UNTITLED

UNTITLED SAMPLE LITERARY ARTICLE
By Jose Mari Hall Lanuza
IV - Enrico Fermi


He always woke up to a bland day. He never had something to be joyful about. Life has always been like that, and he thought it always will be. He just watched the time pass him by, bringing about change in everything that could be seen, except for him. The cars on the road, the trees, the twilight, everything seemed to be lifeless. But suddenly, everything changed.He was sitting quietly on the school bus, watching by the window as always, when she entered. Nobody knew her. Nobody cared. She was just like any other ordinary girl, and yet he seemed to be drawn to her. He saw her as if she had a heiligenschein naturally. She sat down beside him, smiling. He tried not to, but it seemed impossible not to smile too. Suddenly, he no longer knew the gray mornings he woke up to.Everyday they sat together. They talked to each other, laughed with each other and spent the whole day with each other. They found out that they lived near each other, and gradually they became the best of friends. He was so fond of her, as she was of him. They basically completed each other’s day. One day, while walking in the thick forest near their home, they decided to create a place of their own. A place where no one but the two of them could enter. Somewhere only they knew. This place became their playground. Everyday after school, they would sit in the school bus together, and he would always get off first, and then wait for her. Then they would run to their secret place, forgetting about yesterday, today and tomorrow. They would simply stay there, free, happy. He thought things would never go wrong again. Things were too perfect to ever go wrong again. Those gray mornings would never come back again. And then suddenly, she was gone.She left without word. She left him forever. She was gone. She passed away without warning. She left him as quietly as she came. He did not know how to face the truth, that no other tomorrow would be spent with her. She is gone.He was devastated. The sad life he thought was forever gone was once here again. He felt cheated. Why did she have to go? He thought they would always be by each other’s side. Apparently forever ended too soon. Here he was, staring at her serene ivory face, giving her his bittersweet goodbye. He can never be with her again. Never.Everyday he looked for her. He looked even for just a simple glimpse. He searched for her sweet voice everywhere. He shouted her name, thinking it would bring her back to him, only to find himself crying, his efforts in vain. He knew deep inside that she was lost forever, but he simply could not accept it. He stopped every time he went off the bus, waiting for her footsteps. Sadly, he hears nothing but the bus going away. He would never be with her again.Time passed, and eventually he accepted the cold reality. His nimbus sky left him cold, but it taught him to be strong. It taught him to treasure every single memory of her. It taught him that she would never leave him completely, because he knows that in his heart, a memory resided. A bittersweet memory of her face, her name, her existence. A memory of the two of them, to remind him that once he lived a happy dream. A memory telling him that he would always have her, for she has long left a piece of her heart deep inside of him..