Sunday

Beyond Forgetting by Rolando Carbonel

For a moment I thought I could forget you.
For a moment I thought I could still the restlessness in my heart. I thought the past could no longer haunt me—nor hurt me. How wrong I was!

For the past, no matter how distant, is as much a part of me as life itself. And you are part of that life. You are so much a part of me—of my dreams, my early hopes, my youth and my ambitions—that in all my tasks I can’t help remembering you. Many little delights and things remind me of you.

Yes, I came. And would my pride mock my real feelings? Would the love song, the sweet and lovely smile on your face, be lost among the deepening shadows?

I have wanted to be alone.
I thought I could make myself forget you in silence and in song...And yet I remembered. For who could forget the memory of the once lovely, the once happy world such as ours?

I came because the song that I kept through the years is waiting to be sung. I cannot sing it without you. The song when sung alone will lose the essence of its tune, because you and I had been one.

I have wanted this misery to end, because it is part of my restlessness. Can’t you understand? Can’t you divine the depth and the tenderness of my feelings towards you? Yes, can’t you see how I suffer in this even darkness without you?

You went away because you mistook my silence for indifference. But silence, my dear, is the language of my heart. How could I essay the intensity of my love when silence speaks a more eloquent tone? But, perhaps, you didn’t understand...

Remember, I came because the gnawing loneliness is there and will not be lost until the music is sung, until the poem is heard, until the silence is understood....until you come to me again.

For you alone can blend the music and memory into one consuming ecstasy. You alone...

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

so for how long will this love of your will remain unspoken, unheard, and in silence?

Unknown said...

That's the tragedy of my story and its too late for me.

but this is for you, for reading this, so you will know that you can and always deserve the best.

Anonymous said...

You decide your fate; if you wish to end your story and call it "tragic," then that's your call.

Unknown said...

Well, I was referring to a specific person, but whats so beautiful about life is we can always learn from our mistakes, move on, and dwell on the idea that the best is yet to come.

cheers!

Anonymous said...

glad that you've have moved on, that made me realized that it wasn't that bad after all. All the best to you!


Kudos!

Anonymous said...

You have a strange way of loving..

Anonymous said...

Very few people are blessed to have a heart like his...but silence is never a language, unless accorded with "symbols." Males, when in love, are moved to explore their creative side just to win somebody's heart. Unfortunately, he doesn't share this trait. Silence is never a language;
but who are we to judge Rolando?