"Take Two Aspirin And..."

“Take Two Aspirin And…”

At times I miss you terribly,

at times I remember when I didn't -

and please understand,

I'm happier now because I do.

 

Having had to remember how to breathe

doesn't make it hurt less… but…

at least now

the pain makes sense …ya see?

 

Chris

Was once a sort of standing joke of a CALLED Doctor at midnight saying "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning." for damn near anything that bothered someone.  Hence the title.

 

If you imagine yourself sitting on a stonework wall - say at midnight... thinking.  OR Perhaps a pew in a church, a memorial.  OR laying in your bed at 3 AM.  OR at a wake.  Or any of 100's of other places, times.

 

"…At times I miss you terribly, …" - the world's a cold and darker place with you not here.

"…at times I remember when I didn't - …" - I can still remember how I was, hell - how LIFE was, before we met - empty, silent, lifeless.  

"...and please understand,..."  - Sometimes we do speak to our memories - when they matter or are that REAL to us.

"...I'm happier now because I do. ..." -  You made everything ...better, brighter... you just made everything...

 

Sometimes

...we just whisper and

the wind carries us away -

Gawd alone knows where.

And somedays we might awaken

to sunlight and the taste of lips

softly touching ...ours -

tomorrows to share and live;

and somedays

we might not want to awaken any more -

our bare lips and the cold exhales,

darkened skies and empty hands…

all the silence inside.

 

Life happens…

people touch us - deeply

and the shadows grow

longer and longer

as the footsteps go silent

and the world doesn’t pause

or leave a tear to show

we were.

 

Chris

 

 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Sheila Kline]

Ending a relationship and then looking back and realizing what we had and not understanding it at the time is enough to give cause to feel pain as this. We question ourselves and wonder why we couldn't see the writing on the wall - the good with the bad when we had the opportunity. We look back and realize there were moments worthy to remember, and how different it might be if we had embraced it at the time. The pain suddenly makes sense. We then know why it our breathing was so labored - the struggle was more than we understood. Take two aspirin and hope the pain will stay away.......

[Chris]

THAT was one way of looking at it Sheila... there are others too. Sometimes you ARE in-love and the other isn't...But it is better to have loved than not...and you can remember the special times... and still other "choices"

[Sheila Kline]

Always better to have loved than not!! Yes, there are special times in every relationship!

[hmarieee]

I understand how you feel. At times I feel I can't cope with things but once I understand the pain, its much easier.

[Chris]

Hi Hannah... welcome back is in order? Come by anytime.

[hmarieee]

Thank you, I will for sure.

[sharonlee]

Nodding... not all things in life make sense, but this certainly does. To much so.

[Chris]

Yes, it does doesn't it... I thought so too.

[sharonlee]

I wrote recently, my last post I or second last post "Life is experienced by understanding emotional pain and being lifted by the existence of true beauty…"

[Chris]

WC eats posts from time to time.

[sharonlee]

http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharonlee/1257419/