“Walang forever!” I have always been so bitter about all those destiny, soul mate, Valentine’s stuff or even love itself but everything went upside down after the day that I met you. I still remember that you were this meek and silent person that I never thought of even befriending, I was so focused on minding my own life or so called ‘temporary happiness’ but life takes sudden turns. I stumbled and fell to the ground; you offered a hand and came to my resue; lifted me up and took care of the bruises I gained from my clumsiness and weak physique.
It feels like the world stopped for a moment when I held my head up to look at your face, I saw a light of hope, the hope that I will finally be out of box I’ve been held for prison, tortured by my regrets and imperfections. No words can express how happy I am that time but one thing is for sure, I finally felt genuine happiness. You became the reason why I could finally endure waking up early in the morning to take cold showers and face the tough battles of life.
We walk together, through the fields, the busy roads, all my anxieties come to a halt with you by my side, and I knew being with you is the only thing I’ve ever wanted. Just us, enjoying the company of each other even if I don’t shed a word, you know me very well. You made me feel my worth that I have been searching for since being aware to live in this world full of insecurities and hatred. You were always there when I needed a shoulder to cry on during my bad days.
Every words that you softly utter feels like music to my ears which slowly fades the noise of negativity out. In everywhere I look, I always seem to see your face looking back at me; it makes me flash a smile out of nowhere. Heaven knows for how long. I never thought that a relationship would be this perfect although I sometimes get lost and leave you behind; you still openhandedly welcome me back and patiently waits for me until I realize my mistakes. You are the man who saw me as this picture-perfect girl but nobody can’t deny that you are so inexplicably ideal, innately perfect. Words aren’t enough to thank the heavens for sending you down here with me even if I literally don’t deserve someone like you. For the first time, I felt this boundless and unexplainable love I’ve been thirsting for and here you are, proving that there really is forever…and it is only in you, Jesus.
Mariele Aquino
Junior Writer, Website Team, Media Ministry
Mariele R. Aquino is a member and website writer of the NSDA’s Media and Public Information Ministry, an aspiring future medical specialist and currently a STEM senior high school student in the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas. Her principle in life is that genuine success is something achieved through a path and battlefield of dodging a thousand bullets without the course of self-centered desires and conducts for temporary existential accomplishment. As a form of simple youthful religious fervor, Mariele used her skills, talent and dedication in writing to serve her Lord but also to grow not only intellectually but more on spiritually.
