A stranger kind of sky

Funny isn't it. You and me up here like this

 

I didn't know when you'd arrive

 

Nor did I 

 

Are you glad you came? 

 

Bit late now, isnt it

 

But you're here, with me? 

 

Of course

 

Is that enough? 

 

......?

 

You don't have to answer. Had you met someone else before you came? 

 

I did. It was just - 

 

I hadn't been gone long

 

I tried, I really tried, but... 

 

You miss her, I can tell from your expression 

 

I do. 

 

I felt it when you let me go 

 

Really? 

 

Yeah, it's ok. It's what I wanted, remember. 

 

I didn't want to. She pulled me through

 

She left? 

 

But not in the way you did. She chose to

 

Sorry

 

That's why I'm here now, so soon. 

 

I see

 

Was it painful, your journey here? 

 

I took the coward's way, the opposite to you

 

No less painful

 

How's it been since you arrived? 

 

You're the first person I've spoken to

 

What about your dad? 

 

I couldn't find him when I came. Maybe it had been too long 

 

I still love you! 

 

That will soon go - love, I mean. Mine has almost been replaced with colours

 

You don't feel now? 

 

I've transcended that. When that happens we stop looking for each other. You found me, remember

 

I guess I did 

 

You have memory though. You smiled when you saw me 

 

It's automatic, I still have that. You need to feel at first you see. It eases the transition. I'm free now 

 

You don't need me, like I'm a stranger?

 

I can't feel you. 

 

Here. Let me show you something before it's too late...You see the man with his back to us? That's your dad

 

Dad? Of course! Can I? - 

 

Yes, but he won't recognise you 

 

Then I’d rather not approach, just until the tears go

 

Best just to look. He's busy making things, just like he always did. He paints too.

Sometimes I offer him colours for the pallet. You can too. You just need to wait for those feelings to dry up first 

 

He moves the same. And his whistle, it’s just the same. What does he paint? 

 

Here, let me take you closer

 

Landscapes! He always loved doing those 

 

But look again

 

Me...You...Mum...Who are the tiny figures in the corners? 

 

They are the children we couldn't give him; they were smaller once, like dots. I’ve noticed them grow

 

I - 

 

Keep looking, keep looking, and he'll soon be using your colours to make them bigger still

 

Remind me again when I can colour too? 

 

When you allow your lights to brighten, you’ll know. You’ll see a stranger kind of sky

 

Will you stay until the colour comes, so we can watch them move out from the corners? Will you stay until then? Will you stay until my new skies come?

 

I'll be here...Even if you don't see me, I'll be everywhere you go.