Stranger

“Do you think we have the same memories?” she asks. “What do you mean?” he responds. “Do you remember the same things I do. I remember a lot of the things we used to do together. You used to teach me new games and make up new games and take me to the park where me and you and kuya Jay would play until it was time to eat dinner. I remember Anna going with us to chase the ice cream truck in my neighborhood, then us getting in trouble because we went too far. Do you remember Anna? She was my best friend. I remember the funeral. I remember really wanting to go see the casket because everyone else got to but I was too little. When my parents finally let me, I remember you and ate Angela hugging me while I was crying. Do you remember that?” She pauses. “I remember the last time we talked. Like, actually talked. I remember how we were just about outgrowing each other. I remember you playing with me for the last time. I remember how happy I was. I remember me going home, so happy that I would get to talk to you again, then it stopped. The next time I visited, things didn’t go back to how they were. You became a stranger again. Do you remember that?” His expression shifts for a moment. He wanted to tell her yes, I remember everything, but he couldn’t. Why couldn’t he? Instead, he says nothing.

From My Heart to Yours Oct 23, 2024

Can you Love someone you’ve never met? I Love you for Letting him be a part of your worLd and making sure he was okay when you were the onLy person he feLt safe around. I Love you for not judging him when he was at his Lowest and I Love you for not making his probLems seem Less significant than anyone eLse’s. I wish I couLd meet you just to thank you for taking care of him when I couLdn’t. How he taLked about you when you weren’t around, how highLy I know he thought of you. I know you aren’t in his Life anymore, but thank you for being there for him. You may have forgotten aLL about him, or maybe you stiLL think of him. Either way, wherever you’ve ended up, thank you for being the best thing in his Life when I couLdn’t be.