Upon the horizon I see the hands of yesterday gradually fading…
Through thy mercy illumine the path of today…
Tomorrow is a promise of better fate, so is it…
I must be in fantasy where there is confusion of time! Why it seems to be running so fast as in tick of the clock? No holding back, only moving on…The last year was indeed a blast of remarkable stories in my life, so humble as it has always been. Realizing what has become of me is a good deal. Eyes of innocence no more. Yet maturity is still beyond reach. Ergo, so will I talk about my stories and dreams.
Never should I be hitting the last year, which underscored significant points in my lifeline. For one, I savored the delightful experience of sharing warmth with someone on the very first day of 2007. Her love so pure and kind, so unworthy were I. We made promise while sitting on fine sands, then eventually ended up in separate paths.
Came along with the fortunes was having finished the painstaking college. My hard toils had paid off with a “laude” attached to my infamous name. It was such a glorious experience. So with the overwhelming congratulations come greater expectations!
The stroke of adulthood eventually came in – it was my 7,665th day of existence in the universe. The presence of the entire clan and special friends had surely made it to a great celebration of faith and life. Music was so inviting so thus the night seemed to be never fading. Personal testimonies gripped me into deep narcissism. Thanks for the words of wisdom, anyway!
Then uncertainties started to eat up my being. With my hard-earned intellect, I left the rurality of life to earn butter and bread in the city. Life is just like this; you live to work and you work to live. Wrestling with cosmic powers is indeed an ordeal! A survival of the fittest, a lofty test of faith…
Cry out did I! Black omen…so reaped the soul of a great man. I remember my uncle flashing his sweet smiles. Sorry for not being able to reciprocate to thy goodness. Thank thee for the generosity and genuine kindness.
These and all cannot find enough space on this page. Many seemed to have happened in one year time. But what will be in the morrow, I always ask. Today we live, tomorrow blows the wind of weariness.
And while many things happen in my personal life, there these societal challenges standing before us. Time is subtle. There is obscurity of life. No perfect freedom. The earth is screaming like a laboring mom. The journey seems to be endless. Lesser justice. Greater animosity. Political hullabaloos. Nostalgic economy. Hungry stomach. Homeless citizens. Alienation in the own land. And so…
This year must promise greater responsibilities. As a Christian. As a citizen. As a man.