showing solidarity

"Dear Mr. President... how do you sleep while the rest of us cry..." - Pink

"Imagine all the people, living life in peace" - John Lennon

A few weeks back, a political event occured here in the Hague, raising awareness on the political killings and other human rights violations going on in the Philippines.

I have my own beliefs, which are admittedly, a little bit left of center but not enough to align myself with any political party. I still have (naive) hopes of change within the system rather than an overhaul of it. But in that same breathe I'm also enraged at how that same system continues to oppress and violate our rights... at how suffering has been so rampant, it has been normalized.

As Filipinos, we've been barraged by stories of forced dissappearances... loved ones gone missing... stolen from us in the dead of the night. We have stories of assasinations, of being forever silenced for uttering our thoughts. We know people who live in fear, for themselves, for their loved ones... and ultimately for their country if they do nothing.

So, I gave my song of solidarity to those who dared to do something in hopes that, feeble as a song may be in the midst of the cryings, it can make a difference.