About Her

14: Sky

Even though you walk on a different earth

Even though we are separated by seas

I know that there is a sky that connects us.

You held onto my promise—to return.

I held onto your promise—to wait.

And because of those promises

I was able to hold onto two thin strings:

Hope and trust.

But when you decided to end everything

I had no choice

Because

You walk on a different earth

And we are separated by seas

And even if I go back

You won't be waiting for me anymore.

If you only know that every time I wake up,

I die.

For every day that I die slowly,

I pray for the sky

To crumble

To vanish

So there is nothing that connects us anymore.

But even foolish people know,

That even if the earth crumbles . . .

Even if the seas evaporate . . .

The sky will never fade.