You are the one that makes me happy~
When everything else turns to gray
Yours is the voice that wakes me mornings
And sends me out to the day..~
It was "You" by the Carpenters, I heard a familiar song from a familiar voice that used to sway me to sleep near the shore.
She was laying down the sand while combing the hair of her cute dog.
Habang papalapit ako ng papalapit ay mas lalong humihina ang kan'yang boses, and when I'm about to touch her, she vanished.
Naramdaman kong may maiinit sa aking mukha
I was interrupted by the hot sun rays coming from the window.
It was another normal day, nothing special.
Bumangon ako sa'king kama at nagsimulang magpa-init ng tubig, to start my daily routine.
I will be haunted by her in my dreams and waking up wishing it was all true.
I will sit near the shore with a cup of coffee on my hand, sipping the bitterness of it as I reminisce.
I will wait before sunset and go home.
Same goes routine continues to the other day and other and so on.
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"Lola Corazon!" My energetic granddaughter shouts at me from a distance and wave her
hands jollily.
"Bakit Celeste? Bakit ka ba humahangos?" Tanong ko nang mapansin ko ang paghingal niya at butil ng pawis sa kan'ya noo.
Hindi siya makasagot sa paghingal at habang pinupunasan ko ang pawis niya ay sumagot na siya "Si lolo Manuel po kasi lagi na lang nagpupunta sa dalampasigan tuwing umaaga hanggang sa takipsilim eh! Hindi manlang nakikipaglaro sa'min!!" Nagsusmbong na tono ng aking apo na nakapagpatawa sa'kin eh.
Nginitan ko siya para itago ang mapait na dahilan.
"Baka naman kase ang kulit niyo kaya ayaw makipaglaro sa inyo ng lolo Manuel niyo?" Pagbibiro ko pa sa kaniya.
"Behave po ako lola! Lagi ko po siyang pinagtitimpla ng kape!" Sagot niya na tila ba sobrang laki ng tulong niya sa lolo niya.
"Oh siya, gusto mo ba talagang malaman??" Tanong ko sa kaniya na nakapagpatahimik sa kaniya.
Tumango-tango ito at halatang interesado sa kwento ng kaniyang lolo.
"Nagsimula iyan sa..."
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