for only the second time this year, i turned on the TV at my place. (the first time was a couple of weeks ago to test the indoor antenna i just bought.) i was watching cory aquino's funeral convoy, listening to stories about her, and tears just kept on flowing from my eyes. i cry easily so i really expected to shed some tears. but i did not expect them to be so much. ugh! my eyes were swollen, imagine! what on earth was that?!
my dear friend, a street-smart young widow, went to cory's wake. she is not at all the crying type. but upon seeing cory in her coffin, she said she unexpectedly, uncharacteristically shed tears.
i am thinking we couldn't be the only ones like this. and i am further thinking that all these should not be for naught.
there are posts about this second aquino death serving as the long-overdue decisive wake-up call for the country. it is sad that our wake-up calls entail deaths. we are so dense we need something so severe. heartbreaking.
whatever it is, i hope it leads to something good... a better country, a better people, a better self...
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