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4/23/2007

jaded



i was pretty sure i painted the verdant plains right on place.

my wife was positioned at the porch breastfeeding our newborn baby while overlooking our two sons playing with me in the garden. father and mother were discussing their plans of buying a new car and a new dslr camera for my sister abby who just started to venture in photography after setting up her new convenience store business.

each stroke painted sceneries of hope, visions of the future, and images of success. i was so drawn to the fascination of filling the spaces with green paint that i overheard my father’s sermon over the spills on the newly waxed wooden floor. the tone of his voice commanded me to look around and see the sporadic splashes of green paint on the white washed walls of our new apartment. paint drips entered the crevices on the floor and traced its irregular patterns creating a river-network of veins that started to cover a floor area of the apartment.

if not because of my father’s interruption, i would not feel the weight of the stiffened muscles on my neck and the contractions of my back and leg muscles. i was almost done painting my third cabinet when i realized the amount of emerald i’ve spilled over the floor. i never realized that i could make another one fourths of a bucket of paint with it to completely fill the crevices and cracks of the cabinet with hopes, visions and images of the future.

there’s no use ranting over spilled paint. despite the pessimistic air of my father's words, i managed to cover the cabinets with green pastures before the paint dried.

11 comments:

Jhed said...

What's this? Irvin 10 years (or maybe even 5) from now?

Mike said...

I could hear your dad right over here. His booming voice has a very dramatic reverb. Hmmm. I'm eavesdropping.

Jhed: Anong 10 years? Irvin of tomorrow! Or maybe of three hours from now..

bulitas said...

@ jhed: we'll see.

@ mike: u bet. the military training must have made his voice sound auhoritative most of the time. =)

sherma said...

ainako... wag kasing nagde-daydream pag may ginagawa! hehehe...

lateralus said...

Ok, Im trying to get it... and failing in tbe process. haha

Anonymous said...

green pastures ginamit mo. cliche na, nag-expect ako ng bago. overall, magaling ang pagkakatuhog at paglalaro sa green.

shyet, lumipat na pala kayo!
haha, breadwinner na ang drama mo ngayon. huhu. bakit ba ganyan mga magulang.

Anonymous said...

at least natapos mong pintahan hehe

Karla said...

:)) iba lang iniisip mooo XD

btw, nalink na kita :) srry ngayon lang ang response. hahaha! i was out the whole week :P

PinoyHarbinger said...

congrats sa bagong corporate alipin ng bayan!

bulitas said...

@ sherma: uhm, yeah. sabi ko nga. =)

@ benj: =(

@ kel; yeah lumipatna kami. demet. haha

@kneeko: tama! apir!

@ karlee: salamats! =)

@ jj: thanks. =)

Anonymous said...

u don't feel tired when your so passionate on something..

jaded! i'm jaded.. nde ko ma-abosrb maxado, kapiranggot lang. hmm

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