A Letter from Bergen
Thursday,
November 11th 2021,
Bergen, Norway.
23:17
My Dear N,
I am here in room 30 of Amunds apartment at 26 Strangehagen Street in Bergen
Norway. Today is my birthday and although I was alone I had a very interesting
day in that I took a Norway in a Nutshell Tour from Bergen to see the
highlights of western Norway.
I thought about you this morning N when I was on an early morning train from
Bergen to Voss. There was a young teenage girl sitting across from me. She was
with her school tour group but I noticed how detached she was from the rest of
her group. The others were in various small groups and chatting together
whereas she was distant and within her own thoughts. The reason I mention her
is that she reminded me so much of you N in that she had long blonde hair, blue
eyes and a sallow complexion. It is interesting in life how we can be in our
own thoughts when suddenly we become distracted and brought into another
thought pattern. I was reading a book but I stopped when I noticed her. I did
not say anything to her nor did she say anything to me but when I looked upon
her face I was brought back in time all those years ago when I first laid eyes
on you Dear N. The power and magnitude of your persona and body still captures
my attention and renders me still with emotion but nostalgic to a life that I
once was part of so long ago. The young teenage girl exited along with her
classmates at the small town of Voss. I also exited at Voss but she passed me
along with her classmates as I was waiting for my 10:10 bus to Gudvangen. She
resembled you so much that I felt a little uncomfortable. Even after all these
years apart I still become moved by even a mere image likeness to you. Will
this ever cease within me and my life?
I spent the day in the company of others who were mere strangers to me as we
formed part of the same tour group. I stayed alone in my own thoughts because I
just wanted to be immersed into the natural landscapes of the places that I got
to experience during this day of my birthday. The highlight of my day was
riding a train from the town of Flam all the way up to the highest point in
Northern Europe and that of Myrdal. It was idyllic, covered in snow with the
rugged mountains all around it like a protective shield. The sky was a cerulean
blue and a feeling of contentment rested within me.
I constantly seek out new experiences on my birthday each November because I
want to be moved in some way that I can feel alive and at one with the world
that I dwell in. I don’t mind to be alone but I want and I desire to truly live
and experience this majestic world that surrounds each one of us every day of
our lives. Our time is so fleeting and yet there is so much to see, to hear, to
touch, to feel, to understand and to love. I want to experience it all before
the light is eventually switched off and when darkness will enter my soul.
I hope wherever you are on this night N that you are safe and that you are truly happy. Don’t forget me. I never forget you my love.
Always,
D xxxxx
PS. I have
a table set for two here on this quiet night in Bergen. The candles are lit,
the food is plentiful but the space is vacant and lonely next to me. Come to
me, my Dear. Let us be as one again.
Always,
D
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