All the Words I Can Remember are Poems

anak               like a sigh born every day
ilong               lead by scent and knowhow
tanong           asking questions about the world
sayaw            like how dance that comes from joy
sayang           can sway so close to sorrow
bayan             how shame could be an entire country
pinto               or an open-doored question
kailangan       needing, needful and needless
ilaw                illuminating a path
ikaw               to you, little bit of me, almost
dito                will you appear here
doon.             are you still there, maybe
dahon            I hear you in the leaves
darating         rippling in the wind, always arriving