Talk to Me
- emmimofficial
- Jul 31
- 3 min read
Updated: Aug 1
I don’t know what to call you before I tell you my news. You died ten years ago. For ten years, I’ve been nobody’s child. There’s been no one waiting for me in the afternoons with “eyes that spark.” “Welcome, my love,” followed by, “That ring again? It’s too big for you.” You were always both—the protective wing and the eternal critic. Both freedom and possessiveness. But more than anything, you used to say, “Nothing is too much for you.”
You died, Mum. Ten years ago. My mum... Since then, I don’t know the colour of my tears, or for whom they’re meant. You never believed my son had grown up—you insisted on remembering him as a child. I was afraid, Mum. Alone. And now? I still am. But I’m writing you this letter from London. Yes, I got on the plane alone. Without you.
Do you remember what I used to put you through when we travelled together? “Talk to me. No, don’t talk to me,” I’d say. If only I could give you such small orders now. You know what I miss the most? Our quarrels. You were the only person in the world I could fight with, and hug again two minutes later. Maybe I play a version of that game with your grandson sometimes— but I always stop, full of guilt, afraid I’m becoming like you. But the truth is—no one else is like you, Mum. No one.

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