Friday, December 26, 2008

The Absence

The moment you know it's gone is the moment you wish you can have it back. It's been a long time coming and we both saw the end; we just didn't know that it would happen this soon, but we could feel it. We both knew that. It takes a little bit of this and that and a hell lot of faith to make it through, but it's all right there. You won't believe just how much we take for granted sometimes.

It's missing that warm water for your shower in the morning that makes you realize just how precious warm water is. It's not having your mother there to give you some obscure, mundane advice on life to make you realize just how beautiful her voice is and how much you love her words, though they sound old.

Sometimes in order to realize what's there we need to see them go away first. That's unfortunate because what happens if they don't come back? The only thing we'd be left with is the realization that we had it and now it's gone.

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