The Seagull Literary Folio: MONO NO AWARE

Page 98

WAV ES OF A NA M N ESIS Lo_uie She approached the water without fear, a different kettle of fish. “The water is waist deep, nothing to worry,” she thought as she proceeds to the shallowest portion of the beach. “The elevation of the shore is wobbly, nothing to worry,” she thought as she foots fight with small waves of the sea. From a distant she heard her mom shouts, “Play dead, nothing to worry, the water will support you.” She guessed there’s nothing to worry, the water seemed to be friendly. She gave herself to the sea with trust and calmness. The waves are worth it, it soothed her soul amid all the city chaos. “Yes, there’s nothing to worry,” she thought. But nope. The next wave marked the beginning of the agony she was about to get into. The waves grew bigger than before, disrupting her calmness, ruining her balance, and shaking her trust with the water. She seeks solace and warrant from the sand she believed can be reached by her feet and hand. But nope. The sand, it was gone. Her feet can’t reach the floor, the ground, the sand. She could see her mom not too far away, laughing and playing with the waves that’s drowning her. She started yelling, shaking, and reaching for help. But nope. They apparently assumed she was pranking since the water was clearly just waist deep, but they didn't know it was only for them. From a small distance, she is struggling. She is sinking. She exhausted whatever little energy was left in her to the point where she couldn't feel her limbs anymore. She was panting but there was no air to breath. She begins to swallow the water, choking on it. And.. Slowly, she lost a sense of awareness of self or surroundings, everything was dark. A long flashes of memories were rushing. Memories forgotten but casted back to her mind by the splashing water. Indeed, water has memory. She saw her little self pouting and smiling while looking at her brothers running, her sisters playing, and mother cooking and on the verge of shouting. “Khattteee” Buried memories were dug up, obliterated past were brought up, and thought consigned to oblivion were revived. Both the water and the overflowing recollection and emotion are drowning her. It’s too much, she gave up. Her vision blurred and turned pitch black. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

96


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook

Articles inside

Padayon

1min
page 101

Sunset, sunrise

1min
pages 92-93

Waves of Anamnesis

2min
pages 98-100

Awa at Pag-unawa

1min
page 97

Sakrisppisyo para sa sentimo

1min
page 91

Mirasol

1min
page 95

Heart of a Struggler

1min
page 94

Riding a paper boat

1min
page 90

Paniwala

1min
page 89

The day after winter

1min
page 88

Kapag umuulan

1min
page 87

Soulmates

1min
page 84

Lukso ng dugo

2min
pages 82-83

Under the cherry blossoms

1min
page 86

Sakura

1min
pages 80-81

Unrequited love

1min
page 85

Manlalakbay

1min
pages 78-79

Colorblind

1min
page 77

Kadamulon Sang akon paghigugma

1min
page 68

Spring and blues

2min
pages 66-67

Luna

1min
page 69

Online

1min
pages 70-72

Marahuyo

1min
page 73

Kasubo indi gid magdugay

1min
page 65

Masked persona

1min
page 64

Exhausted

2min
page 63

Sana noon pa

1min
page 60

Riley is what you call me

1min
pages 61-62

Him

1min
page 57

Musika

1min
page 56

Realization

1min
pages 58-59

How it feels to be?

1min
page 55

Love and redemption

1min
page 54

Met each other, but are not meant to be together

3min
pages 52-53

Sa akon panglakaton

1min
page 43

Paglubog ng araw

1min
page 49

Into the Paradise

1min
pages 40-42

Cherry Blossoms

1min
pages 44-45

Butterflies

1min
page 48

The fragile and empathic cherry blossoms

1min
page 39

Sa tuwing hindi ka nag-re-reply

1min
page 38

Mi Casa

1min
pages 34-36

Hindsight

1min
page 31

Your love

1min
page 37

Fleeting moments

1min
page 30

The Bittersweet Encounter

1min
page 33

Sayang

1min
page 32

Love of Tomorrow

1min
pages 28-29

Paghilum sa Kalungkutan

1min
page 17

Then was now before

1min
pages 12-13

Realization

1min
page 16

Unwanted friend

1min
pages 14-15

The Treasure Found

1min
page 20

The Village Lookout

3min
pages 18-19

The dream that was

1min
pages 24-25

Para kay Nanay

3min
pages 26-27
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
The Seagull Literary Folio: MONO NO AWARE by The Seagull - Issuu