Short Story #2: “A Poet’s Love Story”
(Set in an afternoon at a small auditorium)
Joaquin reciting a piece he wrote.
Joaquin: “It was a bleak afternoon when I first saw your gleaming face. As the golden hour ray of sun shines upon you, it was nothing short of angelic. A feeling hit me that I just couldn’t explain. It was momentous and as I get closer to you it was like being scorched by the beauty of a star. I suddenly realized that someone exists that could level me with her own eyes.”
Robin enters the door of the auditorium then she matched the eyes of the poet, Joaquin. Joaquin continues to recite his piece as he stutters seeing the beauty at the first sight of Robin. It was like the poem he wrote was intended solely for her. Robin looked towards her friend and had a little laugh as Joaquin’s eyes follow her to her seat. When he finally finished his piece, he immediately approached Robin and introduced himself. Robin in turn introduced herself too.
Robin: Nice to meet you! The piece you wrote was impressive and heartfelt.
Joaquin replied as he stares into Robin’s eyes.
Joaquin: Well, that’s what poetry is for, to make us feel things we’ve never felt before and to make us remember the feelings we thought we already forgot.
The same day they went for a date and both of them instantly clicked. The blissful hours they spent together turned into memorable days, then turned into passionate weeks, which then blossomed into romantic years. There’s not a day that passed by without Joaquin knowing exactly just what to say which constantly gives Robin butterflies. After all, that’s the beauty of a poet.
One day, while Joaquin was on a trip, he was caught in an accident. He woke up at the hospital with Robin by her side, stroking his head while dearly holding his hand. As soon as he regains consciousness, he had no idea of what happened, and unfortunately, he has no longer have an idea who’s the woman sitting by his bedside. It turns out the event caused him amnesia. It caused Robin a great deal of pain seeing him not being able to remember all the things they’ve been through and especially the love he felt towards her just vanished due to an unfateful event.
Robin did everything to make him remember her, she showed him pictures and even videos of them together. But Joaquin still could not remember her. Months that passed by felt like an eternity for Robin as she struggles to deal with their situation. She was about to give up and starts to pack all her things when suddenly, she found a diary of Joaquin. In that diary wrote Joquin, “To the love of my life, we may not be together every second, every minute, every hour, and every day, but remember that I will always be with you. You’re the greatest poem I have ever seen, beauty, elegance, and wisdom compressed into one person. I love you, my sunshine.” The diary was dated a week before the accident. Joaquin was supposed to give it to her when he comes back. All kinds of feelings rushed towards Robin. She felt happiness with sorrow, she felt ache with love. Robin then pulled it as her last straw. She showed him the diary, it turns out that it was a diary of a compilation of poems written by Joaquin since the day they met at the auditorium. As Joaquin unknowingly skims through the diary, he read a piece, “Time may pass, time may fly, but my love for you will never die. My memory may blur and may forget to appreciate your beauty every day, know that for eternity, by your side I’ll stay.” After reading the piece which he wrote for Robin, he sobbed like a child. And a miracle as they would say, all the memories rushed in, he remembered the feeling of being in love with Robin. He hugged Robin with much grip like he has never hugged someone before. He remembered the day he first laid eyes on her at the auditorium reciting his piece.
Robin then restated what Joaquin told him before.
Robin: Just like you said my love, “that’s what poetry is for, to make us feel things we’ve never felt before and to make us remember the feelings we thought we already forgot.”
