「Good morning, Babe. Here's a song I just added to our playlist to wish you a good hump day.(早安,寶貝。我剛把這首歌加到我們的播放清單裡。我就用這首歌來祝你有個順利的星期三。)
我喜歡一睜開眼就接到他傳來的簡訊的早上。我點入他傳來的連結,手機開始播放起,披頭樂團主唱約翰藍儂寫的的詞搭配上貝司手保羅麥卡尼譜的典而成的經典歌曲「Love 愛」。
Love is real, real is love(愛是真實,真實是愛)
Love is feeling, feeling love(愛是感受,感受是愛)
Love is wanting to be loved(愛是想要被愛)
Love is touch, touch is love(愛是撫摸,撫摸是愛)
Love is reaching, reaching love(愛是觸及,觸及是愛)
Love is asking to be loved(愛是要求被愛)
Love is you(愛是你)
You and me(你和我)
Love is knowing(愛是知道)
we can be(我們可以愛)
Love is free, free is love(愛是自由,自由是愛)
Love is living, living love(愛是活著,活在愛中)
Love is needing to be loved(愛是需要被愛)
「What a beautiful song - so simple yet so powerful. As I listen to the song, all the memories of us replayed in my mind. Those words came alive because of our shared lived experience in the past 2.5 years near and far and continue to be true today through our connection...(好美的歌 ─ 詞曲雖然簡單,卻字字句句都震撼人心。我邊聽這首歌,腦海裡不禁重播著我們之間的所有回憶。這首歌的歌詞透過我們在二年半之間一起經歷至今的或遠或近親密關係,而躍然紙上...)」聽完歌的我,有感而發地回傳了簡訊給他。
「I am still here for you, and I always will be as a friend, a lover, and a companion in your reality and fantasy.(我依然在這裡陪著你,我永遠都會在這裡陪著你,作你的朋友、你的愛人、以及你在現實生活和虛擬世界裡親密伙伴。」
兩年多前當他第一次對我說這句話時,剛走出一段二十年婚姻的我只當作這是他一時激情的甜言蜜語。兩年多後,當在世界另一端的他再次對我說這句話,我不得不相信他是真心的...