Chapter 19 of 22

young adolescents [after her part three]

[daydreams of exaggerated feelings]

the young adolescents

i can tell you

exactly

how our fire sparked

we were attracted

attracted so deeply in each other's hair

and smiles

and eyes

and teeth

and fingers

and yet on the inside we were broken

in many pieces

we were attracted to those parts of each other too

a tv show i watched once said

"don't you think she's attracted to damaged people?"

we were both the damaged person

and

the "she" attracted to the damaged people

and when we fell in love

we were afraid

because as damaged people, that's what love was

associated with

fear

we were afraid to love

because of each other

and because of ourselves

i was afraid to be attracted to her

and she was afraid to be attracted to me

and so when we pushed the fear

our spark caught so quick

like a child afraid to light a match

but once the match caught

it became a forest fire

our fear caught fire

and soon we were burning red love

our fear turned to love

and the love turned to fire

-let's go back to the beginning, la amante de la ciudad