#2: Beloved
“Mamaaa!”
The moment I got home from school, I am shouting for Mama as a sign that I am here already. I immediately put my backpack at the sofa and run my way towards at the back part of our house. There, I saw her collecting all the weeds using the rake, she hauled it through her arms and then put those grasses in the fire. Lumapit kaagad ako sa kanya at nagmano.
“Ang aga ng uwian niyo Ate. May tinapay sa cabinet. Magbihis ka muna bago magmeryenda.”
Dali-dali akong pumanhik sa aking kwarto at tsaka kinuha ang tinapay sa cabinet. Nagtimpla kaagad ako ng tsokolate at patuloy na pinagmasdan si Mama na abala sa pagsunog ng mga damo. Maya-maya, sabay ring dumating ang apat kong mga kapatid.
In the next day, bigla akong napabalikwas ng bangon habang umiiyak. Hinanap ko kaagad si Mama. I saw her in our kitchen preparing for our breakfast. I hugged her waist tightly and cried like a baby. I kept on blubbering some words about my bad dream where she was on it. She kept on caressing my back so I could calm down but to no avail. Suddenly, I felt that it was shaking. Then, there were some murmurs around until it become clear to hear. I slowly opened my eyes and I found my siblings surrounding me.
“Ate, tahan na. Limang taon na ang nagdaan. Wala na si Mama.”
The moment I heard those words again, I came back to reality. I bursted into tears, still grieving for our mother who’d still fought until her very last breath for the sake of her children. #
BINABASA MO ANG
Flash Fictions
General FictionDifferent stories. In a spur of the moment. They can be a lesson or a realization.
