KABIYAK NG PUSO ni Augusto Flameño Monsayac

Nang kita'y makita
Inibig ko nang ika'y mapangasawa
Na sa habambuhay ay aking makakasama
Maging sa hirap at sa ginhawa.

Kahit alam ko
Na hindi ako karapatdapat para sa iyo
Ginawa ko ang lahat ng makakaya ko
Mapaibig lamang ang puso mo.


Nang maging tayo nga
Ako na ang pinakamasaya
Dahil tunay kang pagpapala
Sa akin ng Dakilang Manlilikha.


Nang ako'y mag-aya
Na tayong dalawa ay magpa-isang-dibdib na
Napuspos ng galak ang aking kaluluwa
Nang sabihin mong pumapayag ka.


Nang tayo'y ikasal
At mapasa akin ang iyong mga kamay
Langit ang pasasalamat ko sa Maykapal
Na ako ang 'yong mister at ikaw ang aking maybahay.


Nang ganap na magbunga
Ang pagsasama natin bilang mag-asawa
Kaypalad ko na ako'y naging isang ama
Na ang anak ko ay ikaw ang dakilang ina.


Kaligayahan ko, mahal ko
Na aking maipahayag sa iyo
Ikinararangal ko sa buong mundo
Ikaw ang aking natatanging KABIYAK NG PUSO.

THE MAN WHO GOT PREGNANT by Augusto Flameño Monsayac

     Pincing my husband's cheeks so tightly and tapping his arms ang thighs repetitively and fast without any reason; feeling bloated and having pains and discomfort at my back and hips, without knowing these are already signs that I am already pregnant; feeling the glorious joy overwhelming in my body the moment I saw the two red lines when I did pregnancy test and, right away, excitedly calling my husband at around six in the morning (November 13, 2015) to tell him the good news, "Mahal, positive!"; having my first ultrasound for the confirmation of my being pregnant; everyday morning sickness that last for three months; craving to drink cocunut juice and having palatable desires to eat mango, camias, guava, binagoongang baboy, pineapple, turnips, jackfruit and avocado for my unusual nine months "paglilihi", while controling myself from eating too sweet, too salty and cold food and drinks; sensing for the very first time the movements of my baby in my womb as his peculiar greetings for me on my 35th birthday; hearing my baby's heartbeats- the most beautiful sound i have ever heard- on my fourth monthly check up; dreaming twice that I already gloriously gave birth to a healthy cute baby boy, who looks like his father, with curly hair; the amazement in knowing that the gender of my baby in my womb is ,indeed, a boy, based on my second ultrasound on my eighth month pregnancy...

(To be continued...)