gwensarah and johanny
Salka
13:38 & 28 April 2003

"Do you remember?" he said, "Remember how you suddenly grew still and the lights flickered and faded against the light in your eyes, as you looked to me the music grew and swelled to a glorious cresendo. I believed, for one moment, I believed there was nothing else. And my heart stopped with it."

"Do you remember?" she said, "It filled me to bursting that song did, it made me want to laugh and cry, it made me want to throw myself into your waiting arms and run away at the same time."

"I remember taking your hand.."

"Not understanding.."

"We ached together.."

"Not knowing what it was we ached for.."

"It was you, it was you.."

"Salka makes me remember even now."

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I awoke to a bright morning of blue skies and sun, look now to a sky filled with greyness and the chance of rain..there is no lyricism to the weather only a little irony.

Being around someone makes me miss another, and I fill my days with books and empty solitude, waiting with empty anticipation for the words to fill me again, words which do not reflect my current state. Can I write of before? Can I write of yesterday? Can I banish ghosts and chase magic? Can I lose myself in it all as I await my destiny? I stare at the blank screen, hands poised in balance above waiting keys, and all I can remember is Salka, a city and a smile..

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