Could it be that I’m too greedy? Or perhaps, no one could ever replace you. I once believed it would be easy to find someone like you—or even better. But as I reflect, perhaps it’s not you that lingers within me. Perhaps it’s all the coincidences that once unfolded, the prayers that were answered, the trivial things that became real.
Perhaps, and only perhaps, that’s how it is.
Like how God creates dew, letting it fall and seep into the earth.
Like how raindrops pool into puddles, only to evaporate.
Like how fireworks burst into sparks, then fade into nothingness.
Like fog, dissolving in the warmth of sunlight.
I understand.
Nothing lasts under this sky.
All that is fleeting will vanish—like dew, fireworks, fog, and rain.
Yet, why does this trace linger for so long? It isn’t a wound, but its mark refuses to fade.
Can I still dare to ask again?
Me, in the silver satin dress you gave me,
A bottle of wine,
The skyline of towering buildings,
And a midnight phone call.
A hoarse voice echoing from the other end,
Asking how I’ve been,
Carefully arranging words,
While I’m busy wiping away tears.
Hiding the fear buried deep within me—
Fear of facing the reality of every scenario in my head,
None of which I can bring myself to pour out through these fingers.
A five-star restaurant,
Classy jazz music,
Two dishes costing more than the average monthly income of a small-town household,
A lineup of black cards,
And the latest luxury cars.
They mean nothing to me.
They fail to move me.
They leave me unmoved.
Perhaps I’m mad—
Because when I think about it,
My sanity only seems to work one week out of every month.
Could fragments of me have been left behind as well?
Did they evaporate, or do they linger?
And what should I even say to appear composed and fine?
How’s the calico cat?
How’s the yellow tabby tomcat?
Has your tattoo grown by one more?
I know not everything in this world is meant to be owned.
But am I greedy to ask for you to return,
At least one more time?
I don’t even know what I truly want.
No scenarios in my mind.
Perhaps just to fulfill a promise.
Perhaps, yes. Perhaps someday.
“For everything, there is a season.
A time for every matter under the heavens.”