Kilig
Thursday, May 26th, 2005At the risk of
losing its meaning in translation, kilig is that euphoria that rips
through your body (sometimes violently) and ebbs, ending in abbreviated
shudders (sometimes gently so). I went through both extremes recently, but now
I’m more at the ebb end of things.
But I remember the
highs. Oh dear, the frenzied, frantic, long-distance phonecalls (on the
first month, it came every other day…soon it became daily; now,
predictably, they are fewer and further in between, but not a little less
frenzied). The flimsy, ridiculously-contrived reasons just to talk to me. The
sweetest little reassurances in the most deadpan manner possible.
Now I’ve begun to
accept that it will never go beyond the friendship we’ve built. But I love my
little secret. It’s not filthy, but it’s not for all either. It’s mine. Ours,
actually…even if there is no us
I miss you. Terribly.
But my day is no longer hinged on that little beep, I am emancipated from the
anticipation.
And, oh yes, do i miss
the kilig
me