have you ever had something disappear from your life completely? at first, you feel its absence with a sharp, painful longing that pulls constantly. but gradually, its presence subsides to an occasional tug, which then fades completely, until your lack of emotion makes you question if what had once defined you was ever really there at all.

was it there? were we real? i don’t even know whether or not to put these questions into past tense, because the sudden removal of your entire being from my life was so instantaneous that it’s hard to believe it happened. 

will our time together even leave a trace on who i am ? or will those blissful but brief moments be forgotten and slip into the ether….