Before You Let Go
Hindi ko hinawakan ang kandila, pero inilapit ko ang kamay ko enough para maramdaman ang init.
“He’s already gone,” bulong ko.
“In your time, yes.”
Napatingala ako agad.
“What does that mean?”
“It means endings are not always as final as people think.”
Tumayo ako nang mabilis, muntik pang mawalan ng balanse. “Don’t do that. Don’t talk in riddles. Sabihin mo nang diretso.”
“I can send you back,” sabi niya. “Sa mga araw bago mamatay ang kandilang ito.”