A chick on top of the coffin, what was it really for?

July 16, 2010 6:30 A.M

My older brother suddenly came in my monster boss, at early as 6:30 A.M that Monday morning. I was full of curiosity when I saw him outside my employer's gate, he looks sad and worried. He called me from there and since I was currently in the kitchen that time preparing our breakfast, I immediately hear his call. I approach him with curiosity because it's too early. When I'm already at the gate, he talked so slow. Like something is wrong, so I asked if what happen. He just said, can you go home with me? We need you at home, if you can. I don't understand, so I asked him to tell me if what's wrong and why his acting so weird that time. He talked calmly and trying to control his emotions, but he warned me to keep my self ready and stay calm. " Jomar is dead"! He was found by the police dead this morning with full of bruises and we can't even recognize him anymore! (Oh my God my heart is aching while typing, until now it's still hard for me his sudden death.)

I was speechless and suddenly my mind went blank. The word dead is keep on echoing in my ears. I saw my brother still saying something but I couldn't hear it anymore. I just said, can you please wait I'll ask my employer's permission if I can go with you. I turn my back and immediately go inside the house, I keep on holding my tears that any moment will run down to my face. I tried so hard to calm my self but my emotions with the pain is unbearable. When I was about to say a word, I burst out crying like I'm going crazy. I can't say any single word as I can't hold my breath anymore. My employer's was shocked so they try to calm me down, until I went back to my senses and tell them what happen. They understand and they let me go with my brother. We went straight to the funeral homes where the police bring my brother's dead body. We were riding my older brothers motorcycle. In our way, we saw our poor mom hopeless and devastated. She was so sad and her eyes are telling her pain. It's your brother, I saw the body and confirm that it's really your brother.

I run inside the funeral service and saw my brother's lifeless body. I can't believe it's him! I'm so broken hearted watching he's dead body. I cried so hard like it's gonna take away the pain but it ain't. He was dead and we can't have him back. The embalmer said that maybe my brother got electrocuted, or been victim with hazing. I don't know how it happen, but I ask if we can check he's body as we needed justice. We took some pictures and asked my father's niece to investigate my brother's case. Anyway my father's niece is currently working in S.O.C.O or Scene Of the Crime Operatives that time so we ask her help. But sadly she's not this kind of relatives, who helped her poor relatives. Reality is painful. If you're rich, you have a lot of relatives and if you're poor, you don't have any relative's.

While we were hoping for his case to run, we didn't know that it was already dropped into a case closed. They says that my cousin closed the case. And since I don't know about the law, we didn't get his justice.

Meanwhile when my brother's burial is on going, someone says that we should put a chick 🐥 on top on his coffin. Some says, that it's for his soul to have peace and he will accept his death. But others say, it is to prosecute the conscience of the person who committed the crime. I don't know if it's really true.

All of us are in pain because of his sudden death, but we have to accept the truth. The cruelty of life. After he's funeral I went back to my work. But just one day after we send him to his grave, my brother's soul went home.

It was Sunday and as usual I attended the Sunday mass, but this time I attended the 5:30 P.M mass. When the mass finish I went home. I was on my way home from church when I met my two siblings outside our house. My sister is crying while our youngest brother is confused. I comforted my sister and let her calm down before I ask what happen.

When she can be able to talk, she says that she saw our brother entering our house.

Accordingly to her, they are watching "Goin Bulilit",when she suddenly saw our door opened and our brother enter the house. It went straight to our kitchen and eat, then it went to our washroom and took a bath, then it went outside. She says that our brother really looks alive but it didn't notice them, it didn't even take a look at their side. I look around our house and try to talk to my brother, hoping that he will showed up again. I was crying begging him to come out. I wanted to ask him, who did that to him but he never showed up. We just cried and prayed for him to have some peace on his rest. But after that he didn't show up anymore. My sister say's that she keeps on waiting for it to come home, but it didn't happen. I told her that she must accept the fact that our brother is already gone. Otherwise he cannot leave the real life with peace.

It's been 11 years but until now every time I remember him, I still feel the pain. If his just alive, he is now 26 years old.

May you rest in peace my dear brother together with our God, we miss you so much.

I'll be cutting these article from here guy's. I can't handle my emotions again.

Thank you for reading ❤️

October 22,2021 9:38

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