The Clouds were all but fair
tonight. It did rain a little bit but the rain had stopped. Although the moon
was up, the stars were not out tonight. They say that because of the absence of
the stars, tomorrow there may be rain again.
I look at the sand below my feet.
It was almost near white and near soft but yet coarser than Boracay’s. I look
into this place which they say is mini-Boracay in the vast landscape of Ilocos
Sur. Tita Adel happened to welcome us into their humble abode and with much
hospitality and warm heart. I asked Jen and Princess to walk
with me. For there is nothing much more fine than to walk along the beach at
night and share stories with friends that makes the skin glow as touched by the
moon’s lightly lit sky. I removed my slippers from my dainty feet and walked in
the sand with much awe and gratefulness for everything.
Sabangan, Ilocos Sur is a place
where you can have that seclusion away from the calling of the city that I
know. Listening to the gentle waves that I may not have found in La Union, I
found serenity especially at this hour of a starless night. There are a few
flickering lights out there but it never would elude you. The cottages are
simple yet commercialism has not bounded in. Twiddle your sight for there are a
few fishermen casting their nets. To them, the sea is their lives.
This is serenity, this is peace
and this is the simple life. I watch my slippers in the sand. For this starless
night, I am who I am... a carefree spirit... more like a child’s. Slippers in
the sand, let it be left even if the waves may push you. I will still find you in the
gentle waves.
