I notice it even as I eat,
or sit or walk; my motions are getting slower, more deliberate, purposeful
even. I hear the door handle twist violently, almost like the person who twists
it expects it to swing open. When it did not open, I hear an even louder knock.
I lay still in bed, allowing whoever it is the pleasure of a second knock. All the while I imagine who I must have given the right to knock on my door that hard. After the second knock I lazily pull myself up from the bed, in the distance from room to door, I hear even louder knocks.
I lay still in bed, allowing whoever it is the pleasure of a second knock. All the while I imagine who I must have given the right to knock on my door that hard. After the second knock I lazily pull myself up from the bed, in the distance from room to door, I hear even louder knocks.
‘Did you not hear me honk
at the gate?’ she asked as I opened the door and I hoped the question came out
as a joke. It wasn’t until I turned towards her and saw her awaiting response
that I sighed defeated-ly and said,
‘Was I supposed to hear?’
a response that didn’t really mean anything, but seeing as it answered a
senseless question to begin with, I did not mind. I probably should have asked
if I was the gate keeper or if people stayed in their houses and listened for
honks.
We sat for minutes in
silence, I thought of offering a cold drink from the fridge but I did not just
get myself to. Instead I sat there, willing to say much and actually not saying
anything. We both stared, it was uncomfortable at first but it quickly got
better. She pulled herself up abruptly, grabbed her car keys and said,
‘Let me quickly drop
someone off and return’, I smiled wide. She had outdone herself. I didn’t think
she could stand our silence for thirty minutes.
It is ten minutes before she
sends me a message,
‘I might run a little
late’, I smile and think to myself ‘Learner’…. ‘this is how she finally leaves my life’
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