Grey Sky Morning
Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)
by Vertical Horizon


So you sailed away
Into a grey sky morning

Every day waking up alone was another day.

Every hour spent going through the motions of her so-called life was another hour.

Every minute passing without him mysteriously appearing out of the blue was another minute.

Every second without him was just another second.

Now I’m here to stay
Love can be so boring

Aya lay on her side, watching the birds flutter past the rice-paper doors, their shadows toying on the yellow as they chirped playfully. The sun radiated through the walls, lighting on her arms in warm dusty rays, fluttering over her cheeks like sparrow wings.

Today wasn’t going to be that bad.

Nothing’s quite the same now
I just say your name now

In the early morning, she shifted her legs slowly, the warmth of the futon comfortably swathing her skin like water. They were sore, and she stopped moving, just letting her dull eyes follow the trace of the birds outside on her walls, hearing the whispered rustle of leaves in a breeze soft enough to be otherwise silent. The small trickling of water ran through her senses, and the birds chirruped again, happily darting around in the outside world without a care in their minds. The open arms of a tree shadowed the side of the wall, and the birds lit upon the branch, one shuffling closer to the other until their darkened outlines faded into one small lump of movement and crooning.

Her lips parted, but no sound came out.

But it’s not so bad
You’re only the best I ever had
You don’t want me back
You’re just the best I ever had

Morning, and that meant breakfast; he was careful this time, he was not crude or frustrated - and she tried to eat, too. But it was too much energy focusing on the food - he waited, spoon held out in front of her, as he eyes drifted to the empty branch on the shoji wall. The birds had separated. He took the breakfast away, but she hadn’t noticed that he had even left until they brought her the next meal. The sun gradually climbed in the sky, shifting the shadow of the tree, stretching it further until she could make out the blurry shape of leaves and individual twigs. Suzumi asked her pleasantly to eat lunch, but she had shook