I felt nervous but without the cold hand. It was a weird feeling. A man just got killed a few meters from where I was having dinner. I didn't hear a bang because I was too thrilled eating what I had always desired all week: marinated pork chop, sunny side up egg and garlic rice. This combination sounded more like breakfast food but from where I am it's a common fast food called Adsilog. I rarely eat in the mornings so having it tonight wasn't that bad.
I stepped out of the cafeteria and found out that there's a traffic jam on one side of the road. This was unusual because bumper to bumper traffic was always on the opposite side. I crossed the street still oblivious and entered a boutique. It was then my fascination with the colorful display of clothes was interrupted by a lady rushing in with news about the incident.
I wasn't sure I wanted to go home. The streets felt less safe than it did a moment ago. The sidewalks were packed with curious onlookers. The people looked like threatened buffaloes herding so close together. I walked past the crowds without bothering to look at the vehicle were the dead man was. Suddenly I felt numb.
It must be the book I read last night. The author of The Alchemist thought of death as a beautiful lady. It gave me a hard time sleeping. I woke up from a long dream but all I remember was water, lots of water. It's our superstition that water in dreams meant death or tragedy.
I got off from work thinking that I should go and "get a life." I crossed the street and felt a very strong wind but it was a fast bus that was just a feet away from me. I can't imagine what could've happened if I had moved my shoulder even for just a bit. I recovered and thought "that was close." Still I felt fine and savored my Adsilog. Meanwhile, a lot of people are stuck in traffic because a man with a bullet stuck in his head is still sitting on the driver's seat.
It's raining outside and the blood's washed away by now. I hate how the rain makes the soil muddy but still I should be more grateful for life.
1 comments:
Hmmm very grim post hehe. Death is a topic we tend to avoid but would come to everyone eventually. Basta ako, I just think there's a time for everyone and if my time is now, then so be it. It is something I can't control and for anything in my life I can't control, I just let it be :)
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