Đóng góp: Engtrans by : boony
Viettrans by : Lemon
“Love that’s too painful is not love
I heard this before from a song
If that song is right, then what I’m going through right now is not love
But, I was holding onto some hope, just like a fool
We have been together for a long time but she has never once seen me as a man
She seems like the ocean in the West, so near yet so far
Even though she’s close, I still couldn’t get her
Sometimes, we were friends, sometimes were not anything, then being friends again
But it just stopped there
She was never once my women, but this time round, it felt different
She called me after a month has passed
The moment I saw her name on the screen, even though I didn’t know why, the feeling was different
It was different this time round
Having a different sense of hope
We went to the zoo together, because she wanted to
I bought her cotton candy, just like what couples do often
She walked slowly, and while looking at the animals seriously she was going, ‘so cute!’, ‘so lovely!’, ‘I wish to bring them home’
She kept talking on and on but it was lovely
It has been a long time since she smiled like that
Honestly, I thought of it this way : she saw me as an umbrella
She could come running to me crying every time
After crying it all out and feeling better (she’d say) ‘take care’ and not contact me anymore after she left
I felt as if I had become an umbrella
A one-time use umbrella which is thrown away after usage when the heart is raining
But her smiling face, it’s so pretty
A person whom I want to hug
She came to find me with a puppy
She placed the white and small puppy into my arms and presses me on ‘what name should it have
Suddenly, I said, ‘cotton candy’. She laughed
Recently, she laughed a lot, and I am happy
At the same time, I felt uneasy
Is this happiness going to last ?
Or is it just a passing moment ?
If she suddenly disappears again like in the past, and not contacts me for a long time, it would hurt even more
But I decided to soothe my uneasiness and be happy just like this
She left the puppy with me, and came over to visit me everyday
To be precise, though she’s not here to see me, but to see the puppy ‘cotton candy’ instead, I’m still very happy
Today, she smiled as well, and as usual, she’s by my side. That was enough for me
(I’m) sufficiently happy.
I’m worried, that there would be such a day. It has been 3 days since I have been able to contact her
Because she didn’t even reply my text messages, so I sent her a photo of the puppy
I thought she would come running over because she missed the puppy, but she never did
Is she sick ? Because there was no replies, so I changed my point of view
Maybe I did something wrong ? Maybe she’s angry at me ?
Because I can’t think of any reasons, so I started recalling about every moment, starting from the time we went to the zoo together
What have I done wrong ?
Though I didn’t know what exactly, there was one thing for sure
Because we were together, I was happy, I am thankful for that
Thinking about it, I have never said that once, “thank you”
I sent her such a text message, though it’s such a random sentence, I hoped she could understand my heart
In the end, nothing has changed as I thought about it
A long time has passed before she appeared before me once again and crying
Even though I comforted her just like I did before, I felt pitiful
From the start, my heart didn’t feel right
Though I was happy, it hurted as well
“what happens this time ? Tell me”
She said it was because of a man
In that instant, I blew up at her
‘You are always like this!’
‘when do you want to be a fool till?’
After saying those words, she lifted her head and looked at me
I couldn’t bear to speak anymore
But, she suddenly said something, that sentence which I have been waiting to say...”