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Gone too soon

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Comet 17P/Holmes and Geminid
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“Like a comet blazing ‘cross the evening sky gone too soon…
shiny and sparkly and splendidly bright… here one day gone one night…” — Gone Too Soon, Michael Jackson

I want to slap my face for every star that fell last night and the other night that I missed — the Leonid, and now, the Geminid — all gone in a day or two. My fault entirely. I knew exactly when they’ll show up, I knew exactly what to do to see them but I missed the fireworks for sleep and other matters in a span of hours I couldn’t even account for.

I’m starting to ask myself now whether I’m actually asleep ’round that time or was simply busy whiling the hours away doing I don’t know, something.

Are there those who pity people like me who have lost their sense of time for having either too much or too little of it?

The most rewarding and gratifying events in life happen in between both ends of the spectrum — and surprisingly enough, most times, it takes a whole lifetime for a person to realize that. You can’t blame them. All their lives they were told the pot of gold is at rainbow’s end, light is at the end of the tunnel, the best view is from the top and that the most interesting sea creatures live in the abyss.

We do not seize the day — or at least whatever seems ordinary, mundane. We prefer to archive the ones that has some sort of fireworks attached to it — anything shocking, surprising, magnificent, marvelous..historic.

And we think it makes sense. After all, why bother keeping track of routines that don’t even change by the day. Newsflash: Celebrating mediocrity is mediocrity.

We do not bother to appreciate a “starry, starry night” as Van Gogh or Don McLean did. What’s so special about a night full of stars? We see that almost all the time, don’t we?

We patiently wait for that meteor shower. We wait for the spectacular. We utter a wish for every star that falls..and we do so with so much hope, with so much confidence..because only falling stars can grant wishes anyway.

What is it with falling stars that regular stars don’t have?

Maybe it’s the thrill. Maybe it’s the lost chance finally found?

Maybe it does have a difference when you wish on a falling star.

Nah. It doesn’t have the slightest difference. You just choose to believe it that way. Missed another falling star? Don’t fret. Hope springs eternal for the impossible optimist.

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5 responses to “Gone too soon”

  1. Ding Gagelonia Avatar
    Ding Gagelonia

    Inspired writing. :)

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    1. RJ Marmol Avatar
      RJ Marmol

      thank you ding! :)

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  2. DJB Avatar
    DJB

    These dust grains. Maybe they are old wishes. Falling from stars back to earth's soft pillow. Every night and day. Haha! the dark matter of dreams recycled.

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    1. RJ Marmol Avatar
      RJ Marmol

      hmm..recycled dreams..i never thought of it that way, dean. well maybe you’re right. :)

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    Amazing buildings

    I've seen few falling stars and surely this is one of the most amazing things to see. The power of my excitement was even embraced when I was able to observe Jupiter using my private stuff. Astronomy is just great.

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I’m RJ Marmol — writer, musician, and independent creator based in Manila.

I write songs, essays, and books about the messy overlap between money, overwhelm, creativity, identity, and rebuilding. Much of my work circles around what happens when life stops feeling manageable — and how we try to think clearly, make decisions, and keep moving anyway.

I’m also the author of Rebuilding Under Debt: Thinking Clearly When Everything Is a Blur, a nonfiction book published under Steady Hand Press. The paperback edition is listed under my full publishing name, Cecilia Regina Aquino Blanquera.

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By blending lo-fi acoustic textures with poetic honesty, my work explores love, loss, grief, healing, and the quiet in-betweens of life. Each song is a letter — a journal entry — a gentle companion for when the world feels too loud or too quiet.

While my catalogue began with intimate cover renditions, my work is increasingly being shaped by original writing, drawing from years of poems, lived questions, and emotional survival.

“Stuck Home Syndrome” released on March 20, 2026 is my first original 20-track album written during a period when time felt compressed and days began to blur into each other. The songs came from sitting with thoughts that had nowhere else to go — unfiltered, repetitive, and sometimes uncomfortable. It’s a concept album that isn’t built around singles or polish. It’s closer to a continuous inner monologue, recorded with minimal production and very little ornamentation and meant to be listened to as one cohesive body of work. The goal wasn’t to resolve anything, only to document how it felt while it was happening.

On May 29, 2026 I released new original singles – “Rapturous”, “Uh Huh”, “Look At You”, “All That” and “Blew Print”. I continue to release both original and cover songs and intend to so for as long as I can so check back every once in a while — you might. just find something you’ll like.

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