Being Complacent

Don’t blame the government system

Every country has the same problem

Don’t blame the police force

Being omniscient is not part of their course

Don’t blame the gender

It could be a girl, a boy, or the other

Don’t blame the race

Doesn’t matter, anyone loses trace

Don’t blame the generation

It’s been around every era and nation

Don’t blame the children

It’s not their fault for being frightened

Let’s not be complacent in protection

Anyone can be a victim of abduction

Be aware where your child is

Let an adult always be there, please

Be alone or with a group of friends

It will not hinder those hated fiends

Or even in a public place in a community

One can never guarantee a long time of safety

Crime takes just a moment for you or me

Never be smug and think it will never be.

What Makes A King

What makes a king

Is it about the messages that never fade

Is it about the miracles that were made

Is it the actions that discrimination forbade

What makes a king

Is it the sufferings yet never did complain

Is it the horrors showing of souls drain

Is it about forgiving beyond death’s pain

What makes a king

Is it the conquering death by resurrection

Is it about man’s original sin’s destruction

Is it promise of whole world’s redemption

What makes a king

To believers and unbelievers hope bring

The promise that in no one church cling

Of Unity and Equality all mankind can sing

But what makes a King?

Lilian Dipasupil Kunimasa was born January 14, 1965, in Manila Philippines. She has worked as a retired Language Instructor, interpreter, caregiver, secretary, product promotion employee, and private therapeutic masseur. Her works have been published as poems and short story anthologies in several language translations for e-magazines, monthly magazines, and books; poems for cause anthologies in a Zimbabwean newspaper; a feature article in a Philippine newspaper; and had her works posted on different poetry web and blog sites. She has been writing poems since childhood but started on Facebook only in 2014. For her, Poetry is life and life is poetry.

Lilian Kunimasa considers herself a student/teacher with the duty to learn, inspire, guide, and motivate others to contribute to changing what is seen as normal into a better world than when she steps into it. She has always considered life as an endless journey, searching for new goals, and challenges and how she can in small ways make a difference in every path she takes. She sees humanity as one family where each one must support the other and considers poets as a voice for Truth in pursuit of Equality and proper Stewardship of nature despite the hindrances of distorted information and traditions.