February 21, 2014 at 2:59am
"Sampung mga daliri nawala ang lima,
hinanap ko, hinanap ko, nasayo pala.”
Parang ang sarap lang balikan at alalahanin nung mga panahong iniimagine mo pa lang kung paano hahawakan yung kamay nya. Kung saan at kailan mo ba unang gagawin. Kung ano ba ang magiging reaksyon nya, magagalit ba sya o matutuwa, maiilang ba o sisige na lang. Yun ung mga panahong iniimagine mo pa lang kinikilig ka na. Tapos dumating na sa punto na hindi mo na kinakaya. Kaya ayun, sumisimple ka na, kunwari hahatakin mo sya,magtatanong ka kung bakit siya nagkasugat sa daliri, aalalayan mo sya sa pagbaba sa jeep, makikipag-apir ka palagi, susukatin mo kuno kung gano ba mas malaki ung kamay nya kaysa sayo. Yung mga ganung pasimple ba?
Naaalala mo pa ba yung araw na yun? Ung unang beses mong nahawakan ung kamay ng pinakaunang taong minahal mo. Yung pakiramdam na kung pwede lang isama sa paguwi ung kabilang kamay nya kasi siguradong matatapos na naman yung oras na magkasama kayo. Yun yung mga panahong magkahalong mabigat at magaan ung nararamdaman mo. Magaan kasi sobrang saya mo at mabigat naman kasi nahihirapan ka nang habulin ung hininga mo. Siguro isa na yun sa pinakakakaiba at masayang araw na naramdaman mo sa buong buhay mo, yung pakiramdam na hawak mo ung mundo mo at yung taong iniikutan ng buhay mo.
For me, when we are to hold a hand of someone we really love, there’s something more than affection and sensuality. It is more of savoring the moment of having each other, of being together. It is more of digging on each others hearts to plant thousands of memories. It is more of flying to the moon and watch the stars circle around the both of you. More of appreciating how the universe led you to each other. It’s just simply about you and him. It’s funny how does this art of love makes us invulnerable from the outside yet very sensitive from the inside.Those hands that were meant to be joined together, hands enclosed with the zeal of love, passion and commitment. Those hands are your guard, your guide. Hands that will keep you together, to respect, care and to continue to hold on despite and in spite of all the ups and downs of life and love. Finally, what’s nice about of holding each others hand is the feeling of being loved back. And that the obscurity and uncertainty of being together has come to an end. You belong to each other. That is why you should have never let it go.