Thursday, May 15, 2008

I on “friendship”

May 11, 2008 12:50 pm; May 12, 2008 1:34 pm; May 13, 2008 12:28 pm


Friendship hurts you so much you don’t dare to make any more friends.

This line is turning out to be the saving grace of one of the books I’m reading now.

On a Monday, I told my best friend Monkey, “All friendships have scars. The past four months have been ours. We needed that time away from each other to be able to understand each other and how we’ve changed. If you were any other person, there would have been no friendship for you to come back to but you have given me four or five years of love and so much kindness. If in those years you haven’t been kind to me, if not for those years, naku…

Mabait ako pag mabait sa kin yun tao. And see? Only after years we’re finding out about things that matter to us or how we are as people.

Kaya kung puede, wag na makialam ang mga taong walang alam kung ano dynamics natin dalawa? Tayo lang naman dalawa nakakaalam how it works between us eh.”

My best friend Monkey said something.

I said, “Do you want to explore it? Up to you really. Those are my boundaries naman eh which means they don’t have to be yours. If you want to test specific limitations I’m all for it.”

He said, “My friend I told you di ba that I’ll never play with your alphabet? I like your boundaries because they keep me in check.”

I said, “Salamat. Ako kasi nawawalan ng kaibigan pag ganyan eh. Kung di ako naiipit sa gitna, dumarating sa puntong kailangan pumili ng isa. Ang daming nawawala. Masakit talaga sa kin pag nawawalan ng kaibigan kasi piling-pili at konting-konti talaga kayo eh.”

That night, Joey and I made sure that my best friend Monkey would sleep. He hasn’t slept in a long time and his insomnia has gotten worse.

We got him drunk enough.

He slept.

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