it’s almost time to go home and ifeel really tired. my eyes are hurting and my stomach’s churning something inside. (that i don’t wanna know)
last night, i dreamt of someone whom i once loved. his face was so clear to me. he was smiling and he seemed happy with what he was doing; he was playing the keyboard. he winced when he played a different tune. I was glad that he got back to his ‘first love’. suddenly, another scene popped up wherein he was holding me in his arms. he looked happy. i felt like i was happy too. then the end.
when i woke up, i felt peace. i don’t know where it sprang from. maybe the dream caused it or i just had more sleep than what i usually have. i know i shouldn’t feel this (he’s married already), but i missed him. the times when he would defend me from our childhood friends because they treated me as ‘salingkit’. when we, together with other friends, would buy junk food from aling carmen. when the boys would go to our house just to wake me up and tell me that it’s time to go to church to play.
i have a lot of memories about my childhood days. and if i could, i would’nt do anything but write about them all day long. i had happy days then. and i feel like peter pan who thought of happy thoughts when he wanted to fly. i think of happy days back then when i want to fly and leave my worries to the ground. i think of lala, vonwelt, pom-poms, chickadees, patintero, chinese garter, ten-twenty, langit-impyerno, jackstones, shato, sweet violet, tumbang preso, luksong baka, tira-tira, cornik, isaw, children’s camp, clay, piano, pews…
i ‘live’ on memories. i can’t let go of them even if i wanted to. i think it’s because they kinda honed me to what i am today. and in return, i try to keep them alive even it they’re long dead already.
i thank God for my long-term memory retaining gift. (whatever that means. ^^)
