RESOLUTION
“So, make any resolutions then?” I
looked at her, mouth agape, her and her pretty little party dress, her and her
big brown eyes, her and those stupid sparkler things in her hair.
Did I make any resolutions? Is she
fucking nuts? The crowd move around us, a mass of swirling bodies all moving in
time with the music, their hands reaching for the air as the count down begins.
Did I make any resolutions? Yeah, I fucking did, I resolved not to cry myself
to sleep anymore, not to contemplate flinging myself onto the tracks every
morning I wait for the commuter train. Not to think of you every waking moment
and dream of you when I sleep. To be prepared in the morning when the reality
of my life without you comes crashing in when I wake, an avalanche of sorrow
burying me in soul wrenching grief.
Did I make any resolutions? How
about wishing, every time I wake, it does not feel as if some rabid animal is
tearing my guts out with its claws. Or that my chest is burning whenever I
think of the moments I shared with you, when I tenderly stroked your cheek,
leaned in and kissed your lips tasting a hint of cherry. Whenever I think I
will never share such intimate time with you again. Remember you said you loved
me? Liar! We would always be together, that’s what you said. We were soul
mates, inseparable, we would grow old together, die in each others arms. What
happened to that?
My mind keeps replaying, over and
over again, the first time I saw you with him, it still hurts like a physical
blow. I thought I was suffocating, my breath came in ragged, hoarse gasps. All
I could keep saying, over and over again was, how could you do this to me? It
was like somebody had plunged cold steel into my chest. You gave me a little
sheepish smile and apologetic wave and then snuggled up to his arm. I wanted to
kill you… I wanted to kill him. Instead I left.
I walked along the canal, I stared
into the still water, I could taste the frost on my tongue, feel the cold
burning my cheeks. I’d left my jacket behind but I didn’t care. I just kept
thinking of you and him. How he was in my place, it felt like my brain was
trapped inside a cloud. How could this be – how could he be standing in my
shoes? That should be my arm you are
holding. And then…then, to pile misery on top of horror, you turned to
him when I started to approach. As if, as if you needed him to protect you…
from fucking me! God that hurt. The rage I felt, I so wanted to hit you, I
hated you at that moment.
“Do you want to dance?” She says to
me.
Christ, love, you’re a good lookin’
chick, but can you not fucking see, I am not someone you want to dance with? “Yeah,
okay,” says I. What the fuck am I at? I don’t want to dance, my insides are
being torn to shreds. I pour alcohol onto the flame of my burning soul thinking
it will douse the pain.
She snuggles in close. It doesn’t
feel right. It’s wrong...wrong…wrong, cunting wrong. She’s too skinny, my arms
enclose her tiny frame way too easy, her hair doesn’t smell right. I can feel
tears welling in my eyes. She’s not you. If I close my eyes I can trace every
inch of your body. I can almost feel my fingertips tingling as I imagine
caressing your skin, running my hands over the curve of your hips and waist. I
can feel your ribs before I reach the heavy flesh of your breasts. I imagine
you inhale sharply as I flick my tongue on your erect nipples.
When I strolled alongside the canal,
looking into the dark, still water, all I could think of was how peaceful it
would be to slip below the waterline, to surrender and allow my lungs to fill
with water. I imagined what your reaction would be when you heard the news.
Would you mourn me? Would you scream and wail and cry it was all your fault?
Then I thought, what if I didn’t die,
what if I only half drowned and was hauled to safety in the nick of time. Would
you come and see me? Would you ask why I had done such a thing and when I said
it was because I loved you so much, would you realise then, we are meant to be
together?
She tries to kiss me, God knows why.
I don’t want to but I do, she’s insistent. She slips her tongue into my mouth.
Tears roll down my face. She’s not you…. She’s not you.
