Chapter 5 : AWAY FROM HER LOVE NEST

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Have all the love gone,

that now you look at me like a stranger?

Your smile is not the same

as the one I used to claim;

who stole it away from me?

I thought I'm still your own

but now it seemed I'm wrong;

the day I feared here comes,

pushing away my arms —

from holding you.

Was this the change

of all that I suffered?

my hopes, have they all gone

the day I found you with someone?

What a sad love story,

just a part of a sad memory!

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(A Sad Love Story)

---Arnel T. Lanorio---

Hay, sa wakas, ang terminal ng Cabanatuan City sa probinsiya ng Nueva Ecija ay narating din ni Ana. Eksaktong alas-otso na ng gabi nang makababa siya mula sa sinakyan niyang bus na nanggaling pa ng Cubao, Quezon City. Halo-halo ang mga emosyong nagpipiyesta sa kaniyang abang dibdib.

Kahit na pagod na pagod ay hindi na niya inintindi ang dala-dalang mabigat na travelling bag. Namimintog nga ito dahil