......As i walked into the train station our eyes met, but i thought nothing of it. I was tired and i just exited central park...from a chill session with Kim...I saw her wearing a purposely lost face. As me my guitar and my board posted up against the wall, she looked into my eyes,and i smiled and she smiled back. She came to me and asked me " how do i get to city hall"....(i noticed from her accent and question that she wasn't from here)...i responded with half of the answer to her question.i responded "Yea you wanna take this train to......." then we walked over to the stop indicator and counted the stops from our location to city hall.It was about 7 stops...before our train arrived which was the R-train, a couple of N's and Q's passed us...
So i asked her her name and where she was from....she replied "Italy"..and her name was forgotten being that I'm not so good with names....Our tain came and we got on. I then asked her the most important question "when are you leaving for italy"..."tomorrow". Her response sadend me, i had my hopes up. But hey, i guess it was just my badluck cloud that constantly hovered over me that day. -- I guess she saw the coolness in me, so she actually started to tell me how she was soo confused and didnt know what she wanted in life..she told me a quote which she said was stupid yet powerful "i know what i dont want..but i dont know what i want"...At first i didnt kno what this quote meant ans i agreed with her on her opinion of it stupidity. But we laughed away while still not loosing contact. At the back of my head a kept track of the amount of time left with her..being that its a very high chance ill never see this angel again.I was listening to her tell me about how her friends are gonna be lost and all the other great aspect of her life....They way she spoke seemed intirely scripted.The words ran of the tips of her lips as if they were tears of great mass.masses of emotion and soul. Although i didn't under stand some of the words she said it sound like theatrical music..."this is 32nd street, stand clear of the closing doors please" said the train(man).The part of my brain that kept timing alerted me...and i found that it was my duty to kept the student thinking and not as confused before she dismissed herself from class.
She asked me if i new anyways that she could find herself and what she liked.....i simply told her " you have to explore"...she soaked it in and responded "thank you...i truley understand you are the perfect stranger"..."im only here to help".....
Her stop came and she nearly cried and told me to live a good life..and thanks for the patients..
and there she went out the door.....for some reason i felt bittersweet..
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