9:23PM `⏱
Absence isn't measured by the days that have passed, but by the void one leaves behind in the smallest details of our lives. We don't miss people because they've gone, but because we miss the parts of ourselves that were incomplete without them. Longing isn't merely remembering; it's a desperate attempt to mend a cracked wall in the soul, a agonizing search for a scent that has faded in the chaos of memory.