 |
| Taken in Katipunan, Quezon City, Philippines. January 2011. |
He saw the most breathtaking burst of colors he had seen in a lifetime. It made him wish he was still alive. This must be heaven, a world where they all wake up at night, he thought. And then came the familiar smell that surrounded him, he remembered the love that died with it. A ghost floating towards him, the same as he last remembered him.
"Cold?" the ghost smiled. Had the traces of his accident forced him to maturity, it never occurred to him.
"Am I supposed to feel anything?
He felt cold alright but a coolness he had always felt when he looked at him with piercing eyes. The decades passed by so quickly and though he knew the ghost never waited for him, he was the first sight he got a glimpse on in Limbo. It was like being on earth again, the life they once lived fit the template of chasing in silence. He realized this lifetime, upon learning all the lessons of tragedy from the one they lived preceding to this, is a mirror of what once was because he's willing to live another cycle of silent love once again.
"Did you suffer much from that disease?" The ghost was filled with sympathy.
"I did. But I'm glad I outlived our other friends", his smile was genuine. He to started laugh and he was startled at himself because there nothing he ever said was funny.
"Go on. We can't die twice."
"I did. I died when I couldn't have you."
Silence engulfed them. He wished he was more honest in their former lifetime.
"Come on, let's meet the others. I'm sure you'll find this to be a happier place."
The ghost led the way, he followed blindly. He didn't get the answer he wanted but he was sure, this would indeed be a happier place.
Because he finally seized the courage to tell him about the love he kept to himself in their previous life.
0 shouts:
Post a Comment