blather
my_first_blathe
Rhin
word: 'love'
date: 2000, March 11
name: Leann

after reading it, i realize how far that i have come. i no longer think of you upon waking in the morning. that makes me feel wretched. it's as if i have forgotten you. i have not. i think of you often, but not everyday. today is one of the more painful oftens. i still miss you and i would give anything to have you torture me with endless hours of pink floyd again. it has been a little over 3 years now without you here. am i stronger? is my life better? no & no. you would no longer recognize me. actually, i'm not sure if i would still want you, and it's not because i never loved you. i did more than you know. it is because you wouldn't see me and i would no longer see you. that was a shitty thing to say. i say alot of things i never use to. i just meant that as we grow older, we change. i have changed so much. what use to be so simple for me is now complex. i use to think that you were simple, until i finally read your journals. i wish that i could ask you about the things that you wrote. do you remember when i use to say that i was living in a constant state of amazement? well, now i live in a constant state of decay. i choose it. for a short while i was higher than i have ever been. now, i fight to maintain a medium. i just can't find it. that's not true. i just don't want it enough. i am self-absorbed. i believe that everything should revolve around me. in my world, it does. my little nothing world. what was the topic? oh yes, love. do i love you still? in my memories, i know that i loved you, but i can't remember the way it felt. that overwhelms me with sadness. please, just walk through the door so that i can remember. otherwise, i give up.
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x go outside, find a leaf, pick it up, and examine it closely


think about all that had to happen for you to be there with that leaf


think about the intricacy of the arrangements of cells in every living thing




and then, think about the profound impact one missing person can have on the future of the world

some of us have to go, but those of us whose time hasn't come yet need to keep on living



ps... the amazement will come back if you look for it, good luck.
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