And after dyeing my hair violet (at last!) and painting my nails green, I am back.
Maybe you are wondering if I still look sane. Yes i am still sane…my colored hair is faintly violet (sadly I am not that crazy to bleach my damaged yet precious hair) - but atleast now i can say that I DID dye it violet…looks like maroon to me anyway…
Actually I bought blue dye but when I took it out it was violet…I don’t mind though. I’m just letting it set in as I type this…oh well.
This story of mine was written with an embarassed heart. There are just some things that I cannot write about due to familial pressures and morals but I am serious about my new resolution: break free from all inhibitions…and so i don’t care anymore (but then I am looking sideways for any sign of peeping from my housemates..if my parents read this story i am doomed….) Here it goes…
Running on water
My right foot rose halfway and landed firmly on the asphalt. Invisible dust particles flew away from my imprinted shoe. Thud. The sound of footsteps exploded, puncturing the air. From afar, a foreboding storm raged.
I started running…a foot after another, heart beating rhythmically.
Heart rate: 160 bpm
I just can’t believe that he didn’t even acknowledge my presence. I could still remember his blank face and the smoke from his cigarette, swirling in the cold afternoon air. Just the two of us. Him and me. I and he. And smog. That’s the way it will always be, I guess. He seems to maintain his composure when he keeps silent – better than his usual stuttering self. The nerve…
Raindrops falling…one clung unto my arm. Water to skin, skin to neuron, dendrites to axon, nervous system to brain. I am wet – wet yet thirsty.
Flashback: him and me on a boat. Stranded. Our first time alone together. What now? We shouldn’t have come to this place for the documentary – he’s blaming me. There is no paddle…the motor is dead…cell sites are down…supplies were left. Well, think about this, if we survive and document this experience we’ll be famous. 1 hour together. 1 hour of silence. Both thirsty. Surrounded by water – correction – surrounded by non-potable water.
A ferry boat saves us. Down the drain goes a good documentary – I mean down unto the bottom of the sea. Why couldn’t they wait for 1 day before rescuing us?
I stick out my tongue to taste the acid rain. Refreshing. Sour.
His tongue in my mouth. His hand round my waist. A bitter taste. The taste of nicotine. The taste of death. Maybe the same flavor tuberculosis patients taste when they are about to die.
Sweat trickles down my neck…jugular pulse throbbing…head tightening…dehydration …fatigue…oxygen depletion…
I could still feel him – chest to back, lips to neck, arms to legs.
I look back at the last mile. Almost finished. Inhale through the nose. Exhale through the mouth. Yes do that. Like an athlete. Breathe to live. Live to breathe. Stop. Blood gushing.
I look down at my legs. Blood seeping through my shorts. I bend down in pain. I breathe but there is only smoke. I cry but…
<nagustuhan nyo ba? comment..wrong grammar? hindi clear?>