just an hour ago, i received terrible news. my friend's father was dead. killed actually. slashed by some fucking bastards who wanted to rob his shop. sliced open for money. my friend's father...not some stranger. not some news that i read in a newspaper or saw on TV. this boy, i have known him for years, he is always grinning and cracking some silly jokes. this 23 year old boy, just an hour ago, was wailing and screaming on the phone...telling his father is dead.
now, he is at the mortuary...staring at the white wall, all he hears is a deafening buzz, all he feels is a big void. i dont know what to say, i dont know how to say it.what do you say to a person who has just lost a parent? i nearly lost my father, 13 years ago...i remember shutting everything and everyone out...i remember pretending that my father was away on a trip, not in the CCU, fighting for his life...i remember crying in the school toilet when the reality hits me..so what do you say to someone who has just lost a parent? i dont know what to say... all i can do is cry, feel his pain...feel my friends' pain..this boy is the third friend of mine who lost a parent in this year alone...and all i can do is feel their pain...i am sorry guys...
for those of us who are still lucky, blessed with both our parents...please treasure them. i know, we have our moments, our fights, but always treasure them...cause, they can be taken away from us at any tyme, in any place...give them a hug, a peck on the cheeks and say that u love them...
mom and dad....i love you!
