33-333 words for:
BLUE: (adjective)
3. a: low in spirits: melancholy
b: marked by low spirits: depressing<a blue
funk> <things looked blue>
Something silly or stupid would happen almost every
single day and I'd think of you. I'd pick up the phone to dial your number so I
could laugh…with you… until our sides hurt like they always did. Knowing you
would crack up, too, even while I struggled to get the words out because I was
giggling so hard. Because you're silly just like me so you’d get it.
I’d run into that certain acquaintance of ours, and
quickly insert foot directly in mouth. So typical. You're the one I'd text
because you always say, “That wasn’t so bad, really (slightly cringing
inside). I’d give you a hug if I was with you.”
I’d see Like Crazy or Somewhere In Time
or read a love story I knew we’d both like; and immediately, eyes still filled
with tears, I’d think to shoot off an email and ask if you saw the same ones,
read the same book. “What did you think? Did you love it, too? What are you
reading now?” and know your reply would take no time at all.
I’d sit down to write you a letter like we used to
love to do and do so often. Then check the mail basket the very next day in
anticipation of your written reply even though it wouldn’t arrive for one week.
The waiting would be excruciating but oh so, worth it. It would be the second
best part after your words.
Sitting, something touching, whispering, anytime we
were together.
I still want to do all these things, all the time.
Then I’d remember.
I can’t do any of these things because we don’t do
any of them anymore. Sometimes I forget even why.
But I do know exactly why we don't do any of
these things anymore and it breaks my heart all over again.
Today, when I wanted to tell you something, I
remembered again that I couldn’t and all I felt was blue. I suppose I’m making
some progress.
