Unwithered, Unchained, Unveiled
We heard your whisper through the turning years,
A pen that pierced our silent, cloistered fears.
Shall we remain bowed beneath the heavy bell?
Or shall we shatter the quiet of this darkened cell?!
A delicate flower, taught to merely obey,
eiling our sight as they bartered our future away.
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Our thoughts were imprisoned in ritual and thread,
Whispering emptiness in our mind instead.
But listen to us now, for the thick blinding fabric has been torn.
An independent and powerful will has been formed.
The veil covering our weeping eyes has been stripped away,?
As the chains which bound our mind have been snapped today.
ur voices, once confined to quiet air,
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Now rise with purpose, bold enough to dare.
No chains of blind obedience hold us still;
We stand with reason, guided by our will.
When bestowed such divine light,
This tiny spark ignites the fight
We seize the pen, staining each page!
What was once soft now burns with rage!
An enlightened mind and a sharpened wit
We seal our names with iron grit
The words and letters were our sword and shield,
And the mind-opening truth was all we ever could yield.
We shed the heavy veils of ancient shame,
We pierced through letters that put us aflame.
The syllables that tyrants sought to hide,
Became sentences of truth that will timelessly glide.
The mother’s lap becomes the nation’s mold;
We shape the brave, the virtuous, the bold.
We will not raise a brood of trembling slaves,
But navigators of the wind and waves.
e step outside of the dimmed abode
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And raise our voices in a fearless ode.
For Rizal, he see the gliding hope arise,
We shattered the chains and reached the skies!
The cradled souls have dared to stand,
o ignite the fire across a shadowed land,
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We are the morning light that you wished to feel and see
The modern Filipina: fearless, proud, and free!
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