Back To Black

Learn to appreciate what the dark was before

For t’was the dark that made the moon and stars glow

When being married to light, don’t forget what gave encouragement

The bullied shall shine and the weak shall gain strength

And this dark will make a new man

Tell your tale to those who ask

Tell them everything, even the ill deeds

And let you be judged accordingly

For the dark will be one’s greatest wisdom

The questions that haunt you shall be fixed

And the dark shall provide the reply

Unveil the fabric of shame

But never throw it or do the same

Let it be a legacy of the error

And share it so others will be as strong as you

The blast of the past should not be forgotten

For it made thee what it was now

The ugly should be remembered

To remind the beauty what it was

At the end of a dark cave shines the sun

At the heart of an enemy there is salvation

At the darkest hour shines a light.

The rest will be silence

And other else will be a song.

#2 Stepping to their Muddy Shoes

December 15^th when I went back home to my hometown in Agusan del Sur. I was very happy to be welcomed warmly by my family. I was thinking I’ll be getting a perfect break as a leave the academics for a short time. Yet, it didn’t happened as what I expected it to be.

The moment I heard about the news I didn’t believe on it at first. Then I started to worry the whole Filipino netizens have been talking about it. I never expected that Iligan City would be very affected that much. I was so scared. I started to worry about the people I cared who were currently residing there. I felt a little bit guilty for the reason why I went home so early in my hometown. If it wasn’t because of my eagerness and longing for home, I would’ve been there helping those unfortunate individuals who lost their homes and foundations of hard works.

                I had a deep thought. What if I was on the places of those who were badly affected by that rampaging storm? As I looked unto my position that time, I felt so lucky and blessed at the same time unthinkable. The innocent perishes the sin of the guilty. When it comes to that situation, I feel pity to those. It’s like I wanted to give them a helping hand yet I can’t because I am miles away, literally.

                What affected me most was when I heard that many have lost their lives in order to find survival. The berserk current and rampaging winds made the probability of surviving go low. Also because of the devastating force of the storm, communication signals were jammed. Even screams were useless. What if I was one of them? I may be a little bit selfish because I was more concerned about myself yet I am still on the great depression. I worried about my peers I gained in Iligan.

                All I can give were prayers for safety. But I guess the tragedy was just nature’s feedback to man’s disruption to the cycle between nature and humans. For my own views, humans once again proved unworthy in living this planet and the Great Deity was just paying back of the unworthiness. Another dark time has reigned in history.  I prayed that this situation will be a lesson to be learned to attain the ultimate peace and order and the rest will be silence.