Literary works

short story

SEND MY LOVE TO HEAVEN
by jonaly ibanez

Once, there was a young boy named Alexis and a young girl named Alyssa and they were best friend. .They has known each other since they were a child. They knew all each other secrets.
As years went by, Alexis noticed that his feelings towards her best friend were slowly changing. At first, he thought it was a simple crush case. But when he started thinking about Alyssa, he dream of her and having the feeling of wanting to be with her all the time. And then he realized that he was slowly falling in love with her best friend.
Many times he tried to deny the feeling for he was scared to imagine what would happen if ever he’d try to tell her how he fell about her. He was scared because she might think that he was taking advantage of her and their friendship. He was afraid of losing her so he just kept his feeling hidden.

Then one day, he just learned from a friend that Alyssa already had a boyfriend, at first, he tried to convince himself that it was just a rumour. Her boyfriend was Allen, a popular senior, who was the heartthrob of the campus. Every time he saw them walking together, his heart slowly breaking into pieces.
Then one faithful day, they broke up. Alyssa came to him crying on his shoulder. Mixed feeling were scaring him inside, he was happy because she was free and maybe he would have the chance of telling her his true feelings but then he was feeling so bad because she was crying.
Then it was their JS Prom, he led Alyssa to the dance floor. At that moment, there were so many times he wanted to tell that he love her but suddenly the music stopped and the magic was gone.
They walked towards the table. And he went to get some drink but when he returned, she was gone. A s he was searching, he saw Alyssa and her ex boyfriend at the dark were so closed to each other.
Since that night, he avoided Alyssa. Many times Alyssa tried talking with him but he never gave a chance to do so because he was afraid to hear her say that she loves Allen and not him.
The day of their graduation came, Alexis was planning to talk up medicine at state and to move out the next day. As the program ended, Alyssa approached him. There was something in her eyes that he couldn’t describe. He wanted to hug her at that moment, tell her that he love her but then she turned and walked away.
So he moved on the next day, he concentrated with his studies and each of his achievement he had was done for Alyssa. He thought that if he would be successful one day, he could be able to tell her that he loves her.
It was a year after his graduation when he decided to return home and see her again. As he got off the plane, he went home directly, desperate to get to her house desperate to see her again and that he had loved her for a long time.
When he reached their house; he saw her old sister but he was confused with the way she was acting but still he followed her. Then he realized that she was leading him to the direction of a lake and he saw a newly dug tomb with the name of the girl he ever loved.
He had known that “It has been a week since Alyssa died of Leukaemia, and the old sister of Alyssa gave him a letter coming from Alyssa. While he was reading the letter he discovered that Alyssa was also in love with him since then, Alyssa did many things to love Alexis but She also hide her feeling because of their friendship and she never saw a hint that Alexis had the same feeling as she do so. Alyssa wanted to love her as a woman and not as a best friend.
Alexis felt his tears falling as he folded the letter. He wanted to shout out to let her know that he love her, if not as much, but more than she did for him. He love her more than anything in this world. He knelt touching the soil of her grave and rain started to fall. He continued crying softly and whispered, “God, send my love to heaven.”

Essay
First love
by jonalyn ibanez

Love for me means cannot be seen
or measured, yet it is a powerful enough
to change in a moment, and offer you
more joy.
When you first hear first love,
what comes in your mind? Of course you
remember your first crush and your
first love.
First love is something so special to
all of us, both emotionally and physically,
that it touches our lives and enriches them
forever.
First love is a little foolish and a lot
of curiosity. The magic of first love is
our ignorance that it can never end.
We never forget those who make us blush.
Then, comes kissing. What's in a kiss? Have
you ever wondered what it is? Well, a kiss
is just a pleasant reminder that two heads
are better than one, they lips came together.


Poem
by jonaly ibanez

I Need My Parent

I need you not only
to send me to school and learn,
to read and write
and maybe even to earn.
I need you
for your advice,
to guide me what is good
from is bad.
I need you
to teach me how to love
and be loved.
I need you
to hear me out
to listen to my problems
and to calm me up.
I need you
to show me how to love
and respect others.
I need a parent
who will always by my side
and love me with all their heart.