CAGAYAN HOME OF MY YOUTH

CAGAYAN HOME OF MY YOUTH

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Born was I in humble Tuguegarao town by the river Cagayan

In ’58 as scion of a couple still in youth & studies

Immediately I was brought to Manila while parents burnt oil

To finish their schooling and birth my younger sibs

Thereafter to drive home to Tuguegarao our family did

Growing up by Ybanag culture plus agriculture & cottage crafts

Tuguegarao famed for pansit-batil-itlog & Larion bladed objects

There I was to nestle from age 6 till high school

Visiting our family farms every now and then

To contemplate on my future options and spaces

Helped bring food at times to our rice mill workers

Witnessing how the hometown progress from gravel roads

To the concrete roads of the day

Coming back for work circa late ‘81 till ‘83

Did I fulfill my own dream of touring all of Cagayan

28 of its 29 towns did I visit and enjoy crafts & foods

As young community worker and junior executive then

Happy that my hands were to amongst agents of change

Helping to build folks’ livelihoods & planning huge projects

Likewise feeling bliss upon sights & sounds so idyllic

Tasting delicacies of all towns and bringing home crafts

Thought that Calayan island town would be my trophy visit

But no longer opportuned to do so did I fail to tour it

Yet the valley towns will always be in my bosom

Toured every corner and chatting with folks of all towns

Home indeed was Cagayan to me till these days

Part-builder of my youth and my conqueror spirit

[Philippines, 08 May 2011]

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