Kristine Ong Muslim

Your Life Will Always Fail

Even if you try to do

everything to make art

your life, you will always fail

Even if you try to do

everything to make your life

your art, you will always fail

Even if you try to seize

your life to make everything

your art, you will always fail

Your art will always be changed by your life

Your life will always be failed by your art

Your art your life your failure


Translated by Kristine Ong Muslim.

You can read and listen to the poem in the original Filipino here.