REVELATIONS

POEMS sometimes bring tears in my eyes…

Last night, I am trying to look for the poems my favorite poet (Pablo Neruda) wrote that I have collected for some personal “sentimental” reasons. As I search for it, I found this publication (booklet) given to me a month ago by a mother of a student-writer (now a contributor writer of Inquirer) from Assumptions College. Its cover page shows “Assumpta” Vol.1 No.1 issue of 2004-2005. Page by page, I read every poems and essays they (female students) wrote and found myself interested in this particular poem written by C. Torres: “In the palm of your hand”. (Find it in Let’s be Poetic) At first, by just reading and looking at the title, it sounds (coz I read it aloud even I am alone in my room >>> POEMS are for listening not for reading as far as I learned from my Humanities II Professor) familiar to me. I thought it’s a religious spiritual creation from a young adult… But then, I saw the illustration for that poem and it shows different from my impression. There’s an open palm and a lady on it. So with curiosity, I read it between the lines. Pondering on it and internalizing the message, I realized perhaps we share the same feelings. I am not alone! There are a lot of ladies who suffered from these heartaches. And again, I reflected on it. Life truly is never unfair. I am still blessed that God had given me the chance to experience His creations. He let me go through the pain and face the challenges to survive. God may have His good reasons and purposes for doing this for I may have a better life ahead.

But then again, this brings to my mind the words of my colleague. “There’s a reason for everything that happens to our life” is just a momentary escape of a person from feeling the pains and sorrows. We need to face the truth and do something about it before it’s too late. What if I am just trying to free myself from this and don’t like to face the realities life is offering me? What if I just want to feel good for now and just wait for tomorrows’ pains? Huh! Life sometimes really sucks!