The sonnet of my love and life
May 6th, 2008 by jievidal“I’d rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else,
I’d rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself,
I’d rather have bad times together than have it easy apart,
I’d rather have the one who holds my heart.”
It was when Jie
was 19 when she felt the pain caused by a lost love. She loved PJ so much. Her world revolves only for him and at a
young age she was ready to give her life to him if he would ask Then things changed, she just woke up one day
losing him over another girl not knowing how or why. Her pain caused her to lose every trust she
has on men and almost cost her to loose her life. But
her family and friends never gave up showing her how important she is and did
not get tired of convincing her to move on. Her dad, brought her to Talim Island to have peace and think things over, for two months her life around the waters and
being alone gave her a lot of time to think. Her friends took turns to stay with her. Her strength came from her family, friends and her faith that God will
take care of her. Jie’s only shelter of her true feelings is her room and her
writings. Where she cries to sleep every
night for as long as she can, until it
seemed that her tears were drained. Then came acceptance… and then she moved
on. She continued living, strived hard
to change herself from the naïve, sick
and weak person who gets everything with a cry …. to the liberated and strong
person that she has become now. She
learned to be strong and faced the world again…leaving her past behind and buried
her feelings with it… at least when no one is looking because only her knows
that no matter how she tried to hate and forget PJ… his memories hunts her to
sleep and always wakes her up crying.
Jie was tagged
to be a “man-hater” by all who know her. She showed every man he met that she’s stronger, wiser and smarter than
any of them. He beats every man who challenged her… from smoking, drinking,
sports/martial arts and even courting another girl. He accepts every challenge that any guy
offers to her and he dares each one of them to beat her on anything. She won
every challenge and gained respect from the guys she defeated and ended up being
their friends. Once, her dad talked to
her, he said, “I’m happy that you’ve
found your life back but the person who came back was not my daughter anymore.”
Sad… but what
her dad said was true. She became the
opposite of who she used to be…. until she met Dave. They became good friends, spent a lot of
times together. Dave devoted his time with
her, gave her his loyalty, stayed with her when no one seems to be there. He has become her shelter and shield to
anyone and anything that will and can hurt her. Until one day, Dave told her his true feelings. Jie resisted him, got mad and avoided him. But he did not give up, he continued courting
her and accepted every hard time she has given him. The more she pushed him away, the more he
stayed. She told him she has to go to
the states and stayed for good, and Dave cried; one time they were on a friends
birthday party, Jie intentionally called
Dave, PJ (the name of her ex). All he
did was kept quiet and said “all this time that you were with me, you were
still thinking of him.” He left with a
heavy heart, he went to his friends got drunk and the next days was
unimaginable for Jie. Dave stayed home,
everyday he was drunk, he stopped going to school, he stopped seeing his
friends. Jie received a letter from him and the only words were “I understand
if you cannot love me back, just remember no matter what happened I will love
you for the rest of my life.” That was
enough for Jie to bear, she saw herself in Dave, the same way when PJ left her,
that day forth she promised herself to give him a chance and that was enough
for Dave. He waited patiently, for a
year everyday he told her how much he loves her and her answer was just a
smile. One year of getting the same
answer from her, but he never complained. Until one Christmas day when Jie just
told him in the most passionate way she could that she loves him. Dave seemed to be the happiest guy on
earth.
They both
thought that everything would be fine. But instead, it started a lot of
hardships and caused more problems for both of them. Their families have a big gap going on, they did
not like the fact that they are together; their community resented the fact
that they have a relationship going on because they belong to the opposite part
of it, Dave belongs to one of the richest family around and Jie belongs to the
middle class. Each took turns on doing
everything to separate them. Each and
everyday, new stories would be created… when Jie’s boss took her home, rumors
were they have a relationship; when Jie got sick and her family couldn’t pay
for the bill rumors were it was only Dave’s money that she was after. Dave never believed any of it. He took her out of the hospital and pay for
it every time she got sick, just to prove to her family that he will take care
of her. He took care of her, even if her
mom would bang all the dishes when his around and her Dad would close the door
in front of him each time he visits and
all he did was held her hand and ask her “can you tell me again how much you
love me?” Four years of that was not
easy to bear, but they stood hand in hand facing every moment of it. One day Jie said as Dave was holding her hand
“A saying goes like this, our hand is made with the space in between because
another hand will fit in it, now I know my hand perfectly fits in yours”, and
she cried. For so many months that she
did not let any one see her crying, he let here tears flow on her cheeks while
Dave is brushing them away.
A few months
after, it was Jie’s turn to prove to every one who is against them how much she
loved Dave. Dave’s dad was down in bed
for 6 months and each day in the morning
before Jie goes to work she would pass by his house and feed his dad and gave
him therapy. At night after her work she
would pass by again, pray with him, sing for him until he fell asleep. No one was there to help Dave and her mom to
take care of his dad but Jie, instead of spending time out, they stayed at
Dave’s home and took care of his dad together until the day he died. She was at the mourning rights for almost one week
of little sleep, she helped as much as she can. Dave’s family and the whole community saw
what she did and that started their acceptance of Dave and Jie’s relationship.
From then on
they were a couple that no one dared to break apart. After five years of being steady, they got
married and everyone celebrated with them. If there was one proof that they were accepted, was when their neighbors
showered them with rice grains while they are walking the streets from Dave’s
house to Jie’s place.
Dave’s
sacrifices did not end there… from a guy who used to wear designer clothes, who
used to go out whenever he wishes and buy anything no matter how expensive it
could be, he turned out to be a responsible, simple person and took care of Jie
and her whole family the best that he can until now.
Jie gained back
not only her life but herself … it was Dave and his love for her that made that
happen. With all their sacrifices, love
and respect for each other. Nothing and
no one will and can break them apart.
Nothing in this
world is perfect, their marriage has its up and down. They are both aware of the possibility that at
some point one or both of them would want to get out… but they are also sure that they will not give up without a fight. Dave might end up liking another girl and Jie
might fall for another guy… but no one… not even the most attractive girl Dave
would see and not even the one guy who can make Jie laugh with one message or make her day with just one smile has the
right to judge them. Because it is their
choice… to stay together for the rest of their life, no matter what odds there
may be.
I did not wrote
this to convince nor satisfy any one’s curiosity of why I am like this. Instead… I wrote this to show the world that
if by any chance there is truth on what other people might have said about him…
I don’t care, because no matter how many times he might hurt me or how many
times he might have tried to cheat on me… I will accept it, for if he wants to
take my life back… it is his right… since it is only him that gave it to me. I rest my case.
I hope people
will know that “I am a cup who has already found her saucer, all I need is just
a little cream on my coffee!”