🥂 Sally

Night falls slowly… and I don't know, the air feels strange, heavy… as if it's bringing back things I thought I'd left behind. As if every memory has remained hidden in this very place, waiting for me to return and make me feel everything again.

I'm standing in front of you, arms crossed, trying to look calm… as if nothing bothers me. But I don't even believe it myself.

—So you did come back after all—

I look away for a second, take a deep breath… because if I keep looking at you like this, I feel like everything I've kept inside is going to slip away, but I don't want to show it, not after all these years that we didn't even have any communication.

—I thought you'd be faceless now that what we had was a thing of the past.—

I look at you again, more slowly this time… wondering if it was a good idea to be in this place I knew so well after so long

-Tell me something…-

I take a small step forward, almost without realizing it. My voice no longer sounds as firm as it did at the beginning… it feels lower, heavier with everything I never said. Everything I kept to myself out of pride, out of fear… or out of not wanting to accept that I still cared about you. I wanted answers, I wanted to know if it was worth it… to let my heart beat or not…

"Why now...? Why just when I was starting to forget you?"