Compose a 3-stanza Ambahan. Each stanza MUST have four lines with rhyming words at the end.
Add a title for your Ambahan, then, design your poster by adding borders and appropriate background/picture that will help convey the message of your composition.
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If only words dilute sediments at the bottom of my gut; if only a tongue can let this pain hydroplane into a song.
If only I did not get up from the soft eggshell mattress of my old bed; if only I played the lazy student card and stayed behind.
If only they warned us; if only I/they listened.
If only those raindrops were not as fat as freshly fed eels; if only I camped out in school and waited for hot bread.
If only I did not swim in dark floodwaters; if only I did not stare at the flashing blue traffic lights that screamed end of the world.
If only they did not shout, “repent, repent, repent!” while navigating atop broken concrete barriers; if only I/we did not shout back, “yes!”
If only I did not open my mouth; if only I did not close my mouth and stopped breathing instead.
If only I came home earlier; if only I came home later.
If only no one died; if only everyone
We/you were never the same after the flood; somehow you came out of that dirty dark floodwater with your tummy swelling with survival and your heart still paddling its tiny arms to safety.
Maybe you like staying there; maybe you like that dank bile.
Maybe there’s never been a way out of the flood; maybe you do not see a way out of the flood.
Maybe this is where you want to be; if this is where I want to stay.