Rizal,not yet. The glory hour will come 
Out of the silent dreaming 
from the seven thousand fold silence 
We shall emerge, saying WE ARE FILIPINOS! 
and no longer be ashamed 
sleep not in peace 
the dream is not yet fully carved 
hard the wood but harder the woods 
yet the molave will stand 
yet the molave monument will rise 
and god's walk on brown legs 

My Reaction:
                   This poem is all about how strong Filipinoes are. That even with so many trials and obstacles, still we fight and continue to reach our goals so that our dreams will come true. I am very proud to be a Filipino because being a Filipino is one of the most gift that God has  given to me. And we  have this unique strength like the molave... Like The Molave also talks about heroes and how they inspire regular Filipinos to be great themselves and join them on the quest to make the Philippines a more prosperous place. In short, Like The Molave is about inspiring the Filipino to be strong and to improve the nation and make it self-sufficient.