i had that friend, when i was younger, our moms were friends.
we used to, spend every summer together, her house was huge, with a pretty garden.
once, her friend put sand on my hair, and my momā¦
she yelled at me for hours, as if, it was my fault.
āyou should have wear a swin cap!ā she said, i hated swim caps, so bad and i still do.
i also hated, that her dad was making us learn poems during holidays, i thought it was a crime.
how ironic, since iām now writing poems, about the same holidays.
he used to throw our bodies in the waves, to show us, that weāll always, come back to the surface.
years after, they moved out, and her dad passed away.
mom said he looked tired, but she was glad, that he could still remember her, before the end.
i wasnāt there, all i can remember, is that he always took care of us.
i donāt know, how i felt back then, i donāt think i realized it until, i saw her again, when we were 16.
this summer, i understood that, when we were kids, she wanted to live my life and i wanted to live hers.
we used to be so small, we were now so grown, but always trying to guess, who has the worst mom.
hers wanted a daughter like me, and mine wanted a daughter like her.
thanks to my dear friend, the last time i traveled wasnāt that horrible, i was going through a lot at the time.
i suddenly, came back to the surface, like i was tired of being underwater.
these days, all i can think about is her making fun of my parisian accent, and the songs we played on the way home.
i lied, when i agreed to see her, now that she lives around.
i used to lie, to be perceived by others as a kid, now i just lie, because iām afraid of being seen.
iām scared of facing my memories, eyes to eyes, and iām just so different now.
i might see her again, when iād stop, be ashamed about everything.