Keep wishing

“Whenever on the beach, just close your eyes and make a wish… There I’ll be.”

And yet… it’s been years since we’ve been together; and yet it’s been years since I’ve felt you beside me. Six, to be precise. Six years on my own, wondering whether you still remember my name… Six years of tears and fears, and just… sheer loneliness.

And now… I have my eyes shut again… for you. It’s Aug. 5. Remember? Well, how could you forget? That was the day you promised me our very own love story will never end. We were sitting here on this beach, hand in hand… A couple made in heaven...

Weren’t we just the happiest…?

I remember… you running your fingers through my curls, kissing me gently beneath the silver rays of moonlight, trembling barely noticeable as I touched your face… I remember all of it... do you?

I catch myself crying again. When am I going to get over you and move on?
I don’t know.
It’s hard.

I look around and see nothing but the shadow of a palm tree nearby.

“… There I’ll be.”
But you’re not. I close my eyes again to see your face once more, if only for a moment… And then I open them to let myself be swallowed by the darkness one more time. Before I surrender, though, I cast a dreamy glance to the place we first met… just meters away…

And then a gasp fills my lungs... How could that really happen?

I wasn’t alone any more. A silhouette… a man, sitting in the dark of the night.
After all these years, could it really be... you?
And could it also be that we were spending every Aug. 5 together on the beach without realizing it?

Perhaps we’ll never know… but only if you could stop being so focused on the sea and turn to see me. You weren’t alone any more. I was there too. At your fingertips… pretty much.

I closed my eyes again.
“I wish I could be with you,” I thought.
“Right here and right now. Please, see me. Be with me… again, but this time forever!”
I could feel my tears fighting to break free again. I needed you like never before… now.

Nothing happened… at first, but then a deep voice came from somewhere on the side:
“Close your eyes and keep them shut. Are you making a wish? Good...
Because here I am."