Many voices by jose garcia villa

According to answers.com,

Jose La Villa Tierra comes from Atimonan, Quezon, Philippines.

His philosophy of education is: "No man is truly educated until he has learned his two R's which are RIGHT and (W)RONG

Info about him is very rare (or maybe my research was just not enough?)

And I can't find any of his works aside from Ballad of a Mother's Heart ...

He's been my inspiration ever since High School ...

So sorry, I can't find a picture of him ...

So, here's how the poem goes ...

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Ballad of A Mother's Heart

The night was dark, for the moon was young

And the stars were asleep and rare;

The clouds were thick, yet Youth went out

To see his Maiden fair.

"Dear One," he pleaded as he knelt

Before her feet, in tears.

"My love is true; why have you kept

Me waiting all these years?"

The maiden looked at him unmoved,

It seemed, and whispered low:

"Persistent Youth, you have to prove

By deeds your love is true."

"There's not a thing I would not do

For yo