His story...
Her hand was a few centimeters from his resting on the rail. An announcement overhead voiced her flight was ready for check in. She was looking down not wanting to move and not wanting to stay. Deep in thought..she seemed to be waiting for him to speak first... People surrounded them in the chaos of the airport. For him the silence was deafening. He couldn't hear anything but the clock on the wall and the occasional overhead announcements. Time was slipping away. ..
He wanted to tell her she was the best thing that ever happened to him. He wanted to shout it to the world.He wanted to stop time. Board the next plane to No-mans land -where he would never have to see anyone else but her. He wanted a world with her-A separate existence..just him and her-no one else. ..it would have been incomparable.
His hand brushed hers and he finally made eye contact. "Can you forgive me?"
A clumsy embrace followed and he could tell she had been crying. His heart sank..She whispered in his ear " It was always you. No one ever came close". The flood gates opened and the tears he'd been bravely fighting were released.Her words would remain etched in his memory forever.
An announcer called the final passengers to board before the gate closed.
"I cant do it." He let go that day without fighting for her. .,She was definitely worth it...why did he not fight for her?...He could almost hear their hearts break in unison. Their lives changed.He wanted to stop her with every part of his being. But he couldn't. He just couldn't do it. Years down the line he would realise he let the best thing that could have ever happened to him go-..but right now -and here -it was the right thing to do.Wasn't it?
She looked at him. She had never looked at him that way. .an expression combining both pity and longing.He wanted the earth to open up and swallow him whole. He knew he would never see her again. She walked away that day and he lost something. He lost with her the man he used to be and the courage to do things out of the ordinary.
He wanted to tell her she was the best thing that ever happened to him. He wanted to shout it to the world.He wanted to stop time. Board the next plane to No-mans land -where he would never have to see anyone else but her. He wanted a world with her-A separate existence..just him and her-no one else. ..it would have been incomparable.
His hand brushed hers and he finally made eye contact. "Can you forgive me?"
A clumsy embrace followed and he could tell she had been crying. His heart sank..She whispered in his ear " It was always you. No one ever came close". The flood gates opened and the tears he'd been bravely fighting were released.Her words would remain etched in his memory forever.
An announcer called the final passengers to board before the gate closed.
"I cant do it." He let go that day without fighting for her. .,She was definitely worth it...why did he not fight for her?...He could almost hear their hearts break in unison. Their lives changed.He wanted to stop her with every part of his being. But he couldn't. He just couldn't do it. Years down the line he would realise he let the best thing that could have ever happened to him go-..but right now -and here -it was the right thing to do.Wasn't it?
She looked at him. She had never looked at him that way. .an expression combining both pity and longing.He wanted the earth to open up and swallow him whole. He knew he would never see her again. She walked away that day and he lost something. He lost with her the man he used to be and the courage to do things out of the ordinary.
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Oddly enough, I personify with the guy.
Well is the guys perspective..have had people asking me what happens next and how it came to this:P hehe.
Yeah, I know i saw the comments and the curiosity about it :-)
Else Id be too afraid to know the whole story = (
I too identify with the letting go part of something that I know was perfect for me but perhaps not then?
Else Id be too afraid to know the whole story = (
I too identify with the letting go part of something that I know was perfect for me but perhaps not then?
I realize I made that comment when I had let go...well, I've latched back on.
Though now I sometimes wonder about that decision - maybe we can never win.