Sunday, March 2, 2014

The Thick Of It

It happens to all of us.
It brings us together and it rips us apart.

Times when you experience something you know you won't ever forget. 
As much as you may want to. As much as you try.
When you are right in the thick of it, as it's happening, you know you it's already there for good.

It's the time he swept your hair from your face and you could've sworn he meant it the way you thought he did.
It's the time you watch your best friend drive away and call another place home, and you watch as your town shifts color.
It's the time someone says something hurtful as they look you in the eye, and you've stepped outside yourself to see how the words broke you.
It's the time you realize just how lonely you might be for a while. It sits like a weight on your chest that you can't ignore.
It's the time you feel absolutely nothing as you sink into the bathtub, knowing it'll all come rushing back when you come up for air

There are these moments in life
These fucked yet eye-rollingly refining moments that happen and stay.
They make a home in you. Unannounced, sometimes unwelcome.
It's a beautifully damned thing. 
I'm just not sure which.



-S