INFLECTION POINT

I Give My All

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For the heart roars with poetry when it hits a turning point… ~ mtg

Poem by Gay Tibay-Corbeta

I smile because it is in smiling that I am able to share.

I share because it is in sharing that I am able to see a glimpse of hope.

I hope because it is in hoping that I am able to show I care.

I care because it is in caring that I am able to experience touch.

I touch because it is in touching that I am able to convey love.

I love because it is in loving that I am able to experience sacrifice.

I sacrifice because it is in sacrificing that I encounter death.

I die because it is in dying that I am able to live forever….

I learn to give my all not because I am flowing with so much.

I give because I know how it is to be alone and empty.

Gay Tibay-Corbeta is an English professor at the Cebu Institute of Technology (CIT) University in Cebu City, Philippines. We both used to teach at the St. Paul University Surigao.

December 21, 2014

Marietta Geraldino

Fiction and Poetry

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4 responses to “I Give My All”

Anonymous says:

2015-01-06 at 2:50 am

Well written ma’am Gay!

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- Gay says:
  
  2015-01-13 at 7:40 pm
  
  Thank you so much!
  
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Mayette G says:

2014-12-22 at 12:07 am

It’s my honor and pleasure. Keep the inspiration going.

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Gay says:

2014-12-22 at 12:04 am

Thank you so much Sistah! Including my piece of work here is a recognition I will treasure for the rest of my life. I love you to the moon and back!

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