Buhay-Cubao

In this next piece, a word play on the Catholic Church's Revelation of the Mystery of the Faith is used to elevate a seemingly trivial love for the metropolis into the sacramental level of love as a diasporic hunger. Why is it that people want to always go back home?

Buhay-Cubao*

Sa Cubao isinilang,
Sa Cubao din namatay;
Sa Cubao din ang balik,
Sa wakas ng Panahon.

- Jardine Davies

* Cubao is one of the busiest residential and commercial centers in the Philippines. It is a unique locality where one can see both the poorest of the poor and the richest of the rich among Filipinos literally rub elbows together.