Pagka-human sa baha

By: Gerard Pareja September 20,2014 - 11:55 AM

Sa ikalimang higayon, sa mga upat ka dekada namong pagpuyo sa Mambaling, gisudlan kamig baha sa among sala ug buot unta ko mo reklamo batok sa mga pag ispalto nga mi-isa sa kadalanan ug mipakunhod sa tugkaran sa mga panimalay ug sa ingon dali na kaayo kini bahaan. Apan sa pag tan-aw nako sa Facebook nakita ko nga gilunopan usab diay ang tanang kadalanan, naka-ingon ko nga dili ko angay nga moreklamo. Wa diay gipili kadtong maong baha. Walay gobyerno nga makasanta niadto.

Ug kagahapong adlawa dihang nakit-an ko ang Ondoy-type nga pagbaha sa NCR naka-ingon ko nga bintaha na lang intawn ta diri.  Dili ra kita diri sa Pilipinas ang kanunay bahaan. Ug sama sa ubang nasud dili usab kita makabiya lang dayon sa atong dali rang bahaan nga lugar.

Sa pagka karon ang kanta ning maong early 80s country rock band maoy nagsigeg tukar sa akong bagulbagul. Ani-a ang lyrics kamo nalay kuha sa tono sa YouTube. Nindut kini nga kanta kay kabahin man kini sa mga tao nga dili magpapildi sa baha.

After The Flood/Lone Justice.

My folks own the land round here

And our big old house now for some fifty odd years

We’d all seen a few rough days

But I never dreamed I’d watch it all get swept away

No one knows what causes angry rain

The water rushed right through this town just like a great big train

Years of hard work and memories

Are floatin’ down big river on their way out to sea

(CHORUS)

After the flood

After the flood

The land it washed away

Felt like my flesh and blood

I’d rather be shovelin’

Through the slush and mud

Than to leave my home where I grew up

Life goes on after the flood

The Clover Inn Bar was hit pretty hard

The piano’s lyin’ in the street broken apart

My favorite old oak tree’s rooted up

But I’ll plant myself a new one after the flood

(Repeat CHORUS)

A place to call your very own means so much

Though it’s a little soggy

After all the water’s gone

I’ll scrub it clean and make it home again

A natural disaster can’t hold nothin’ on me

Their quakin’ out west and freezin’ back east

So I think I’ll stick around

And show a little faith in a weary town

(Repeat CHORUS 2x)

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