Hello

Someone said hello to me once in a tone that no has played before. It started with a root 'he' and a sharp 'llo'. Everyday, I repeat this sweet greeting with the same sweet voice, hoping that I would have my own rendition of the 'hello' I heard that day. He was an old man, the one who said it to me. He was a friend, though just in face. Yet, I see in him a friend who has been one all his life. I aspire to be that one friend to my friends. That one with a sweet hello and a sweet face they see everyday.

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