Ci Penserò Domani

She walked in, someone looked
at her strange clothes
She leaned against the door saying:
we broke up
I noticed two tired eyes
and a face wet from the rain
I don't know, she said, I don't know how to get out of it, I don't know
I looked at her
and felt a moment of pity
because she seemed lost
I wish, she said, I wish it wasn't like this
but it's really over, she said later
forcing a smile: anyway, I wanted it, you know
I never miss the ways to hurt myself
Then she told me the story I already knew
since the last time she felt
that she was more alone, more wicked
She calmed down, looking around
and we talked about me, drinking several times
she lay down among the cushions and said to me:
with you, I was the strongest
she said then, chasing a thought: it's true, with you I was fine
and if I were a woman who comes back
this is where I would come back
Then we had dinner here, I asked her:
what are you doing tomorrow
the rain was beating on the balconies
she replied: I'll think about it tomorrow!
I woke up in the morning
and heard her voice from the other side:
she was speaking in English, I looked at her:
she had the phone in hand and coffee
and I wasn't surprised, I accepted the brief smile
and the face of someone who doesn't stay
If you can, she said, if you can
never change from who you are!
Then she left in the way I already knew
a badger passed by, she caught it in flight
take care of yourself, I thought alone.