Monday, March 22

I Will Be Back

Alvin is a four year child staying in an orphanage and being given a good education by the Sisters of Charity. Melvin and Meljun are twins by birth and share the same background as that of Alvin. The three of them became my playmates when I visited them during the break. As I turned to leave, Alvin came and asked me when I will be back. I looked at him and smiled despite the tears that was running down my cheeks. I told him that I won't be back soon as I live far away but promised that I will, if I could. I gave him a hug and bade farewell.

My life had been constant going in and out of every tricky situations and bad habits. I had been trying to make new of what to pursue. I try to do more of what I believe is best. I try hard to leave what is of the past. There is no going back for things we try to forget. There is no going back for things we do not want to encounter once again. There is no going back to something I am trying to escape.

Yet if I look at what is to happen, time will come that I will be back. I will back longing for the ties I cut off. I will back for the past to make memories of today. I will be back to make amends of what I had neglected to do and what I had forgotten to believe.
 

Knowing that the children from the orphanage had become insensitive to the numerous "I will be back." they hear every time they had visitors, yet the smiles and the questionings had been genuine. For they truly believe that separation is inevitable but they still look for that glimmer of hope to meet again. 

2 comments:

  1. [There is no going back to something I am trying to escape."] That's a good thing right. I mean you escape from something you don't want anymore...

    i think whenever people say, I'll be back' and the orphans gives their genuine smiles, i think that is because they are hopeful. that even though they have no parents, they still want to feel loved. it's good thing that they were able to understand that separation is inevitable. but i think it's too early for them to carry such burdensome lesson in life.

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  2. Yes, that's right...escaping or leaving things that I don't want in my life.

    My heart goes to those children left, or unwanted by their parents. Sad stories and real.

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