The Old Songs

Chapter 28: Sunrise at Baler

Sunrise. One of the many wonders created for this world where a lot of people misses it.

Sa sampung tao sa mundo, isa or dalawa lang yung kayang bumangon ng maaga para masaksihan yung pagsikat ng araw. At isa ako sa mga taong yun, not until today.

Maaga kaming natulog ni Isen kagabi dahil na din sa sobrang pagod. He booked two separate rooms pero magkatabi lang naman. He told me to sleep early dahil maaga daw niya akong gigisingin to watch the sun rise.

Aaminin ko. Ito yung unang sun rise na maabutan ko mula ng umalis si kuya.

I was about to reminisce an event where kuya and I watched the sun rise when I sensed a change in the sky in the east.

“Ang ganda noh?” mahinang sabi ko.

“Oo maganda. Sobrang ganda” sagot ni Isen sa akin. I looked at him and saw that his eyes were on me.

We were sitting here on the beach. Sobrang prepared siya dahil nagdala pa siya ng blanket, mukha tuloy kaming magpipicnic.

“Turn your head east, Love. We're here for the sunrise, not me..” I said and turned my head east as well.

The dawn had broke. The sky in the opposite direction was still dark, pero yung sa east iba na. There's a mixture of yellow and orange on the horizon beneath a dark neon blue ocean of night.

About ten minutes later, the sunrise had become more beautiful and beautiful as the sun peaked over the horizon.

“Hello, Mr. Sun” I whispered.

The sky had now become pink, parang sea of cotton candy with the light of the sun coloring the clouds above with a pinkish hue.

“Isen.. Love..”

“Hmm?” he whispered behind me. Nakayakap siya sa likod ko habang nakaupo at nanonood ng sunrise.

“To you, what is sunrise?” I asked. Ang lalim ng tanong ko. Nadadala ata ng sunrise yung emotions ko ngayon. I feel so peaceful lalo pa’t kasama at kayakap ko yung lalaking mahal ko.

“Hmm.. For me, sunrise is a blessing. A gift from God. It's a holy event na nagsasabing may bagong pag-asa para sa lahat. May isang araw na namang ipinagkaloob sa ating ang Diyos..” sagot niya.

Tumango tango naman ako. “Sa akin naman, sunrise is love..”

Mas hinigpitan niya pa yung pagkakayakap sa akin tapos pinatong niya yung ulo niya sa balikat ko and kissed my neck. “Why?” he asked.

“Araw araw merong sunrise. Araw araw siyang nagpapakita sa atin at nagbibigay ng liwanag at init. At araw araw din siyang hindi pinapansin ng tao. Oo yung iba napapansin siya pero mas marami yung nakakalimutan na siya pero still, bumabalik at bumabalik pa rin siya. The sun can always choose not to show itself to us, it can always stop. People ignore it all the time but why does it always choose to come up and meet all of us every single day? It's love. The sun loves us so much that it's still shows up every morning despite us ignoring it.."

“Wow. That's beautiful, Sam..” mangha niyang sabi.

Umalis ako sa pagkakayakap sa kanya at tumayo. “Where are you going?” taka niyang tanong.

Pinag-indian sit ko siya at umupo ako sa gitna paharap sa kanya.

“Uh.. Love. I don't think this is a good position..” kinakabahan niyang sabi, nagtaka naman ako.

“Why?” inosente kong tanong.

Huminga siya ng malalim saka ako niyakap. “Nevermind. I can control it anyway..”