if only...

"if only..."

There was a very lovely butterfly who captivated the eyes of many because of its graceful air-floating maneuvers and the beauty of its wing-design. Then there was a boy butterfly who flew low and steady to avoid unnecessary attention from different butterflies.

One summer day, the boy and the lady butterfly bumped to each other in a garden and fell into the petals of a large gummamela. Their wings were weakened and it gave them a large amount of time to talk and get to know each other very well. Since then, the two butterflies became friends and later became lovers. It was then that their whole world began to spin and grow in different ways they never knew.

As years went by, many struggles turned the butterflies' relationship upside down and went to twist and turns but in the end, they won their battles. Their passion for each other grew and grew in everyday they meet in that same gumamela that they first landed. Then one day, an unusual event came into the picture...

The lady butterfly had changed so much in the past week. She expresses her emotions too much that it looks like its so overrated. She tells things and promises things to the boy butterfly that is not equal to what she does and what she expresses. The boy wasn't silent. He always make a conversation with the lady butterfly with the hope that one day she would be changed and all will be back to normal.

Weeks, months have passed and still nothing has changed. The boy butterfly was so frustrated that one day he tried to end his life by cutting his wings and letting himself fall into lair of spiders. but he was too afraid.. Then one day, all hope had faded and the string that was once strong is now gone...

The girl who was very careless of the relationship now became loveless. She longed for the boy butterfly to again get her and convince her to change herself but there was none. There are still times when they talk to each other but the spark that was there before wasn't there at now. The girl butterfly didn't even came and talked to the boy butterfly because she was too afraid that her pride might stumble...

Years have passed and the pride that the girl held is now broken. It took some years to break it and make her realize that there was nobody to blame but herself for not listening. The lady butterfly searched for the boy butterfly but to no avail. She approached the gumamela where they met and flushed her emotions out by crying...

...She was broken because of a simple family problem and she made this a great issue that she pushed away everything, including the one she loved away from her. The boy butterfly always tells her that everything happens for a reason, maybe its a challenge for the whole family and only God knows where it'l end. The lady butterfly never listened to the boy butterfly and she continued to rebel and fight until there came the time when she was left alone by everyone, including her own family. The boy butterfly also told the lady butterfly that never ever consider a mistake as a solution to other mistakes but the lady still wouldn't listen. The sadness and frustration even broken out to several mistakes until she was completely untouchable. This made her life's contrast even more darker and gloomier...

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A small etch on the surface of the gumamela were noticed by the lady butterfly. This made her tears flow even more.

Inscribed in the surface of the gumamela are the words "i'll wait for you", written in different times and different years, all written by her boy butterfly. Then she noticed that almost the whole surface of the gumamela have these inscriptions on it. She was very happy and very relieved that her boy butterfly forgave her and wants her to come back.,

She was preparing to depart to search for the boy until she saw another inscription. Written in the top most corner of the flower petal are the words "i'm sorry, but i think i have waited to long" and some kind of location. It was dated just the day before the lady butterfly realized her mistake.,,.

Still not losing hope, she went to the address inscribed in the petal. As she was near the said location, she fell down as if her wings suddenly froze. She crawled her way to the body of a dead butterfly lying inside a ring of carefully tended flowers. As she approached the butterfly, she realized that it was her boy butterfly, lying lifelessly on the ground. She suddenly broke down in tears realizing that the place was intended for her return..

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During the time that the boy butterfly broke up with the lady butterfly, he became frustrated and lonely. For some months, he dwelled in a place where he took some time to think if his actions was right. There came a time when he knew God and at that same moment, he patiently waited for the girl's safe return.

He prepared a location where he plans to surprise the girl and convince her to stay once more and setup a ring of flowers to beautify the place. Every day he returns to the gumamela and inscribes the words "i'll wait for you". Rain or shine, hot or cold, winter or summer, he stood there patiently waiting. In addition, everyday, he tends to his flowers for the time where her love one will come back.

One day, he realized the way his body has been entirely sick. The boy butterfly still pushed himself to fly once more to the gumamela and inscribe the location of his surprise for the lady. As he landed, the light went out...

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Lost for words, the lady butterfly only spoke out the words "if only..."..

"if only..."

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Hope everybody got it...

-Psalmnoel F. Figueroa