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Thirteen Ways to Miss Someone
- Every waking moment, like all the oxygen’s been taken out of the room. When you do not wake, you dream. When you dream, you see his/her face.
- In every song you hear. The lyrics remind you of everything you want and need.
- Between I love you and the silence that follows.
- When the car crashes and your heart aches – but does not break.
- Quietly, like a pulling tide. Insistent.
- When lightning strikes the sand and turns it to glass. You wish you were the lightning. Then you wish you were the sand.
- Standing on the edge of a cliff. You want to jump. You want to be pushed. Sometimes, the fall kills you. Sometimes, you fly. (Apologies to Neil Gaiman.)
- Madly. Without reservation. As if the top of your head has come off. Suddenly, you can hold nothing in, and so much of you pours out.
- Silently, with your back turned and your hands clenched. Because ignoring the feelings make them go away. Only, it doesn’t. Only, it makes it worse.
- When you can no longer look at yourself in the mirror, without seeing his/her face. Without conjuring – involuntarily, in a fit of abject longing – the feeling of teeth, lips, and hands.
- Stuck in the middle of the moment when you realize that this is a disaster. That you cannot be apart. That you do not know how to say it or how to ask.
- In the dark, before you fall asleep, when the house is quiet and there’s nothing to distract you.
- When all your fears are screaming at you, but you just smile at them. They are nothing in the face of what you feel. What you feel is everything.
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#3 = OUCH
Rita, my thoughts exactly! ❤
Number 3 is the one that made me cry.
Number 12 happened last night. 😦