I was walking down the street and saw this coffee shop that looked very similar to one we would go to for our dates. It reminded me of you.

I started wondering if you would still be the same after all these years. Would you still paint the trees from your garden? I remember giving you a watercolour set that you really liked. I wonder if it's still there.  I still remember that trip we went on… we had lied to our parents saying that it was a trip with the whole class. We had our first fight during that trip. I can't believe we fought because of what the colour of the tree should have been. We made up the next evening. After a day of spending time apart from each other, only then did I realize. It was a beautiful sunset and I confessed to you that I was in love with you. I was caught by a pleasant surprise when you pulled me in for that kiss that followed after. Our shaky but pleasant trip was cut short when you received a call from your mother. Your younger brother had been rushed to the hospital. We had to leave behind the beautiful beaches and the shady trees. We had vowed that we would come back soon as there were many more things you still wished to paint. But that was a dream never to come true. I later went to that beach without you by my side, reminiscing the past and what could've been. I still have love for you in my heart. After all, I never let you leave. But oh if only I was there that day… I can only wish. If only I was there that day, would you still be alive…  would you still be by my side? I can only wish. 

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