The Clover Was So Fragrant
She’s not pretty, but she’s dying, so it’s not worth talking about her not being pretty.
Her husband’s sitting by her bed, holding her hand and keeping silent. She’s also silent. That’s how all the things in the room think. But they’re wrong. Because this husband and that wife do not remain silent.
He wants to say: “Soon you won’t be here, and I’ll be left alone... What should I do?”
She wants to say: “Soon I’ll be gone, and you’ll be left alone...”
He wants to say: “I know you’ve loved me, faithfully loved me, never cheated on me, I never did either, but how can I be left alone?”
She wants to say: “You know I’ve loved you, faithfully loved you, never cheated on you, You never did either, but how can you be left alone?”
And he says: “Whether you want or no
