Explain the Poem by: Bienvenido Lumbera

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Servant

On the shut door of the mind

We knock, we of soul and body torn;

We who serve and are ignored,

Broken into pieces to be of use.

Our heads nod, our arms lift,

Our feet are quick, our faces turn:

We scatter our parts to the beck

And call of those higher than us.

Deep within, we have a name,

A story to tell. Against a harsh life

We’ve put up a fight, only

To end up with a servant’s life.

We serve the strong, we are

Feet and arms wanting to climb,

Heads and faces used to fool the law,

Will we be whole again tomorrow?

Up ahead the new day shines,

The change-of-fate we seek—

Then we shall rise again,

With our names and bodies back.

 

Explain the Poem by: Bienvenido Lumbera

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