I yielded up seeing this poem composed by the late, former Senator Ninoy Aquino during the short days of his courageous life... I am a big fan of this couple... Honestly.
I have not yet witnessed such overwhelming love and support by the Filipinos to any other people who have contributed a lot in the country's democracy, except now!... I can say, President Corazon C. Aquino is "uniquely exceptional"... She have left us the greatest influence which any other individual can never (ever) give... At first, I thought that those who have waited for long hours outside the Manila Cathedral one or two days ago to be able to see President Aquino's remains already formed a great number of support and affection which is really incomparable but now, as I have witnessed Tita Cory's interment (which was started by a requiem mass), through the procession (the long roads of travel from Manila and to Makati and finally to Paranaque) and up to the last hours, minutes and seconds of the burial, at the Manila Memorial Park, the overflowing of support by hundreds and millions of people really made me express an undefiable amazement... "Wow!..." -the best word to define the feeling, i guess... The media coverage gave me a chance to witness this one of a kind and a once in a lifetime moment in our nation's vivacity. Tita Cory have really made a lot for our country... One of the best Filipina ever! It felt like as if I was being brought back to the year when the country's democracy was renewed. The people shouting in grief and tears flowing through the roads... I was indeed affected emotionally.
I have not yet witnessed such overwhelming love and support by the Filipinos to any other people who have contributed a lot in the country's democracy, except now!... I can say, President Corazon C. Aquino is "uniquely exceptional"... She have left us the greatest influence which any other individual can never (ever) give... At first, I thought that those who have waited for long hours outside the Manila Cathedral one or two days ago to be able to see President Aquino's remains already formed a great number of support and affection which is really incomparable but now, as I have witnessed Tita Cory's interment (which was started by a requiem mass), through the procession (the long roads of travel from Manila and to Makati and finally to Paranaque) and up to the last hours, minutes and seconds of the burial, at the Manila Memorial Park, the overflowing of support by hundreds and millions of people really made me express an undefiable amazement... "Wow!..." -the best word to define the feeling, i guess... The media coverage gave me a chance to witness this one of a kind and a once in a lifetime moment in our nation's vivacity. Tita Cory have really made a lot for our country... One of the best Filipina ever! It felt like as if I was being brought back to the year when the country's democracy was renewed. The people shouting in grief and tears flowing through the roads... I was indeed affected emotionally.
And as I read this poem below, I have had this one thing in my wretched mind- this is but,
A Great Inspiration.
The candle of My Life
Ninoy Aquino
I am burning the candle of my life
In the dark with no one to benefit
From its light
The candle slowly melts away
Soon its wick will be burned out
And the light is gone
IF someone will only gather
The melted wax, reshape it
Give it a new wick—
For another fleeting moment
My candle can once again
Light the dark
Be of service
One more time
And then…
Good-bye.
For the Last time, Tita Cory, let me give to you my last farewell...
My Deepest Gratitude... Farewell.... Godspeed...
3 comments:
it's amazing how death tends to connect each of us no?
She is a typical Filipina with great aspiration for the progress of the country. A fighter for what she thinks is right and a president we Filipinos could never forget because we made her as an exemplary model for the hope of the fatherland.
darewell, president cory..
>pm,
oo nga po, but in a tragic way pa...
kailangan talaga mawala muna yung isang tao before the others arrive into the realization that we as Filipinos, are one in heart, in words, and in deed.:D
>rd.com,
Agree! And that is why she is really an exceptional Filipina... And is also the reason why the Filipinos admiringly love her...:D
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