Eksena

My heart really breaks when im seeing old people along the streets begging for alms and do anything just to earn money.

I am so upset seeing them buying and selling junks and collecting bottles just to have a meal on their table, just to survive on a certain day! Some I’ve noticed became ‘barker’,,pedicab driver, cigarette vendor and some are just standing and spending time on the streets.

Maybe some of those elders don’t deserve that kind of living,even anticipated that lifestyle, and that hurts a lot!

It’s even a distressing scene where you can find them sitting on the corner along the streets,staring on nothing. Teary eyed. ..Helpless....

I am wonderin’ where are their love ones? Do their love ones knows their whereabouts? How about their children?

Their children, that supposed to take care of them now... now that they’re old. It’s a sad reality where kids whom their parents once sacrificed their lives will eventually leave and create a family of their own leaving their parents alone ..again!

A thought of a teleserye made me cry where a typical love story of lovers surpassed the hardships of marriage and having a family that made them utter these words:

“Sa simula, tayo lng namang dalawa tlg..hanggang sa huli..tayo pa ding dalawa..”

It’s indeed, a not so pleasing reality for me and it’s a part of being a human. It’s really acceptable in our society and it really happens. It’s just so sad that in the end, it seems that no one loves them anymore...afterall!

Well, life goes on!