I can hear the crowds. Their voices, I can't stop it from entering my subconsciousness. When will it stop?
I groaned as my body hit the floor.
"Wala na po kaming makain!" I stood up feeling the pain from my back. I look at the crowd in front of the gate of the Malacañang Palace.
"Maawa po kayo! Tulongan niyo po kami!"
I can hear their plea. Their cries. I can hear it all. How their stomach crumbled in hunger, and how they got depressed for carrying the lethal virus.
For the first time, I felt something foreign.
I never cared about the world and somehow seeing this scene changed it. And I'm scared of the world's future.
The police build a wall using their shield. Nagsisiksikan ang mga tao towards the police not following the social distancing the government instructed. The rally didn't stop, kaya dinakip nila ang ibang ralliyesta patungo sa presinto.
The scene changed. There I saw thousands of army aiming their snipers towards the villagers. My sight shifted.
May nakita akong isang ginang. Chinky eyes, probably in her late thirties. Trying so hard to cover her mouth, later failed to do so. She coughed. I instantly closed my eyes as I hear gunshots towards the woman.
I shivered in fear.
"How can they do such a thing?!" a tear escaped my eyes. I let it fall.
"There are other ways to prevent the virus from spreading, why do they have to shoot people?!" I cried, witnessing that scene is tragic.
Again, the scene changed.
Inside the hospital, I saw busy medical staffs checking their patients.
Naglakad ako patungo sa isang ward.
"PUI patient" binasa ko ang nakasulat sa pinto ng ward.
Nilagpasan ko yun at nagtungo sa kasunod na ward. "Positive." basa ko sa nakalagay na sign.
Bumukas ang pinto at isang doktor ang nakita ko, kitang kita sa mga mata niya ang pagod. I sneak at the room. May nakaratay doon na matandang lalaking natutulog. I twitched the side of my lips.
Lumiko ako sa isang ally heading towards the chapel of the hospital. Habang papunta pa lang ako, I heard a beep inside a room. I can feel my heart beating so fast.
Nilapitan ko ito. Ramdam na ramdam ko ang kaba habang palapit ako ng palapit sa room na pinanggalingan ng ingay. Mahirap 'to. The sound of it... It seems like may namamatay. Bumukas ang pinto at niluwa nun ang isang nurse, nakasuot ng PPE at bakas sa mukha niya ang lungkot at pagod. Pumasok ako sa kuwartong iyon at tiningnan ang mga nurse na paulit ulit na chineck ang monitor.
Habang tinitingnan ko sila, di ko namalayan ang mga Doktor sa likod ko. One of the Doctors pass through me. My eyes widened. I clenched my fist.
"W-what the hell just happened?" I uttered within the noise of the monitor. Then another doctor pass through me again. I can feel my heart raised its pace.
"Anong nangyayari sa'kin?" I look at my hands. Unti- unting naging transparent ang kamay ko. Lumapit ako sa mga doctor.
I was terrified as I saw myself lying on the hospital bed with a lot of tubes in my body. I felt weak.
Sinubukan kong hawakan ang katawan ko pero lumalagpas lamang ito.
"Panaginip lang to.." My voice broke. I cried in front of my body. I shake my head.
"Hindi 'to totoo! Panaginip lang to! Gumising ka!" I cried in frustrations.
"Gumising ka! Kailangan mo pang mapag ayos ang mama at papa mo! Gumising ka! Pleasee..." I kneeled there still crying.
"Dorothy Aboiz, Time of Death 11:11PM" and everything went black.
Life is fair, time aren't.
Pinakita sa'kin ang mga nangyayari sa mundo dahil sa virus.
Ito ang dahilan ng pagkagutom, pagkawalan ng trabaho, ang pag suspende ng klase, ang pagkansela ng summer, pagpilit sa gobyerno ng shoot to kill policy at higit sa lahat, ang pagkitil sa buhay ng tao.
The virus stopped everything I loved and it even took my life.
