blue skies

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⌠ 1 ⌡

Days are getting longer.

Heat shimmers off the asphalt roads outside.

There's a cadence in the air,

as spring shifts slowly towards summer.


I've always thought that


the brilliant blue sky

brings some measured 

sadness


into my heart.


An unbearable welling of emotion

from deep inside me.


As if nothing will be

as beautiful

ever again.



⌠ 2 ⌡

She sits across from me.

We're back at the cafe

as we always are.

She twirls her pink hair around her fingers

like always.

Every time the shop doors open,

a warm draft flows in.

The warmth tickles my skin.

She is humming happily,

bobbing her head,

sipping her lemonade.

Her lips are shiny,

lip gloss or her drink?

I can't tell.

She notices me staring. "You do that a lot nowadays."

"What?"

"Always looking at me."

"Sorry. I was just in thought."

"Thinking of how beautiful I am?" She winks. 

"Sure, sure. Whatever you want to think."

"Hey."

"What?"

"You know, it feels so strange to graduate."

"I can't imagine."

"Of course you can't." She laughs.

"I still feel like a child," she says.

"That's how everyone feels, don't they?"

She shakes her head. "That's not what I mean.

Remember our seniors from last year?"


"Not really," I say.


"Well, you being the exception, we all thought they looked so cool."

"Huh."

"Miyamura-san, the textbook genius. Sayaka-san, the dignified beauty. You know?

They had stature. They looked like they had a plan after graduation.

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