A Conversation
“Hello.” I say
I reply, “It has been a while.”
“You have grown.”
“I’m the same height, but yes.”
“You lived.”
“Yes.”
“You smile more.”
“I have more to smile about.”
“I’m happy for you.”
“So am I”
“Hello!” I shout.
I smile back. “It has been a while.”
“You laugh more today, then you did yesterday.”
“I’m happier today, I actually have a will to live.”
“That is most interesting.”
“Yes, it is strange to say.”
“After all these years?”
“Perhaps.”
”Does it still ache?
”Yes.”
”Hello.” I whisper
I give a note, it read “It has been a while. I am hurt”
”The pain still exists, though you have a tolerance now”
”Yes, but it will fade. It has faded ever since...”
”Ever since?”
”Since I opened my thoughts to the world.”
”You are no longer afraid?”
”No, I fear more than ever. I look forward now.”
”You are better than me. I cannot look ahead.”
”We are equal, one just more wise.”
”Hello” I bellow
I speak gently,”It has been a while.”
”Why do you fear?”
”Because everything is not certain.”
”That is the beauty you see every day.”
”Yes, but the allure of everything will drown me.”
”Then you have to learn to swim.”
”I am not strong.”
”You are stronger than me.”
”Perhaps, but I still struggle to breathe.”
”Hello.”
I wave hello,”How are you this time?”
”Real answer or the one you want to hear?”
”it is your turn to choose.”
”I am breathing. I am living. I am okay.”
”You are lying and speaking the truth”
”I am a contradiction.”
”You know who you are. You are not lost this time.”
”I found my way. You found my way 3 years past december.”
”We are not lost anymore.”
”Hello.” I say
”Until next year.” I reply
”We must say goodbye.”
”Yes, we must.”
”I don’t miss you.”
”You don’t have to miss me to remember me.”
”Why would I want to revisit you?”
”Because we are the same.”
”Who are you?”
”I am you but stronger.”