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Not all war wounds are visible.
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My world is a sad place to live in right now. For the first time in a long time, I cried for you.
Over the past year, I've made one goal in my life and that was to find you. The one that hasn't returned to me. He is a ghost, I imagine him as a lost soul walking in solitude, frantically seeking to find his human form. He is desperately searching for his soulmate, the one he left behind and a son, who is in his graven image. We are all grieving for the soul that has been abandoned by its flesh, separated from its bone and torn away from its muscle and sinew. To him I write these words as my eyes become fixated by the symbol of all that we had and will have for many years to come: My tongue was a song filled with emotion My heart searched for a peaceful melody found amongst the melancholy harmonies of a song my mind no longer owned. My eyes filled with translucent raindrops My bones ached to the sound of vociferous thunder My heart raced to the crashes of lightening. Her hair a blanket for her shoulders Pallid lace sheltered her skin Her hands resembling that of velvet Her body resembling that of stone. It is perfectly normal to grieve the loss of a loved one. Just as its perfectly normal to grieve over the person you used to be. Everyone gets to make choices in their life. You either choose to continue the search or you choose to give up on yourself. But, with every second that goes by when you first started giving up, it is with every second you miss out on the lives you should be involved in, it is one more second of our lives you can't get back. I can't help but to think of the ghost that is still passionately in search to find his breath of life and with every tear that fills my eyes, I write: I sit adjacent to my window and eavesdrop on the birds singing as the Angels' morning tears descend upon the Earth. Dark clouds dance in the skies as his children awaken from their fields of imagination. So Early in the morning life which was so serene is now an enthusiastic interruption within his artistic regulation. The Angels inhale their sorrow as their tears continue to fall my hands keep writing their story. My ears are filled with words allowing my eyes to interpret their language My muscles twinge for their pain that consumes them. And my heart is frightened by what the Angels' have to reveal. And my mind believes the Angels' because, my thoughts are incapable to feel. I have not come to know your realities when it comes to what you've seen and been through. But one thing is for certain, I do understand you. I do not see your dreams, they do not hurt me in real life. You are not weak, you are not a horrible person, you are not a monster, you are still loved and you will always be worth it. You will always have us. You just have to trust us enough to let us back in. You are still our hero, when you don't feel that you are. I don't want to go through this alone and I don't want you to think you have to go through it alone either.
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We were married under the waterfalls behind the Flamingo in Las Vegas, January 14, 2005. |
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