Will it ultimately reach the clear surface of my consciousness, this memory, this old, dead moment which the magnetism of an identical moment has travelled so far to importune, to disturb, to raise up out of the very depths of my being? I cannot tell. Now that I feel nothing, it has stopped, has perhaps gone down again into its darkness, from which who can say whether it will ever rise?

– Marcel Proust –

When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.

– Frederick Buechner –

Ph : Carter Smith

I was waiting for no one but you

Me being a spendthrift lover

My heart drifting

Always loving the day

Wouldn’t bond with anyone

Dreaming of your arrival …

I was waiting for no one but you

Searching through hope

The power to survive

When my heart was blackened

And my soul was cold

In order to start living once again …

I was waiting for no one but you

Me dreaming of the absolute

Of things impossible to happen

Me coming on the road

Leaving behind the unknown

That is what my king, this invincible hero,

was hoping for me to do

I was waiting for no one but you

The moment you arrived

A single smile on your face was enough

To illuminate everything around me

And that’s how I found joy

And learned to love like breathing

There’s yesterday’s laundry

Your heart on my heart

Your lips on my flesh

Lay your hands on my hips

Be part of my life

Which is nothing but a tender suffering

Let my crying burst

In the hollowness of my pale nights

I was waiting for no one but you

Hoping day and night

To finally get to the abundant joy

In the sources of your life

To exhaust my faith …

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HdC4icX7Zag

Terez Montcalm – Je N’attendais que toi

( I was waiting for no one but you )