.,wandering... (a continuation...)

.,hours have passed and i am still looking at that young little boy while he is peacefully sleeping... thinking if someone will accompany him home... i have no idea what things awaits the child's fresh life... if he knows where to go next... or what to do with his life... he still doesn't know where his mother is right now... or if she can come back to fetch him...
pity that child...

he has been sleeping for hours now... no wonder.... maybe he felt really exhausted upon wandering with his mother miles and miles of distance....

=flashback...=

they once lived a very luxurious life... he is the only son of an attorney and a very beautiful woman... have a car, a mansion house, and their own real estate business.... (but not for long....)
it was bankrupted which forced them to sell their most held properties to be able to pay their debts... his father died unexpectedly... seen in the room laid without a breathe... said he slept and not able to wake up... his mother does not know any work that time and they were forced to leave the apartment they were renting... spontaneously, they lived on streets wandering.... waiting for a miracle to happen... and then there was only him... just him.....

"nasan po ako???.... nasan po si mama??", the child asked conspicuously to the nurse on duty...
"anong pangalan mo boy???.....", answered the nurse... about a mile away from the questions of the child... she is checking the vital signs of her patient... "milo po pangalan ko... uhm... nasan po si mama???" , asking for the second time...
the nurse did not utter even a single word.... leaving the eyes of the child puzzled.... wondering about all the things that is happening.... there are a lot of people passing through the corridor of the place... and he is not used to that kind of environment.... the child thinks.... "iniwan na yata ako ni mama.... siguro pinuntahan si papa.... hindi naman ako sinama..." he stood up... leaning towards the curtain... walking... moving.... and then finally out to the world.... he looks so untidy because he has not taken a bath for about a day or so.... which catches all the 'observant' people's eyes... he continued walking until he reached the main door of the hospital... the guard at the door asked him... "pasyente ka ba dito bata??... san nanay mo???...."....
"pupuntahan ko po sya... kasama po nya si papa...." the child replied thinking only of his two known individuals.... "alam mo ba kung saan???..." the guard tested the informations of the child... "opo. pupuntahan ko po sila...." and then the child ran as quick as he could... as if a dog was running on his back.... luckily, the guard did not even make an effort to run at the direction of the child...

he was still weak... that his parasympathetic nervous system made him stop... he heard something ringing from his stomach... yes, he's hungry... and he doesn't know where he can get some food... a place to eat... a place to rest.... a safe place to dwell....
"mama!!!!...." the child shouted from afar... he ran towards that distance.... and then smilingly- he stopped....



-to be continued....