Random Blabbings

Uwi na tayo.

It came out fast.

Fast as lightning and shocking as thunder, shaking my world as I see everything I've ever worked hard for, crumbling before my very eyes.

"We lost," my parents said, looking at the empty room that once held our office.

I kept mum. Picking up the pieces all by myself, trying to build the fortress inside of me before tears can flow endlessly.

Sighing, I turned around. "Maybe, even heaven forbid me to win."

A hand held my wrist. "You didn't lose. You just gotta find a different place to build your empire."

Maybe. Just maybe, though.

"Hindi namin kaya."

I looked at my mother, then at my father. They looked so tired, helpless and hopeless.

I bit my lip, and take a deep breath before uttering the words I know I'll be regretting someday.

"Okay lang. Kahit saan naman po, tatanggapin ko."

Smile. I pushed myself to smile at them, and after a few dragging minutes, they returned the smile.

I take one last look at the place that's supposed to be the stepping stone of my future.

Hindi nila kaya, I reminded myself, at hindi lang ikaw ang anak nila.

My mother took my hand. "Uwi na tayo."