Saturday, 05 July 2008
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I never said good-bye
Suddenly, it was many years later. My family was scattered about the land. Friends moved in different directions to follow their dreams. There were letters and phone calls, updates and reminisces of youth. There was always the sense that the sun was shining ever brighter and that the horizon was steady ahead and reachable.
The spaces grew between phone calls and letters, but the emails picked up. Pictures came with unfamiliar faces next to old friends and family. And then, pictures of faces that were similar more than familiar of people from the past. We got older and our dreams grew tired and we put them to rest. We put our children to bed.
We forgot to call, forget to write. Didn't even email. No updates or shared recollections. No pictures. There were bills to pay, mouths to feed. Can a busy life make room for the past?
Suddenly, it was many years later and they were all gone. Out of my life. And I miss them all. I love them all. And I think about each and every one, each and every day.
And it breaks my heart that I never said good-bye.
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Comments (6)
That day is almost inevitable. Beautifully written.
i'll now make the effort to stay in touch!!!
nice thoughts. kind of sad and beautiful. time to make some phone calls to old friends!
i'm old enough to have experienced this to some degree. i really try not to let my friends and family slip away but it can be very trying at times, especially when some don't want the contact. people change.
It's a sad fact of life, I'm afraid. Great post.
unfortunately common.