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Midnight. I found myself lying in my bed, covered with my thick quilt.What a night! The winds were blowing, the rains were falling, the music was floating around my ears and Soledad, here we stood, staring through the storm.Girl, do you still remember me? Your face was telling me you do, girl. It seems that the time was flying back in an unbelievable speed. The moon above us twisted, soft light shone coldly onto the ground. The willows on the shoreline were reflected in the clean river, swaying and spread black reflections all over our hearts…Shane was crying, ‘Why did you leave me Soledad?’Your face was much too cold for me to ask that question.Mark was weeping, ‘Time will never change the things you’ve told me.’Who dares to say that? Your words were still echoing in my ears, but the things between us had changed about ten thousand times already.Bryan was sobbing, ‘If only you could see…’Ah, if only you could see me gazing at you in a night like tonight!You were still my Soledad, now I was sure. We spent a lot of happy time those years. In a sea of tulips we sat shoulder to shoulder, lying in the smooth lawn I took your hands.Soledad! Held you in my arms I felt your heart beat fast, lost in me; put your lips on mine you felt me tremble, lost in you.But what about now? Those were things ages and ages ago.Answer me, Soledad, were we just going to stand on this bridge forever, staring into each other’s eyes and forget the world outside?Nothingville. I remember that place. Childish and romantic we were, so young and free our minds were. Shane’s empty voice sounded so familiar to us, but it also sounded like that the last time we heard it had been a long long time ago.Hey, Soledad, why were we just staring? Why couldn’t we talk? You know what, I wanted to chat with you, really long time no see. And when our love seemed to fade away, listen to me hear what I say,Say — say — say…Opened my mouth, but no words came out.So only just. Just facing, and gazing without saying anything. Oh, it was a torture, my heart was burning with love but all can I do was only fix my flaming eyes on you!The weather was terrible, wasn’t it, but we didn’t care. A strange, stormy midnight, Soledad…The music was light.Were you going to go? No, it’s enough to drive me crazy, girl, when the flute was intonating a sorrowful poem about you and me.I must take the chance…every second you were growing paler and paler… I must hold you, I’ve got to…A part of me and a part of you crashed together… broke the time, you were obviously walking up to me… so I stretched my arm… but…Dark. Light disappeared. The music was just echoing, echoing in my head; in my heart; don let it stop…Now even I couldn’t see you, Soledad, I could feel your breath, we were so near that we almost glued together… just a bit further and I could touch you… and then I would know that you would never leave me anymore…But stopped. Music flew away within one second. What touched my arm was just chilly air. Tears running down my face.The rains were still rushing down my window, the winds were still bellowing against the walls, but gentler than before. Falling leaves landed in my yard in a floating manner.Soledad. Soledad. Soledad.
2005年05月29日 06点05分
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