Dearest Heart,
How are you, I know I always start my letters like that, but it’s important for me to know that you are alright.
Don’t laugh, but I woke up this morning with your name on my lips and your face in my head and like the Aretha Franklin song goes, I said a little prayer for you.
The day has been very odd though, you’ve been on my mind all the time, in particular the first time we met.
I was 7 and you were 10, that was so long ago, now I’m...... well let’s not talk about that, you know how I can get, and I’d just started at your school. Typical me I had my nose in a book and was wondering how my parents could bring me to Nigeria when this boy came up to me and knocked my book out of my hand.
I was so angry, I wasn’t sure if I should punch him or cry, and then all attention went away from me to this boy striding down the playground straight at us, the boy was you. You came right up to him punched him in the nose and said....’ don’t do that’. I wasn’t sure if I should punch you or slap you for your high handed manner, but you just walked away, and I decided to keep away from you and all boys.
The funny thing is despite my promise, you have always been there. Whenever I fell you were the one who helped me up, when I bumped into someone because I was reading and walking, you were the one who helped me pick up my books, when my tyres were punctured because one of you many girl friends got pissed at me, because you were always boasting about how smart I am on your dates, you helped me fix the tyre and the girl, but not before I had made your life a misery for causing me misery!
God!! When I think of all those things my heart swells with love and breaks because you are not here with me, we are not living parallel live anymore, we are apart from each other and how I miss you.
Enough of my reminiscing and rambling, what have you been up to, did you get the package I sent? Whenever people say package like that you always imagine it’s something nefarious, but I hoped you liked it, it was sent with great love and desire.
As usual my heart is with you and yours is with me.
All my love
S.W.A.L.K.
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