My sweet Lily,
I was so shocked but very pleased
to receive your message this morning. I was having my coffee when I saw a
familiar face on my Facebook notification. I knew right away that it was you.
How can I forget those big beautiful eyes and that sweet smile of yours...even
after 48 years, you are still that beautiful Lily I knew back then.
I am very sorry to hear about
your husband. As for me, my wife and I divorced 10 years ago but we still
remain as good friends. I did love my wife very much, but things were just so
complicated that we couldn’t save our marriage. I have 2 children with her, all
grown up and living on their own. She is now happily married with her new
husband and I am just by myself for now.
Lily,
Of course I remember those yellow
letters I used to send you every day. I think I never told you the story of how
I first saw you and fell in love with you? I still remember that day when I
first saw your face... you were queuing to buy a drink at the canteen and I
remember just how beautiful you looked. I couldn’t get my eyes off you. I
remember you dropped a few coins on the floor and as you were picking them up,
your long black hair fell gently off your shoulders. I wanted to ask your name
but by the time I reached there, the bell rang and you hurriedly walked back to
class.
I remember not being able to
concentrate in class that day. I had to know which class you were in because I
really wanted to see you again. I asked my friends if they know who you were
and thankfully one of my friends knew you. He told me your name and which class
you were in. That’s when I decided to write you a letter and put it on your
table the next morning. I actually came early that morning because I did not
want you to know that it was me who wrote the letter. Maybe I was afraid that
you would reject me.
After we exchanged letters for a
while, I got the courage to ask you to prom. I had it all specially planned for
you that night. I was very nervous when I saw you walked into the hall, wearing
that beautiful white dress. I was very tempted to run up to you and call out
your name. But I had to stop myself because I already asked my friend to hand
you the rose with the card.
That night was very special to
me. It was the night that I got to dance with the most beautiful girl in school
and that night, I fell deeply in love for the first time. I knew my feelings
were real and when you kissed me back, I knew that I was not the only one who
felt it.
My sweet Lily,
I know we did not get to be
together 48 years ago because your family had to move far away. Your dad got a
job in another country and I remember feeling very angry and sad that you were
leaving. I wished you didn’t have to go. We did try to keep in touch for a
while but then you stopped replying to my letters. I tried to find you but did
not succeed... I don’t blame you for stop loving me; I know that long distance
relationship was very hard. I missed you all the time Lily... I even saved
every penny I had with the hopes that I could go see you one day. But I guess
fate had other plans for us. When I heard you were getting married, I stopped
hoping that we would be together.
I was angry at first, but when I
heard how happy you were, I couldn’t help but be happy for you. I know that if
we are meant to be together, we will be, one day...and this morning proved just
that.
My dear Lily,
I hope it’s not too late to ask
you this, but would you like to have coffee with me sometime? I would really
like to see you again and catch up on the years that we’ve missed.
I still love you Lily, as much as
I loved the girl with the long black hair I met 48 years ago.
Love,
Zac (Bluey)
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