A stream of consciousness response to a powerful empathetic connection with a dear friend and their fear.
Separate lives
Separate experiences
Briefly
Somehow
In the space of one breath
Empathy connects
Numb anhedonia
Turns slowly insidious
Momentarily shared
Pale confusion
Dread known
Somehow understood
Language carries quiet terror
Empathy pressing
Empathy compressing
Anchor to past
Sinks hearts
Images inevitably fade
Dread quietly suffocates
Creeping dread
Choking tendrils
Drown me
Quiet dread
Drowns me
Intensity crests
Lungs stutter once
Heart stutters twice
Tide crawls out
Exhale
Blinking
The moment passes
Life tenuously resumes
Sunrises come
Sunsets pass
Wave returns unexpected
Words suddenly spill
All minds are flawed
All memories ephemeral
We must forgive ourselves
You must forgive yourself
The tide recedes again
Words in the sand remain
Their love is a part of you
Your love is a part of them
Enmeshed in the stars now
Stars see all
One day we will all be stars again
And stars forget nothing
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