[i]-Written by Jacqueline S Bnprt[/i][i]- Inspired by the news report on 8/2/2010
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1 january, 2008
07:51
he opened his eyes. instinctively, he reached for his phone.
then he remembered.
she was on the plane now.
10 january, 2008
23:57
he was an unshaven mess.
he scrambled for his iPod, searched.
I Miss You - Simple Plan
"you have only been gone 10 days but already im wasting away"
he cried.
25 december, 2008
11:10
"sorry i can't come back this year. too busy. maybe next year? ttyl! x"
5 january, 2009
22:00
"belated happy new year. how's everything?"
25 december, 2009
08:05
he arrived at the park.
he waited.
26 december, 2009
03:02
he gave up waiting and headed back home.
28 december, 2009
19:50
"sorry. still in japan. <3 you"
2010
2011
2012
20 december, 2012
she sat on her bed, and typed excitedly with her laptop:
"can finally come back this year! empire state building, 23:59, 31st dec? can't wait to see you!"
23 december, 2012
he missed her.
she was always so [i][font=lucida]busy[/font][/i]. he didn't understand how it felt to be busy anymore. in 2007, after he had had the accident and the doctor had told him he would never be able to walk normally for the rest of his life, he had become redundant.
she had been transferred to tokyo for almost two years.
he wondered how she looked now. he still remembered everything about her - her hair, her face, her smile, the way she cried.
he wondered if she was thinking about him.
his computer had broken down last month. he had thrown it away.
there was no point getting a new one. he hadn't received any emails from her for a long time anyway.
he couldn't fall asleep that night. he was thinking about her.
28 december, 2012
he made up his mind.
31 december, 2012
22:00
he reached the top of the empire state building.
22:02
he sat, brooding.
23:45
people started to gather.
23:56
he stood up.
23:59
he wondered if she was here. he dialled her number.
she was going to be late. she dialled his number.
ERROR IN CONNECTION
ERROR IN CONNECTION
his hand suddenly jerked, and his phone fell off the 102-story building.
he sighed. he leapt.
with the loud bang of the massive fireworks, the year 2012 ended, and so did he.
1 january, 2013
00:04
they found a note in his pocket.
Fade away or burn out -
A question lingering in my doubt.
'Round the world I went - where did you go?
Ends of the empty earth - ice chilling my soul.
We say that promises are perpetual,
Everlasting, immortal, unconditional.
Lived my short life in desolation,
Lay there and rest - bittersweet consolation.
JSB 23:54 8/2/2010
