"They Speak in Clever Tongues..."

There were days that I loved you, days that I hated you, hours that I needed you more than oxygen, hours that I needed you like a brain aneurysm, minutes that passed slowly in your absence, minutes that passed slowly in your presence, seconds that felt too sweet to last, seconds that felt too bitter to last.

We were all going to go to heaven when we were done.

We were all going to go straight to hell when it was over.

There were weeks when the days blurred, the hours melted, the minutes spun, and the seconds sped. There were times when I felt I could not love, hate, need, or feel anymore.

We were heading down a path I couldn't wait to travel.

We were heading down a road that no man could ever traverse.

There was time. There was none. There were people. There was no one. There were words. There was silence.

And in the thick of it all, there was me. And you.