Loss

I think I’m going to do something a little different for a blog post today. I’m going to choose a word and write about what comes to mind when I think of that word.

The word is: Loss.

When people think of loss, what probably comes to mind first is death. And yes, I will admit, it came to me too. But that wasn’t the only thing. Death isn’t the only way to lose someone or something. That’s just a physical aspect of loss. You can also lose touch with people and things. Friends you used to talk to in the past are gone and you more than likely won’t talk to them again. Of course, there’s always the slight chance that you may just happen to run into them while out shopping and you promise to call one another. But then you realized how different you are. And you wonder why or how you ever became friends with said person. Just because you have a single thing in common doesn’t mean you should be the best of friends. But when we’re children, we don’t realize that and try our hardest to become friends anyway.

Why? It’s simple: We don’t want to be alone.

But that’s a topic for another day.

But back to the topic on hand, loss. We never call that old friend again and we never hear from them either. Haha, false promises. It’s amazing how many of them there are.

The thing with losing someone is that a lot of the time you don’t even realize it’s happening. You stop talking as much and don’t hang out nearly enough. And then, one day, it just stops altogether. You make up excuses just to get out of spending time with one another and you avoid each other on the phone or via IM, or whatever source of communication you use. It’s a bit sad, really. But what’s done is done. You can’t change the past, no matter how much you may want to. There is no “Undo” or “Back” button in life. Oh, if only there were.

Now, I’m done with today’s rant, but I’d like to do a little shameless advertising. I’ve started a story recently, and only the prologue is complete (as boring as it may be), but I’d like to get a few readers anyway. So here you go.

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The next chapter is still in the making, but should be up and online soon. I’d love some feedback of any kind.