Sa Dako Pa Roon

Sa dako pa roon...
pwede ring sabihin na Over the Rainbow...
o kaya ay Beyond the Sunset...
after having crossed the bar...

november 3 na...at sa aking pag-iisa ay saka ko lamang napag-isip-isip, na kayrami na palang mga kaanak, kaibigan, kaiskwela, kapitbahay at mga kakilalang nagsilisan na.

lumisan na. yumao na. sumakabilag-buhay na, iniwan na tayo. namayapa na. namahinga na. nasa piling na ni Lord.

do i hear, nag-abroad na? a sort of a euphemism used by some friends. which they also use when they mean sumakabilang-bahay, which by the way, is another euphemism for... well, you know, having another household.

levity aside, let me post here a poem by Christina Rosetti about sa dako pa roon... and a picture, too!

when i am dead, my dearest, 

sing no sad songs for me, 

plant thou no roses at my head,

nor shady cypress tree.

be the green grass above me

with showers and dewdrops wet

and if thou wilt. remember

and if thou wilt, forget.

i shall not see the shadows

i shall not feel the rain

i shall not hear the nightingale

sing on as if in pain:

and dreaming through the twilight

that doth not rise, nor set

haply i may remember

and haply may forget.