Cherry Blossoms

Tears

I don't know what led me to get up and doing something.

I would like to think that perhaps at the back of my mind, she was there and told me to get up and so something, but a more realistic reason was the fact that I ran out of Cheez-Its.

I really don't like being hungry.

So I got up and walked like a zombie toward the fridge.

As I walked, a picture caught my eye.

It was a picture of her.

She really hated being in pictures, so I took one while she wasn't looking.

It was a side view of her face while she was eating strawberry ice cream.

It was beautiful.

Her long locks of golden-brown hair almost covered her deep brown eyes, and the sun was shining in a way that made her almost glow.

At that moment, I was proud to be her partner.

Then I realized she was gone.

It was like it happened all over again, but clearer.

My chest hurt. It burned.

I could feel a lump in my throat and my vision getting blurry.

I cried for the first time since she disappeared from my life.