This essay is fully copied and pasted from the essay I wrote yesterday in the form of comments in Guo Xin's friendster...I sort of got inspiration from his super background picture of his friendster profile. But...He insulted my poor piece of writing (Pun intended. This essay is one of my worst...) by deleting it...So...I have no choice but to make it public as promised. Voila!

I seriously don't think Lester composed that poem. So I shall make an attempt at writing - Your friendster background. For Practise! To English! And French! So sorry Mon Cheri, but I will use your name! An essay dedicated to L'amour...

A zephyr stirred and began its course, caressing the grounds of Miyazaki prefecture located on the island of Kyushu, Japan. And it continued, passing numerous little towns. Yamada, Kobayashi, Hyuga...And finally reached its destination - Takachiho. Nevetheless, it didn't stop. It glided on and eventually found its roost in a tiny park. And as if to welcome it, a flock of cranes rose into the air in a V-shaped formation, chorusing in unison as they paraded their grace. And there, the reflection of the amber sky, cast on the surface of the glistening lake. Trees and bushes shivered as the zephyr passed them. Mother Nature at her peak.

A pair. Humans. They stood, so very close they could see themselves in the other's eyes. The girl spoke.

“Guo Xin. I'm sorry. This won't work. I admit the ball was a blast. I enjoyed every single minute of it. Dinner, the dance, you. It was great...But now...We can't. You're the son of...Nevermind. We're at opposite ends. I love the environment, Mother Nature...But your father's company...It's the complete opposite...And, you're such a great guy...I don't deserve you at all...After all the crimes I've committed...The death of Hayashi-san, his company's destruction...It was me! Me Guo Xin! I planted the tetrodotoxin in Hayashi-san's fugu! The anthrax in his company headquarters! Me! And there's something else. I didn't steal those poisons. I am poison. I injected myself with them, using microbiology. They were meant to be cures but...It's too late. If circumstances were not what they were...I...I..."

The girl broke down; face distraught as tears cascaded down. The boy looked on at her, devoid of any facial expression.

“Please Guo Xin, just go.”

There was the solemn expression on the boy’s face.

“But…I-”

“Stay away from me! I’m poison! Anything I secrete! It’s all poisonous!” The girl screamed as the boy tried to move closer.

It hurt. It hurt so very much to see the girl like that. The boy’s face, one of the deepest hurt. A tear or two. But the boy suppressed it and smiled.

“No. You’re not poison. I am. I…I’m so sorry you feel this way. I…I don’t care. I really don’t. I don’t care if you poisoned Hayashi-san, or if you’re literally poisonous…I don’t give a damn about my father’s company! I just care about you. Just…I just want to be with you, here and now…I love you.”

The boy stepped forward, locking the girl in an embrace with his arms. The boy was so close. The girl could count his eyelashes. The girl looked up at the boy, eyes still wet as she rested her hands on the boy’s chest.

“Guo Xin…I…I’m sorry but this is the furthest I can go…Really I-”

And the boy kissed her. And for that mere 2 seconds, during that gentle kiss, both of them understood that sacred word – love. Soon, their passions soared as their tongues started to engage in forceful combat, adrenaline pumping through their bodies. But alas, it soon ended. And the boy of them stood there looking at each other, still breathless and panting from that previous kiss.

“You kissed me. I…My lips…The saliva…I told you anything I secrete was poisonous and that was Ricin…Ricin, the toxin found in Ricinus Communis, the Castor Oil plant…It’s one of the most potent plant poisons…But you-”

“Hush.”

Time seemed to stop momentarily as the both them stood there. The girl in the arms of the boy. They continued looking at each other, until the boy spoke.

“If only time would freeze now…We-”

“I wouldn't like that...The prospect of freezing here doing nothing...”

"Always the technical one huh?"

And the both of them laughed. They sat by the lake, gazing at the sun as it slowly descended and faded away.

The zephyr watched for a little longer and rose up into the skies, in pursuit of the other happy endings scattered across the globe.

That will be all...And that was kind of lousy right...I know...I'm not good at writing emotional stuff being quite the sadist myself...Oh well. I think I'll write another one in the weekend. With inspiration from Wednesday.

Title: Polevault