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Layag Sug is my life

2/20/2014

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Arikulay Arata Wata made a banner of Layag Sug. I love this banner. He posted in Iranaon languages, "Pekababayaan aken giyaya iplalis o manga pagari tano sa Solog a "Layag Sug!". Seketano peman na antonaa i ipelalis? So sinta o Kasila. Mkkkkkkkkkkkk… Neldy Jolo kataya so banner.” Shaiya Pandapat said, "Opama na mga pipiya so mga Isulogen mkkkk..." Aydow, salamat nari Arata Wata. Mapiya ini a banner.  I have written a poem about this. Samantha also wrote about it separately. These are the poems. 

  
LAYAG SUG IS MY LIFE

What is Layag Sug? 
How come you're not answering?
Why are you asking?
For me to know
Why, isn’t it to bully me?
No. I'm just plainly asking.
Why is it so hard for you to answer?
I don’t know why the question arises now.
I suddenly realized I don't know the meaning of it.
Aha, for you what is it?
What is Layag Sug?

Is it a signature on every statement you make? 
Or a line you share with someone?
It's a signature on every statement 
It is also a line I share to make Sulu familiar with people today

So what is Layag Sug?
What do you think?
I don't know, a Sulu boat?
What do you think?
You can share what it is so we could explore
I will give you my meaning
After you give your interpretation of it

You're not answering, are you?
Just say so if you're not
I don't have the entire night waiting
Layag Sug is about my life
About my longing for independence for my beloved homeland Sulu
Literally, it means Sulu Sail!
That’s Layag Sug seen through my lens of thought
And my experience in life!


This poem was drawn from a conversation with Sulu Gypsy over a year ago.
12:44AM, 9 March 2013, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Let Us All Save Peace. Layag Sug!
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    Nelson Dino. Tau Sug inside and out. Former university lecturer. Peace fighter. Loves writing, taking photos, researching things.

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