To help Boop* to recognize Beep* the moment they were meant to meet each other, God shaped Beep*'s face with millimeter precision to match Boop*s DNA. And indeed, Boop* can't miss a look that amazingly shaped. But what are God's plans?
For 10 months we met each other in the private yard, two times a week. In between we chatted on our private channel. Mainly simple and easy chats, but now and then I posted little poetic stories to place us in more challenging and magical environments than the 1000 square tiles that reached to the horizon. I picked 8 of these stories and those got translated into the 8 songs that completed the puzzle ‘This everlasting Day’.
Beep* is a woman of little words. But, she always responded. Every time I called her, she was there. Answered all of the few questions I had, for most of the time we just sat next to each other, no conversations to remember. When I wrote ‘Colonial Brunette’ and ended with ‘You outrageously beautiful Bitch’, Beep* answered: Oh Boop*! Then with ‘The Horizon will come to Us’ she started repeating herself: Oh Boop*! As she did with ‘Custom Shaped’: Oh Boop*!
Well, to ‘Colonial Brunette’ she added: Such an effort you put in your writing and this is all I return, sorry! See you tomorrow sweet Friend. That is why I teased her at the end of ‘By your Side’... and filled in ‘Oh Boop*!‘ myself. In fact her compact answers show she couldn’t deliver. Something held her back to step forward. I felt that all along and right from the beginning she was open to me about that. She still wanted to be together though and see where this would go.
So she still engaged in our silent but rich adventure. “Don’t be afraid to criticize my work darling”, I encouraged her. “Then I will know what you feel.“ “Custom shaped is one beautiful story Boop*, however, you get ahead of yourself a bit though ;) Let’s meet in the square yard and drink coffee”, she said.
“Whenever I outrun you, call me. I travel light, nothing withholds me. I’ll come back to you right away.” From that moment she started to tell. Deeper. About things that matter. Matter to her and so matter to me. Our silent being together got subtitled. We could finally start walking. Not very far though. The boundaries of our song didn’t let us. He shaped her for me, but holds her back.
Custom shaped. Of course it’s just a funny story. However. It is not that I make myself believe.. But her face is so beautiful to me, so appealing, her look so reaching to me, that I somehow believe that she is custom shaped to call me next to her, because I belong there. By her side.
It is a beautiful story, a beautiful fairy tale. But Snow White doesn’t need to go to the bathroom half way her story. Cinderella doesn’t need to pause for lunch. Bluebeard never gets tired running up those stairs.
Believe me, characters in fairy tales can’t always deliver. Beep* and Boop* can’t. They have their daily lives.
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