Corny title.
It was memorable, however. I met all of Steve's family on Sunday and they all liked me, according to his mom. His parents really like me too; they offered to drive me down to Lancaster with them to visit Steve when they go. I don't know if I'll be able to (work...), but the option is amazing.
We spent eight days together almost exclusively in each other's company. We didn't even get close to a fight/disagreement. If anything, we got closer and mostly solidified some plans for the future, which was really exciting.
I'll get to see him this Saturday for my brother's grad party and then...I don't know. This was the last weekend we were able to be intimate, though, which is tough for me to handle. Don't get me wrong - sex is not everything. But the moments after - the cuddling, the laughing, the conversation...That is.
It's going to be amazingly difficult. He's leaving around June 1 (I have a microbio exam that day) and then I'm not going to have any contact with him except by phone. It's a terrifying transition and I don't look forward to a year without him.
At the same time, I can't be despondent forever, knowing what comes after that year passes. He needs to be there; I need to be here. That's the way it is, but that's not the way it will be.
Forever ago, I remember writing that I'm not his future. That I'm only a passerby in his life and that my contribution to his existence is negligible. This is incorrect. I am his future as much as he is mine, and no matter what happens, he won't be able to forget me, just as I won't be able to forget him. It's strange writing with this much certainty about something so subject to change, but I feel it's true.
Come what may.
- Mood:
sad - Music:Alone in This Bed -Framing Hanley
This feeling dominates conversations for weeks prior to the occasion. Others chat about their dress and their man whilst I sit in silence, contemplating dress and man possibilities. And yet, I stay single.
It is because of this day that I long to be beautiful.
It is because of this day that I long to have something to offer.
It is because of this day that I long to be looked upon as more than a friend.
Alas, my longings have yet to be fulfilled: I am single.
What is it about me that repels all who come near? What do I lack that guys like?
A better question: What do I have that guys like?
I can't think of one thing. That is quite disheartening.
But no, my friends. I shall not lose hope, not yet. Even though all possibilities that *ever* occurred to me up to and including this exact moment in time have been shattered, diced, ripped into infinitesimally small shards, I shall not lose hope.
And my search shall resume again, with more vigor than before and with a desperate grasp on my shred of hope.
- Mood:
I am alone.
Eyes sunken into his head,
mouth slack-drool dripping down his chin.
And I'm there,
Waiting,
for an invisible puppeteer to jerk a string,
for someone to yell surprise.
I broke down into
Tears.
Shaking,
I held his hand.
Told him I love you.
Half-an-hour.
Watching for his last breath,
for when his soul will leave.
Listening to the rattle of air
leaving his phlegm-coated throat.
Eyes listless,
Lifeless.
Already dead.
I kissed his forehead.
Cold.
A glaze of sweat coats him.
It won't be long now.
