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Updated 10 months ago,July 2, 2024
We have all fallen for temporary people.
They are hurricanes and madness and wrecking balls; theyre sunshine and blissful surrenders.
We want their chaos and their madness; we want it the way others once wanted ours.
Jenny Woods
We are advised not to fall for these people.
And yet we do, knowing full well we cant keep them.
How could we not, after all?
We want their nows and forevers.
We want their sleepy half-smiles over coffee every morning and their sturdy arms to lull us to sleep.
We want their wine-drunk Saturday evenings and their lazy Sunday mornings.
We want their words and their silences; their downfalls and their strengths.
We want the whole of the people we love but were sometimes only given a fraction.
And so heres what we do with that instead.
We remember the lilt of their laughter on the days when the rain comes pouring down.
We envision the curves of their skin when we need to know that all is not lost.
We dont need to curse and resent and forget the people life didnt let us hold onto.
We dont have to rid ourselves of their impressions and shelter ourselves from their impact.
Were allowed to let them in.
Were allowed to let them matter.
Becausesome people simply are not meant to stay forever.
And what else can we do but hold onto these people while we have them?
What else do we do but love them with everything we have before theyre gone?
After all, we never know how much times left.
