Within U'll Remain
went to visit grandma n grandpa after mass todae.
drove to their home at poh huat road. my mother bought them some lilies. they blankly stared back at us when we gave it to them. these few years they seem unusually quiet. but i noe, in their heart, they must b happy to see us. each of us had our own private quiet moment wif them. i looked into their quiet eyes n quietly asked them to take care...these daes i don’t get to see both of u around very often.
but they’re probably there, when i get up from bed in the morning, when i go to sch. when i got my o lvl results they silently rejoiced, n i can trust them to b there for me when i receive my As too. wadever the result they'll never lose hope of me. for somewhere in this wide wide world, they’re watching over my family n me, guiding us n protecting us. our 2 humble lilies r but a small way to honor them. i didn’t really get a chance to get to b very close to them when they were around, but wadever. ahma n ahgong, i miss u. i miss u so much.
that was how this yrs qing ming went. quiet n simple. but i wonder abt life after death. i guess nobody has lived to tell the tale. i imagine a faraway place of no sound, no smell, no touch, no taste. will we find true, eternal happiness then? or like so many other things which follow a cyclical creed, r we given a second chance n r reborn into this world on a clean slate? to have a better shot at life once again?
Memento homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris.
Remember, man, that you are dust.
And unto dust you shall return.
i wd say that i do not fear death, but after giving it a second thought, i’m not so sure anymore. ahma, ahgong, i’ll b seeing u once again. when my time is up.
alvin ong dozed and watched the sawdust trampled night @ 9:58 PM
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