Saturday morning… a text message arrived, half asleep, I read it… and then I was awake…
i was not that super close to him as a friend but i was able to meet him, talk to him and laugh with him. it was surprising and shocking to hear that an acquaintance of yours got hurt, or something bad happened; what more if that someone is your mere friend? what would your reaction be, when the not so good news hit you? until now, i wasn’t able to believe that something like that would happen to someone i know, that something like that would happen to him… for all i know, he is a good person and he did not deserve something like that… no one deserves something as awful as that… i haven’t seen him in years, i guess, and hearing a disturbing news like that about him was shocking for me… it was unbelievable, were they joking? But who in the right mind would joke of something like that!
I was waiting for a follow-up message saying “ it was not true…”; but another message came… his wake will be in Cabanatuan…

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wherever you are right now, Roen, i know you’ll be remembered… pieces of you will forever remain within us, and you will forever be missed…. goodbye friend… rest well… we’ll always be praying for you… we love you dearly…