Catharsis II: An Army of Words (AUDITIONS)

Applicant #40: New Divide

Walang natira kundi mga guho ng nagdaang digmaan. Nag-iwan ito ng latak na hindi basta-basta mabubura ng panahon. Paulit-ulit na babalikan ng bawat isa kung papaano kinuha ng giyera ang kanilang mga minamahal sa buhay. At habang pinapanood ko ang pagguhit ng kidlatsa makulimlim na langit, sumasagi sa isip ko ang mga sinabi mo noon. You are not a visionary, Tom, sabi mo. Isa ka lang hangal. 

I can still see it in my mind – kung papaano mo ako tingnan nang sinabi mo iyon. Nagalit ako sa'yo. You were my wife, for Pete sake! But you never believed in me and worst, you left me when I was nothing.

Sana lang nalaman mo kung papaano ako nagtagumpay. Mali ka! Hindi ako inutil, taliwas sa laging ipinapamukha mo saakin noon just because you're earning much more than I do. And you know what, lahat ng efforts at oras na ginugol ko sa research ko ay nagbunga rin sa wakas. I have succeeded in designing software that enables handicaps to control their bionic legs and have it function like the original. And from nobody, I become someone that's significant and needed.

Ngunit tulad ng isang gamo-gamo na masyadong nabatubalani sa liwanag, nabulag ako sa kislap ng katanyagan. Hindi ko nanakita ang dapat kong makita. 

Nabili ng Lei Zhuang Company ang software ko.I've become rich in an instant. Lei Zhuang also hired me as their senior engineer for their new project. They wanted to take robotic prosthetics into a higher level. While I was working as their engineer, hindi ko agad na-realize na hindi na tulong sa sangkatauhan ang ginagawa ko kundi isang uri ng warfare. 

Taong 2019 nang magbanta ng giyera ang Chinalaban sa 'Pinas. Gusto nilang kunin nang puwersahan ang Kalayaan Islands. Napanood ko sa CNN ang speech ng Chinese president. He was threatening us to give up Kalayaan and I was horrified when he introduced Lei Zhuang robots as their new warfare.

And soon, the third world war begins, sa kabila ng napakaraming peace talks na naganap at sa kabila ng pangingialam ng US, maging ng UN. Nagkampihan ang mga bansa. Dalawang malakas na puwersa ang nagbanggaan – the socialist countries versus the Interpol member countries, also known as the China, Russia, NortKor alliance versus the US, Great Britain and other democratic countries, habang ang mga nasa middle east naman ay naging neutral at mas lalong yumaman ang ekonomiya dahil sa kanila kumukuha ng langis ang US.

The Philippines have become the battlefield, its blue skies become dark and the ashes from ruins fell like snow.

At ngayon nga, nagwakas na ang giyera at nanalo ang mga sosyalista. 

I hate to admit it but you're right. I'm a fool. If only I can turn back the time... If only I swallow my pride and beg you to come back. Alam ko naman na iyon lang ang hinihihintay mo. But I didn't do it. I kept myself busy to forget how miserable I am without you.