SLEEPLESS IN LEYTE

I bought three kilos of 'alimango' for my kids
Only to realized here in Ormoc I'll be stranded
Most of Mindanao and Visayas area is 'signal number one'
Another typhoon is coming they called 'Basyang'

I desperately need to be back in Cebu
I need to take care some business and pleasure too
Now all my plans for next week is suddenly ruined
Including my plan to spend time with family this weekend

My patience has been stretched for the last two weeks
Problems kept coming but I refused to submit
Living in a hut filled with mosquito in cold weather
I'm glad I got some mattress mosquito net and novels

The work I'm doing here in Leyte is so far so good
But I felt so depressed I had this foul mood
Perhaps my aching heart wants me a partner to find
I'd hate to be in 'firing squad' comes day of Valentine

I guess I'll just go back to work in our barracks
Eat all these 'alimangos' until I get fat
Then I'll continue to live this miserable life
Until I find the woman named Ms. Right.

(By: Jun Abines)