These are our people. All those that we’ve chosen to share this life with.
With whom we joined our “egos” for a life “together”.
These one hundred reasons and all the other thousand ones that can not be described.
1. Our first meeting
2. The words we whispered.
3. The nights we seduced. The nights that we got seduced.
4. The little mischiefs. The all-nighters. The theaters. The cinemas. The exhibitions. The cultural nights and even our decadent ones. All of it.
5. The untold secrets
6. Our hidden code
7. Our Greek summers
8. Our endless winters
9. The frustrations. The untold sorrows
10. The sunsets. The hearts we exchanged
11. The heights we scaled. The happiness we have experienced
12. The taste of the lows
13. The battles we gave. The battles we won. The problems we solved. The Gordian knots that we broke
14. The betrayals we experienced. The betrayals that haunted us. The break ups that destroyed us. The break ups that liberated us.
15. The family we created. The eternal ties that bind us
16. All the “I Miss You”. The “I Love You”. All the “When will you come?”
17. The memories that never faded
18. The way you say my name
19. Our nicknames
20. The hugs we shared
21. The vanilla sweets. The crepes we shared
22. The sumptuous meals23. Dipping bread in the salad
24. Pigging out together
25. Our immortal loves
26. Our flirts. The dates that were a disaster. The dates with our hearts beating like crazy
27. Our crazy stories
28. The same fork we shared
29. The common pillow that we rested on
30. The kilometres we traversed
31. The thousands of miles we’ve flown. The world we longed to discover32. The infinite “far aways” that we managed to make “close by”
33. The phone calls we endured despite the poor signal. These “I can not hear you” lines that we did not want to hang up
34. The messages we sent under the covers
35. The messages we sent from the toilets. During meetings. Under tables
36. My number that you know by heart
37. Your number that I can read in a hundred different ways
38. The “together” feeling. The feeling of the “family”. To “belong” somewhere
39. Our songs. The silly songs that stuck to our minds and we sang together
40. Our films. The series that kept us awake all night long. The books you taught me. The books we exchanged
41. The lava and the passion that supported our great ideas. Our visions for a “different” world
42. The unforgettable joys, our festivities, our feasts, our festivals. Our get togethers
43. Our Circular Dances
44. The crazy unattainable dreams you did not make fun of. Your successes that I celebrated as mine. The professional peaks for which we “bleeded”. The late nights at work and all the support you gave me in every which way
45. The faith we have shown. The prayers we whispered
46. The long wait for the “good” news. The patience I asked of you
47. The celebrations for every small and great success
48. The hand you extended to lift me from the floor
49. The defeats that you helped me transform into victories. The wounds you healed. The scratches that you cured. All the “Do not worry” you told me. The “Just look ahead” lines that you truly meant
50. The matches we have seen
51. The matches we played
52. The games we won
53. And those we lost
54. The advice that became inspiration
55. The advice that turned into action. Your example that became my guide
56. Our apologies
57. The common values. Our ideals. Our beliefs. Our non-negotiable principles
58. The Homeland we never forgot
59. The homeland we shared and that we carried with us
60. The “national team”, the “official beloved” that inspired us. The “stadiums” we filled and the joy we shared
61. Our difficult times
62. Our very difficult times
63. The moments that we thought “it does not go any further”
64. The tears we wiped off
65. The crying we couldn’t hold back
66. Our nervous laughters
67. The skids. Our dives. Our swims in the sea. The salt and iodine that raised us from the dead
68. The sun that heated up our soul
69. The blue sky we shared. The Aegean Sea that became our compass70. The “storms” we experienced
71. The hugs. Our bodies that buttoned up like a “sur mesure” garment.
72. My stupidities that you covered up
73. All the insanities that can not be described
74. All these things that only we know. The secrets we will take to the grave 75. The huge blunders
76. The Nightmares you chased away
77. The Erinnyes you killed. The Catharsis you imposed
78. The potholes that did not affect us
79. The diseases we defeated. And the ones that defeated us
80. The “goodbyes” that torn us apart
81. The lessons we gave together
82. The lessons we learned together
83. The things I forgot in your house
84. The shoes we borrowed. The gifts from the heart we exchanged
85. Your clothes that I borrowed
86. The beds on which we collapsed
87. Our phone calls 10 minutes after we got separated. The phone calls at 2am in the morning
88. The phone calls at 3am in the morning
89. The phone calls at dawn.
90. Our phone calls. Full stop.
91. Our meetings that were supposed to last an hour and that turned into all night affairs. Our endless conversations about politics, people, relationships, God, love, life, death and what is coming “after”
92. Our board games. Our games. Our glorious moments…
93. Our fights about who will pay the bill
94. The stories we have lived
95. The stories we will tell our children96. The love in the eyes
97. The love in the touch
98. The love in the words
99. The love in the actions
100. The love that won. The death that was defeated
We. Our people.
The only thing that will endure.