TEN YEARS AGO
Kahit saan ako mapalingon ay masasabi ko talagang wala na akong pag-asa. Knowing that I was already surrounded by the soldiers, and their guns were pointing at me. I was really hopeless.
“Throw your vest, it's fake!” sigaw ng isa nilang kasamahan.
Whether it's fake or not, it doesn't matter anymore. If hindi lang din naman ako makakauwi, what's the point?
I was crying, not really minding my situation. Tatanggapin ko na lamang na hanggang dito na lang talaga ang purpose ko sa mundong ito. Acceptance . . . now I know how hard it is.
I looked at each of them as I said my last words. “I am just trying to save humanity. Why are you so mean?”
For the last time, Via's face flashed in my mind.
“I beg you. Don't harm my wife. She's my everyth—” Unfortunately, my words were bein
