I didn’t believe it would change a thing. But I did it anyway. I had Esme’s number registered for a marathon result service, and so she got a message from me. But I got a reaction after all.
Posts Tagged as ‘lost’
September 21, 2008
it is only one month
Life without Esme is starting to become reality. The throbbing pain, the checking of e-mail and SMS just to find nothing, the memories becoming threadbare – all these signs of a love lost are closing in on me. I try to keep them at bay by re-reading our story, by re-arranging reality, by re-inventing history.
But [...]
September 4, 2008
the day after leaving her
“I love you”, I texted her at night. I love you. I love you. I LOVE YOU, that’s what I wanted to shout out loud. I was in despair. I was in disrepair. I was destroyed. I was in love.
September 3, 2008
morning – the airport II
She is gone. Disappeared in the airport crowd. I still taste her lips on mine while I tie my shoes after security. It was a rushed good-bye. It was no good-bye at all. I feel empty. I feel like crying.
I can feel the tension. It’s all over the place. It surrounds us as we walk [...]