Born from the womb of democracy
Offspring of free will and freedom
You are a sparkling rainbow
Of human dreams and hopes
So true and so real
So spiritual and divine.
A rainbow christened humanity
Of the West and East
Of Asia and Africa
Of Europe and Americas
Of the Home of the Human
And a Universe of Creation.
You are an Archetype
A living Symbol
With roots in the US and Kenya
And branches in Indonesia
A full tree in the wide West
Adorning the forest of one World.
A spectacle of a Universe
In a quagmire of its own weakness
Waiting the herald of a vision
Of love and faith
Of justice and peace
Welcome, beloved Barack Obama.
Domingo Goan Landicho (also called "Domeng," born 4 August 1939), is a prominent Philippine writer and academic. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts and BS in Journalism degrees from the Lyceum of the Philippines, and an MA in Education at the National Teachers College. He later earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at Lyceum. 
