26/06/09 Middle of the blazing heat of the sun beside a kiosk in the Main LibraryAfter the tropical storm feria hit our country, i had a version of a storm that continuously hitting my very definition of love for a month now. Actually, I've been also battling my own storm, numbing every inch of my body like injecting anesthesia every minute. Most of the times, the anesthesia's working, me having a fine, happy day, without even thinking the storm that flooded me. But sometimes, even though a heavy dose of the best anesthetic drug can't paralyze my system. My version of my storm is not happening the way you picture a storm, it's surging from the inside, poking every numb part of my body.
As you can see, i'm very vague of the definition, name, its cause even the strength my cyclone! I think subconsciously, i want to keep it as vague and vivid as possible even though It is clear to me what is the cause, its impact on my body, the names and its crystal clear definition.
02/0709 Exactly 10:30 in the evening In my small but cozy home in KNLI stopped making this post last 26th of June. I really can't remember why I did'nt finish this but I know the reason why I started this post. Maybe after typing the last word, the anesthesia worked and the storm just transformed into a heavy rain. A rain that you know would stop just after minutes. Just the right rain to water the plants and wash up all the dirt lingering on the road. Or maybe, I just stopped for no reason... I really can't remember why!
Six days have passed, I know that the storm inside me traveled far far away like a normal storm and the heavy rain has stopped. Sometimes, a drizzle showers my inner thoughts and emotions but I am not bothered with that, I know that these drizzles are just the aftermath of the storm, like aftershocks of an earthquake, giving me small tremors. Should I make a rain dance for those drizzles to stop?? Nah! I'm old enough to believe that rain dance can really stop a rain. You just need to be patient and wait, and you will see, the rain, how heavy it might seem, will eventually stop. You don't resist the rain and you don't fight it! Just have have to wait for it to stop or if you're to impatient, an umbrella is a good tool if you feel it is too strong to handle. An umbrella that will serve as a temporary shield from the blazing drops of water pounding the surface of your skin. You can also walk without an umbrella, but its too messy! You don't want to get too soaked up under it. Having some parts of the body getting wet is just ok. It is a sign that it is raining and don't you worry, coz those wet parts of your body will eventually dry and just leave a scar to the sleeves of your shirt and will remind you that yesterday, it rained!
It is peaceful now, quiet. I can assure that the storm has really passed and will never come back. I know this will not be the last storm that will attack me, but I am very sure that the next storms will be different. Different range of strength, another cause but not this clear, and abso-fucking-lutely different name! I cannot assure you about the difference of its capacity with the past storms but I am definitely sure It has a different name! (and I am not anticipating for this next storm to happen right away) and don't know when will the next storm attack.
But unlike in the past storms with the same cause... I am prepared now! And I hope the next storm I have just described will not happen, like a prediction in the weather forecast by Kuya Kim! I want to see the sun again, and I am also ready to stand under its heat and breathe the calm wind brushing at my face! I am ready to open the door and windows that shut during the last storm, even though it is shut too tight! Drizzles might pass every now and then, but I know it will stop like memories flying once in a while in your head, and after it, I know the sun will shine again! I won't say it's possible because it is happening. And I can feel the warmth of the sun again, little by little, gently stroking my skin and It's good! As one American Theologian has said, “After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer right after every storm!”