— Elizabeth Fraser
"To meet Jeffrey was just like being given a set of paints… I had all this colour in my life again. I just couldn’t help falling in love with him. He was adorable, he was lovely. I read his diary; he read mine. We’d just swap, we’d literally just hand over this very personal stuff, and I’ve never done that with anybody else; I don’t know if he has. So in some ways there was a great deal of intimacy, but then there’d be times when I’d just think, “I’m just not penetrating this Jeff Buckley boy at all”."
silence? this silence? there were few things to say after it ended. too much cider & too few regrets. just let it die, just forget it. pretend you hadn’t dreamt it. the constant curling, curling. of strands of hair, bodies, of body, away, away. waking, cold & shivering amongst nothing, amongst everything. where are you now? i’d once scream. i don’t think to ask that question now. it’s not numbness. it’s forgiveness, or forgetfulness at best. another life, one other’s life. are you happy? i hope, i hope. are you happy now, as i am? i hope, i hope.
