When I got off the taxi near the city of Craco, the driver looked at me with great surprise and said, “Sir, may I tell you something?” I replied, “Yes, of course.”
He said, “Italy is a very beautiful country; it has many wonders, and you’ve come here to see the ruins of Craco!” After a soft smile, I opened my lips and said instinctively, “The city and I have a lot in common.”
The taxi driver drove away, and I walked towards the city in the opposite direction. When I entered the ruins of Craco, I felt how lonely this city was, just like me. The deeper I went into the city, the more I realized how much suffering it had endured.
Craco was slowly nearing its end. Time had halted here so much that I could even hear the tick-tock of my watch echoing. It was disintegrating, but there was nothing it could do about it. The tall and strong walls of the houses and buildings were being brought down by loneliness. Yes, the city and I are alike; your absence is eating me from within and is causing me to crumble.
There are no people here, but memories are visibly present. The rooms are destroyed, the beauty of love and the warmth of human emotions are gone, just like in my life without you. You are not here, but your memories live within me; you are not here, but everything about you still remains alive with me.
This once powerful city, lying at the foot of the mountains, was gradually being brought to its knees. Life is beautiful with people, with their emotions and love. The more I looked at the ruins of this city, the more fear grew in my heart because if loneliness and the absence of love could bring down such a grand city, then your absence might just turn me to dust.
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