The President Who Died a Heroine

It was a difficult battle. A pain that put her bedridden. A disease that immobilized her. Who could've thought that the only thing that could stop her was cancer? Yes. The cancer that laid her there today inside a cold wooden room filled with white silky clothes wrapped around her as her children, and her children's children look over her in tears. It is that Disease that made millions mourn and pray for her. But you see, she still won the battle. And Yes, she did! She won battles even before. She won and became the First Lady President of her country. She won over a tyrant. She won the hearts of many who were slaves and captives of her predecessor, the Tyrant. She won over her own disease. Glorified by the lips of those who mourn for her today. Praised by many of those who knew her even beyond this country. A roaring name that put down a regime of injustice and raised the spirits of those who suffered with her when her husband was assasinated. The name that made this nation proud of democracy. An icon of true freedom. The name that made the heavens exalt her. It is she. The one we mourn today as we pray for tomorrow, that in her passing, we would all remember the freedom, the justice, the democracy we attained now be never be forgotten in all generations, was all because of her courage, her strength and her belief in God and in united prayer. She is Maria Corazon C. Aquino. A former president. Died a heroine.