[momoko] Waiting

You wait, with a warm crepe in your hand. It is your loved one's favourite and you'd thought to make him happy with it.

A smile comes over your face as you think of him. You're going out today. For a bit of fun. He'd promised to spend the whole day with you.

Where should you go first? Take a walk around the park and chase the geese and the young children who fed them? What about flying a kite on this beautiful day?

.

But after an hour...you must admit, that you've been waiting too long. Perhaps he'd changed his mind. Perhaps something has come up, as it always will.

Maybe it's time you get up, and throw the cold crepe into the trash and trudge on home.

But then, you hear footsteps coming up to you. Before you turn your head to look, you smell the familiar cologne.

It's him. And he's annoyed. But you're smiling and he tries to fight back his smile and maintain his frown.

"Why didn't you answer my calls? It's a good thing you're still here!"

So he'd tried to call to say he'd be late. Silly you. You'd left your mobile phone at home.

But it's all right now. He's here. And you're both still going to have your day of fun.

He takes the crepe and eats it, sharing bites with you. It isn't as cold as it'd weighed in your hands earlier.

You smile. "Let's go play!"

You run and he laughs as he tries to catch you.

You smile. Because you know he'll catch you.

Now. Today. When the sun is bright in the blue sky.

And maybe tomorrow too, when the clouds try to dampen your spirits and everything is wrong.

But no maybes. Not today.

Today.

We laugh and we play.