Once upon a time

Once upon a time, when the sky was covered with blue
Once upon a time, when the sun was smiling too
We're just common people with an ordinary look
We're just common people with an ordinary love
And,
Once upon a time, when I fell in love with you

-Once upon a time, by Mocca

A Letter to Mr. Spaceman

Dear Mr. Spaceman,

I hope this letter will find you and find you well.

I’m writing this letter to tell you how much I thank you.

You made me feel alive for one more time. For the longest time, I’ve never felt that way, and you, out of the blue, came and give me the touch of happiness that I’ve longed so much. You brought back to me something that I’ve lost in a long time.

Lately there is this tune that reminds me of you and I play it over and over again. Even when the song is over, the melody lingers on. Stuck in my head. Like the voice of the heart, it warms me in a way I can’t describe.

I barely even know you. You know that pretty well and everybody knows it. Oh no, no, I won’t tell you about how love is blind and love is irrational and all. But really, I lost my mind the time we talked for very first time. That was something I couldn’t describe to myself as well.

I don’t care what people think. They can talk funny about it and let leave it at that.

I know you didn’t want to fall in love or at least you don’t let yourself to. Or maybe, I am not the right one for you and you don’t feel the same as I do. Love is tricky, you know.

Anyway, this is not a love letter. So I won’t tell you about how you actually did make the butterflies in my tummy dance when you looked at me. And how you made my heart stop beating for few seconds when you sang my favorite tune. No, no, I  won’t tell you stuff like that. But anyway, you actually did do those stuffs to me but I won’t tell you anyway.

And you made me happy, really, really, really happy when we sang together. When we had that ice cream and when we had that dinner at a burger joint. I was happy. That was one of the best moment in my life. But I don’t want to sound cheesy, though. You can skip this part.

Thanks to you, of course, you made me really happy and I couldn’t stop smiling. Every morning I wake up feeling so happy thet I start dancing to the possibilities of meeting you again for one more time.

Hey, Mr. Spaceman, I really hope we can meet again some sunny day. But I really can’t do anything about it. Maybe in your planet there is storm happening or, I don’t know, maybe you just can’t get out that faraway place of yours. But I do wish you are fine there and everything is warm and nice and you eat good food and have ice cream. Hey, if we ever have a chance to meet again, I’ll treat you this dark chocolate ice cream I just found lately. It tastes so good that you would cry of happiness when you eat it. Or it’s just me who’s exaggerating. But it’s nice, really. You’ll love it.

Thank you for letting me feel exited about life, about things that matters. And give me another reason to be happy. I do wish we had one more chance to talk about life. About yours, mine and possibilities of ours.

I wish you all the good luck in the world for anything exciting that awaits you. Thank you for that brief moment you gave me and aftertaste. It was sweet and nice.

And that’s all I can write to you. Sorry I can’t write a decent letter. I wish I could write nicely like what Franny wrote to Lane. But okay, whatever, hope you’ll get the message, though.

Yours truly

-A Letter to Mr. Spaceman oleh Naela Ali