Love's cycle

SUMMER 1991

When they first met it was magic... when she first saw him at his grandmother's kitchen, with his long locks of hair... she thought she saw Jesus. The attraction was instantaneous. They spent long hours just talking and just spend time with each other. They were still very young but at that moment and with that summer, they knew what first love meant.

SUMMER 1994

A few years have passed, they meet again. But this time around, he was behind those concrete walls and steel bars... a situation which was brought about by wrong decisions and innocence with the realities of our harsh world. But nothing changed, for despite the situation he was in, she still felt the same. She crossed the distance that separated them. Big waves couldn't dampen her spirit. All she was thinking was him, to somehow be able to put a smile on his face and comfort him during those dark moments of his life at the "white house". It was during this time that they knew what true love meant. But I guess love wasn't enough... for they lost each other again.

For years he lived in her heart, always at the back of her mind. Whenever she hears their song, she just couldn't help but shed a tear. For she thought he has forgotten about her, forgotten the song in their heart.

She tried to move on, trying to mend her broken heart along the way. She felt broken, all her dreams for the two of them have shattered. It led to a hasty decision which she thought would make her forget about him. She moved on with her life and started a family.

From time to time, she would hear snippets of news about him. The ups and downs of his rollercoaster life. He eventually started his own family. She tried so hard to forget about him, to numb her feelings for him. But he continued to live on, to reside in her heart.

But as fate would have it, they reconnected again. They meet again, a lot has changed. It has been 14 years since they last saw each other. Both of them very different physically but deep inside them nothing seemed to change. She kept on telling herself, "why still feel the same intensity when he is not the same anymore". But his voice, his eyes ... it's still him. It's as if only 14 hours have passed... for the chemistry is still there, the magic still hangs in the air.

If before it was their young age, then his situation that kept them apart, now it's their commitment to other people which is keeping them apart... And fate is just so cruel.

Fate plays a cruel game... now they know that they are each other's great love. But if they do decide to pursue it, then they must give up their commitments and hurt the people they love along the way. Logic tells them its wrong but their hearts scream otherwise.

Will they let go again of each other? Sacrifice their own happiness for the happiness of others?
Or will they follow their hearts and hold on to each other's great love? A love which will transcend all the kind of love which they felt before...

Now, they are just friends... trying to somehow satisfy their hearts true desires. Trying to hang on with what they have... friendship... For now, they painfully understand what commitment is.

But as he has said, maybe someday... they just have to believe in fate.