cupid's fall...

Pati pala si Cupid na iinlove din. Ang love nga naman, "hahamakin n nga lahat masunod ka lamang" tpos in the long run minsan lahat ng sacrifices mo turns out to be a big waste of time. Too bad hindi sila nagkatuluyan nung girl dito....so when your in love, feel very lucky because not everyone is given that chance..ika nga..."its one in a million.."...

Cupid's Fall

It was a beautiful valentine's morning. The gift shops and flower outlets were getting ready for a
profitable day where lovers opened their hearts for romance. Up there between
the clouds, someone was moving so fast from here to there, busily performing his
duties. Who could be so busy on such a day except for the prince of feelings,
the master of romance, the angel of love?After making hundreds of bows, he
landed on a mountaintop. As his feet hit the top, he spread his white wings
wide. They looked very long and beautiful. Then he sat down to rest. He took a
long look at the horizon and started to write a poem. Soon after, his dear
friend, the angel of roses, came to sit beside him."Cupid, today's your day
isn't it?" yes indeed, it is a hard day's work," replied Cupid, "I still have to
go to the other side of earth where it is still night, it will be a very
romantic night I guess." "May I come along?" The angel of roses said. "Sure,
let's go." Cupid replied. The two angels flew together high into the sky,
heading to the other side of the world. On their way, the clouds got heavier and
the wind started to blow. They felt it coming. It was a storm, a big strong
storm. The two angels held each others hands strongly as they came closer to the
storm. They couldn't turn back as it was too late. It seemed as if the storm was
trying to swallow them. Their wings hit hard in the air truing to pass the
storm, fighting the angry wind. As the air blew harder, they saw the rays of
thunder stretching from the clouds and just missing them by inches. Cupid's bows
fell in the air, and quickly he left his friend's hand and flew after his love
bows. As soon as he reached them, a bolt of thunder came from above and struck
him and mercilessly broke his wings. The angel of roses cried "Cupid, Cupid.."
but his cries couldn't stop Cupid from going down and down until he disappeared
in the dark, heading towards a world he only knew from a distance, a world that
he had affected for ages.The angel of roses made it out of the storm by a
miracle. Maybe it was due to his panic that he managed to escape. He rushed to
the other angels and in between sobs, told them about what had happened to
Cupid. They all knew that there was nothing they could do but wait for his wings
to heal and until then he would have to live amongst humans. In the meantime,
two lovers were sitting in a garden watching the stars when they saw a flash and
heard a thud in the bushes close to them. They went to investigate and they
could see Cupid laying helpless on the ground. "Oh my God! There is a man with
wings!" the girl cried out. "It can't be real, no way. Maybe he was returning
from a fancy dress party," the boy said. "Let's check it out." The boy slowly
approached the still unconscious Cupid and touched his badly broken wing. He
came to remove his wings when he discovered that they were real. He turned Cupid
over to see his face and found the bow and arrows in his hand. "The wings are
real," he told the girl. 'What do you mean?" She asked. "He is not a man. He is
an angel and not just that. He is Cupid!" said the boy as he showed the girl the
bow and arrows. They took Cupid in the car and headed for the boy's house. This
was the beginning of Cupid's new life. A life where he lived like humans. The
angel of roses kept watching Cupid from high above. For a whole year he watched
over his friend, seeing him learn how to dance under the moonlight and listening
to romantic songs, he smiled at all the children, watched movies and took walks
in he park. Cupid lived the strangest and most exciting part of his life.
However, as soon as he was left alone, he became trapped in a deep dark well of
sadness. The more be stayed on earth, the less romance would be found in the
lives of humans, the less marriages, the less roses sold and the less love songs
heard. They were heading for the coldest, most emotionless winter they had ever
witnessed. The more he lived amongst people, the more he loved them.On the very
day before Valentine, Cupid's wing started to shine once again. This grabbed the
boy's little brother's attention and without anyone noticing he took the bow and
started playing with it. While he was standing by the window he shot an arrow
not realizing that Cupid was in the way and knocked him to the floor. When Cupid
opened his eyes he saw the most beautiful girl in the world walking on the
pavement. He fell deeply in love with her. He could hear and see no one but her.
He stood up in front of her but he couldn't utter a word as her eyes stunned him
with their beauty. He followed her all day long from place to place trying to
know everything about her. She glanced at him a couple of times but insisted on
ignoring him.Cupid could feel his wings healing which made him more aware that
the time for him to leave was approaching. The time for him to leave his beloved
and never see her again. All he wanted was to share one moment with his beloved,
one moment that he would keep in his broken heart forever. This would be his
treasure. Cupid entered a restaurant for a bite, he was running out of time as
he sat on his chair and watched his beloved at a distant table. Suddenly and
without any hesitation, he approached her and said."I know I've annoyed you all
day long but I have never seen such beauty before. Beauty that makes me weak in
the knees. All I ask of you is one dance. One dance for my heart to feel a bit
of warmth that would help me carry on. He took her and they started to dance,
neither of them could recognize what kind of a dance, Tango, Waltz, whatever.
All they knew was that it was a dance of love. At the end of the dance, Cupid's
wings started to open and they were completely healed. In a second Cupid left
her and ran away as he reached a small empty area behind the restaurant, his
wings opened and spread in the air, they were back as strong and beautiful as
ever. Cupid fell to his knees crying, suffering a broken heart. Soon the Angel
of Roses and some other angels appeared in front of him to welcome him back.
"Why do I have to leave now? Why do I have to leave my beloved just as I was
getting closer to her?" Cupid cried. "I won't go, I am staying here," he said
nervously, "but if you stay, you'll die and Cupid won't exist anymore." "It
doesn't matter, I can't leave my love," Cupid said. "And what about their love?
What about their emotions? Do you want to sacrifice it all for her sake? Did you
forget, Cupid, Angel of Love, that she is not yours? You are not her love. If
you stay you would destroy everything, even her. Tomorrow is Valentine's day
waiting for you. Come on Cupid, come on!" Cupid laid his head on the Angel of
Roses' shoulder, holding him strongly and crying madly.Once again the two angels
flew up together, high in the sky and Cupid returned to the clouds and the
mountain peaks. He had to recover from what had happened. He had to spread
romance again upon the entire world. So Cupid struck the earth, striking every
human he saw. Romantic songs, red roses, chocolates, love cards were back again.
It was the best Valentine's humans had ever lived. Everybody on earth was in
love as Cupid struck all his bows in their hearts. But only one was left, hers,
his beloved. He must strike her heart. Cupid gathered all his strength just to
withstand this moment. It was the most agonizing time for him. To pull the boy
would be as if he was freeing all the love he had for her and letting go of his
beloved. Everything to him was swept with that bow. At that very moment Cupid
shed a tear, and said to his friend, "I was ready to do anything not to see that
she's not for me. She looks so beautiful while she's in love, doesn't she?" And
as the tear fell on her shoulder she looked at it, then she looked above,
without seeing him or understanding anything. Cupid couldn't handle seeing her
with someone else, so he flew far far away and stayed on a mountain top writing
poems and making new love bows.And as all humans celebrated this very special
occasion, and the air filled with more and more romance, Cupid was left in a sad
romantic mood forever. At the same time of every year, Cupid sheds a tear at the
very place where he lost his love forever. So if one day a drop falls on your
shoulder, beware, it might be his tear reminding you of this moment, reminding
you of Cupid's fall.