Sleep Problem

Gently
I'll lay you down
lest you wake up again
as your troubled heart beats with mine,
grandson.

Life's Destiny

                                                (In Tagalog, a Philippine language)

Minsan
sa ilalim
minsan sa ibabaw,
buhay ng tao'y talagang
ganyan.

                                                (English literal translation.)

Sometimes
we are on top
at other times below;
our lives are predestined to be
like that.

See more of Victor Gendrano's cinquains at his Cinquain Index pages.