prey
some people seep in quickly and you can easily slog around in their shoes. i made a friend two weeks ago, and two weeks later, he tells me his sister just committed suicide. i gave him a long hug, not knowing what else to do, and acutely aware of the emptiness of words. he is distant, i am familiar with that distance, and he is afraid to really feel; i know that fear, too. he hasn't felt this kind of loss before and doesn't know if he is dealing with it "properly". i am too honest and can't tell him whether he is or not; i would have the same doubts. i don't have any advice for him at all.
he is walking away from his life here for a planned two weeks and i am already worrying about him. i fear he will fall all at once and hard, and i wish i or someone could give him a lifeline. if something happened to one of my siblings, i can't imagine slogging on. i might do what he is doing, and continue to function, inexplicably calm, until i become powerless before the predator.
his parents are aging, he says, and after they are gone he will be all alone. she was his little sister.
he is walking away from his life here for a planned two weeks and i am already worrying about him. i fear he will fall all at once and hard, and i wish i or someone could give him a lifeline. if something happened to one of my siblings, i can't imagine slogging on. i might do what he is doing, and continue to function, inexplicably calm, until i become powerless before the predator.
his parents are aging, he says, and after they are gone he will be all alone. she was his little sister.