Hey, how've you been?
Tell me. I really really wanna know
I care
You don't have to give me a textbook answer.
I can take rants and vents
I'm a big girl.
I've been thinking
About the first time I met you
'Can you help clear up?' you asked
I obliged.
Do you remember that, cocoa?
It's fine if you don't
You're not in trouble.
Smile.
As I was saying,
How are you?
What do you fill your days with?
Besides work, of course.
Smile!
You know,
I don't know your middle name.
What is it?
What's you favourite colour?
Who did you look up to when you were younger?
Do you have a mentor?
How did you feel the morning of your wedding?
Where you scared?
When was your first kiss?
I was six - you couldn't have started earlier than me.
Do you remember his name?
What you were wearing?
I don't know where these are coming from
I just realized
How much I don't know about you
And it made me a little sad.
So I decided to write you this
Even if it's just to make you smile
Hopefully this does.
Smile!
Cocoa,
There's this song
Broken Strings by James Morrison
Vous ne pouvez pas jouer sur les cordes cassées.
vous ne pouvez pas se sentir tout ce
qui votre coeur ne veut pas se sentir
je ne peux pas te dire quelque chose qui n'est pas vraie
I think it sounds even better in French than English
In English he's saying
That we can't play on broken strings
We can only feel what our hearts feel
We can't imagine feelings
It can't tell us something that isn't real.
It's a beautiful song
And it's in English
My friend sent it to me in French
It was how he broke up with me
We got back together again
Smile, Cocoa!
Listen
You're important to me
I respect you
And I want in my life
For as long as possible
It's probably a bit unfair
But I guess in a way
I've placed you on a high rank
And it hurts when you fall short
But you'll never know that
And you'll never know when.
It's funny
How I'm secretly afraid of you
And our friendship
It hasn't got anything to do with me trusting you
But it isn't paranoia either.
I don't really know what it is;
Wish I did.
Even with that,
You're still the first person who comes to my mind
When something comes up
Exciting or not quite so.
When this guy
Ran his hand through my hair
And kissed me
In the cinema
My first thought was
'I have to tell Cocoa right now
that this boy just kissed me!'
I didn't though -
I lost my nerve
And didn't want you to say
That you're disappointed that
I put myself in that situation
Cause to me
It was magical
And I liked it
Even if all he wanted from me
Was a quickie
At that moment
This boy just kissed me
And it felt good
And right
And I just wanted to share it
With my close,
safe, trustable,
non - judgemental
Friend
But I think I was afraid that
You would think or feel other wise
And I couldn't bear you to be annoyed
With me
At that point.
I just wanted to run to you
And give you a hug
And spill everything
I couldn't find you though, Cocoa.
I know you're busy
So I let it go
But still
It would've been so nice
To tell you.
Smile!
I missed you, Cocoa.
I miss you all the time.
Even those rare times when I actually see you.
It's strange.
All said
I know you're only human
And though I imagine you
With super powers
You're just human
And have limits
And i'm very sorry
For testing them
And for putting you through tests
And for getting heartbroken
When you didn't pass them.
And for playing games with you
For all the pushing and pulling.
I think at one point
I wanted you to leave
I was hurt
And everytime I thought of you
It hurt even more
There's so many things
Left unsaid
And it was hard
Seeing its trace.
Right now though
I think I quite like
Where we're at
Do you?
I like that I can talk to you
And not guard my words
As if I ever did anyway
But like
No offence!
It's nicer being friends with you
Than working for you
And obeying your rules
I don't do well with rules
I think it's part of my claustrophobia
Smile!
I like being able to talk to you
About the current people in my life
And silly stories
They have to tell -
We have to tell.
I hope you don't get tired of me
And my antiques
This is me:
Quickly bored,
Never satisfied,
Eccentric,
Ridiculously vulnerable but extremely guarded,
Hidden though completely predictable,
Noisily silent,
Quietly loud,
At the brink but empty,
Trying to breathe while holding my breath,
Often winning when losing,
Possessive, obsessive.
In a nutshell,
I'm me and
I LOVE YOU.
~l'extrémité~

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