#LDR

It is Sunday night. It is two days after Christmas. It is 656 days after you left this city for good.

It is a few hours after a gathering at a friend’s place. It is a few hours since I last saw your message on my chat app. It was an I Love You sticker.

It has been 21 days since I last saw you in person.

And it is only 2 days before I see you again in person.

There was a swirl of humans around me making a cacophony of laughter, yelling, and emotions. Yet as I made my way through the herd, I felt lonely.

Why did I let you leave?
Why am I still here?
Maybe I should drop everything and just be with you.

It will probably be a couple of years before we can finally live together, hand in hand, face to face, in person.

It will be a few years before we can start a little family.

But before that…

As sure as it is possible to be in a crowd and feel lonely,

it is possible to be in two different places and be together.