Late.

Hindi ko alam kung bakit, pero lagi na lang akong late sa lahat. Late sa klase. Late
sa balita. Late sa usapan naming magkakaibigan.
Inip.
Musika.

I have experienced my first sadness at a young age. The sadness that I have
experienced at age six wasn’t the kind of sadness that would go away after being offered
some chocolates. It was the kind of sadness that was pretty unfathomable for a six year
old. I remember stopping in the middle of a roleplay with my sister. I remember being a
cashier at a pretend shop, taking pretend money and giving pretend goods, and then
suddenly stopping because I felt sad.

The memories that accompanied the sadness that I felt when I was six were hazy
to me now, but until now I could still resonate with the old sadness that I felt back then.
The sadness I felt was a mix of feelings of abandonment and loneliness.