I'm Alive
1377 Words
"Love! labas kana dyan, ikaw ng sunod na kakanta.." Tawag ni Maxim sa kaibigan na naglalakad na palabas ng locker room, bitbit na nitong gitara.
"Max, dumating na ba sila Meran at Kimy?"
"Hindi na sila makakarating kasi scheduled daw ni Kimy sa dermatologist nito."
"Ah.. Eh di as usual dalawa lang tayong magsasalitan sa stage nito."
"Parang ganun na nga... Dating gawi, halika na kanta kana dun para di ako antukin"
Natatawang inakbayan na lang ni Lovely si Maxim. Pumwesto kaagad ito sa harapang mesa bitbit ang sarili nitong inumin.. Sya naman ay umakyat na sa entablado saka umupo sa upuang naka ready na dun sa gitna, inayos nyang gitara bago nagsalita sa mikropono.
"Good evening party people! I want to dedicate this song... To that guy who made my little heart beat for the first time"
Kaagad na nagsigawan ang mga tao sa loob ng Boyzone....natawa sya ng nangibabaw ang boses ni Maxim mula sa karamihan.
"Naman! Woohh... Baka lovesong yan ha! Yoko mag cry dito Lovelyyy... " kinindatan nya lang ito saka nagpatuloy sa pagsasalita ng tumahimik ng kapaligiran.
"I could still remember how you whistled at me in the first day of class. I was so annoyed that I threw an angry stare at you and you just laughed at me. I don't even know who you are that time and l don't have any plans of knowing you even a bit. All I knew was I hate guys like you. Over-confident and attention seeker. I saw you as a pain in the a*s. I knew you look at me the same way. You hated me, didn't you? You even called me a nerd. You told me I'm too irascible and low-tempered. You even told me that nobody would ever want to be my friend."
Pinalibot ni Lovely ang tingin sa loob ng bar, napangiti na lang sya ng makita ang isang lalaking nakaupo malapit sa exit, nag thumbs up pa ito sa kanya habang malapad din ang pagkakangiti. katabi nito ay isang magandang babae na kumaway naman sa kanya at nag flying kiss pa. Kumaway din sya sa mga ito.
"I treated you as my worst enemy. Do you remember that? We threw names at each other almost everyday. Time passed by and it felt like a routine. Something has changed and I knew that wasn't something I've expected. I don't know what happened, but something blossomed between us. Like a rose that bloomed at the center of a thorny stem. Slowly, the truth sank in into my mind, telling me that I have completely fallen in love with you. I was alarmed. I was too young that time and love is just a word for me. But you are the one who gave meaning to it. The annoying dumbass turned out to be the sweetest guy I've ever met. I was too surprised to even react."
Tahimik ang lahat na tila isa syang teacher sa gitna ng classroom..
"I can still remember how we exchanged love letters that time. We don't even have mobile phones back then. You made me smile everyday, making me more inspired to go to school. My friends teased me a lot, and your friends welcomed me to your circle. You are the one who widened up my world instead of reducing it just for the two of us. You became my best friend, my brother, and the one whom I run up to when I feel really down. You are my cutest clown. I can still remember how hard it was for you to pronounce my name because all you wanted was to call me "baby". I can also remember how you reacts when I pinch your cheeks, or when I bit your arms, and when I tickle your sides. How we both laugh so hard on simple jokes and how we made each other's day wonderful even on dead weeks of school. Days and years passed yet those times of being with you seems to be static. I even thought that it will last forever. We had a lot of fights and no-talking-until-you-drop moments, remember? Quarrels that lasted even for two weeks and more. I was hurt a lot of times and I hurt you a couple of times too. We broke up and decided to be together again. It became an on-and-off relationship yet we tried to hold on. That despite our young hearts, we tried to understand each other and lower our pride. We could have made it if we just tried a little bit more. But no. I gave up. I'm sorry I gave up. I did the right thing anyway, right?"
Napabaling ulit ang kanyang tingin sa magkaparehang nakatutok ang buong atensyon sa kanya.. Tumango sya dito saka ngumiti.
"How are you, by the way? I've heard a lot about you. And I'm happy that you're happy. I'm glad that you've met someone who deserves you more than I do. Someone who loves you more than I did. I just want you to know that you will always remain as that one guy who taught me how to love, who taught me how to conquer the pain and who made me feel that even I am the most annoying brat you've known, I still deserved to be loved more than how I wish people will. I hope you are always safe and that this friendship between us will always remain. Forever. "
Nag thumbs up ulit ang lalaki samantang ngumiti at kumaway naman sa kanya ang babae. Ngitian nya rin ang mga ito saka kumaway pabalik. Inayos nyang gitara na hawak saka nag umpisa na syang patugtugin ito. Isa sa mga favorite song nya ang... 'I'm Alive' ni Celine Dion.. Pumikit ang kanyang mga mata na tila dinadama nyang pagtugtog.. Maya maya sinabayan nya na ng kanta.. Biglang nagsigawan naman ang mga tao.. Napuno ng ingay ang buong paligid.. Lalo tuloy syang ginanahang kumanta.
♪ ♪
I get wings to fly. ♪ ♪
Oh, oh, I'm alive
When you call on me
When I hear you breathe
I get wings to fly
I feel that I'm alive
. ♪ ♪
When you look at me
I can touch the sky
I know that I'm alive
When you bless the day
I just drift away
All my worries die
I'm glad that I'm alive
You've set my heart on fire
Filled me with love
Made me a woman on clouds above
I couldn't get much higher
My spirit takes flight
'Cause I am alive. ♪ ♪
When you call on me
When you call on me
When I hear you breathe
When I hear you breathe
I get wings to fly
I feel that I'm alive
I am alive. ♪ ♪
When you reach for me
When you reach for me
Raising spirits high
God knows that
That I'll be the one
Standing by through good and through trying times
And it's only begun. ♪ ♪
I can't wait for the rest of my life
When you call on me
When you call on me
When you reach for me
When you reach for me
I get wings to fly
I feel that. ♪ ♪
When you bless the day
When you bless, you bless the day
I just drift away
I just drift away
All my worries die
I know that I'm alive
I get wings to fly
God knows that I'm alive.. ♪ ♪
Malakas na palakpakan ang maririnig pagkatapos nyang kumanta. Bago sya bumaba ng stage, nag iwan pa sya ng huling mensahe sa mga taong nakatingin sa kanya ng may mga ngiti sa mga labi.
"Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what it means to be alive. Thanks everyone... Have a good time.."
Bumaba sya ng stage saka lumapit at umupo sa mesang okopado ni Maxim. Habang masaya silang nagkukulitan at nagkukwentuhan, walang kaalam alam si Lovely na may isang pares ng mga matang nakatitig sa kanya mula sa malayo. Mga matang puno ng paghanga sa kanya.
Lovely didn't know that starting tonight her simple and quiet life will change just because of a man named .. Nhill Tiduz.
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- Writer
