Silence has always tasted sweet since I was a young boy. I find bliss in building a world of my own, alone. Now, with only the whirring of her ventilator, my tongue is filled with bitter gourd juice, swimming through the boulder inside my throat.
Her hands, I’ve held since she was 24, feel cold against my wrinkled touch. Her lungs ceased breathing. Her kidneys rested. Her once soft lips, mummed with tubes.
When it is over, said and done, it was a time, and there was never enough of it.
I would give everything just to hear her laugh again.
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A Reading Writer 
Oh god, this is heartbreaking. It really makes one more considerate of how much time we all have and to spend it wisely with those we love. Beautiful and solemn piece here. It’s just… wow.
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Yes. It is important to make the most out of our days. to inhabit every second. Thank you, Lucy.
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Such a heartbreaking story, Rosema. Beautifully written
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thank you, Shweta.
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Painful, raw emotion and memory. Your prose made it so very real.
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Thank you for your thoughtful comment, Helen.
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Stunningly portrayal of the pain of loss. I’m moved to tears.
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Oh dear. Sorry for making you cry, Beverly. Thank you.
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Silence is golden, until it is not. Heartbreaking and too much truth in it. Thank you.
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So true, Mary. Thank you for reading.
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The end on a ventilator is truly a grim one… I have heard so many stories of people not realizing that they already said their farewells before the tubes where inserted.
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That is, indeed, a tragedy. Thank you, Bjorn.
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So very sad, the grief and the loss. And the ventilator. . .The one bright thing being that the narrator could be there with her.
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that is true. that, now, is a privilege. Thank you, Merril.
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these lines lend themselves to melancholy and this sounds rather close to home … take care precious!
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thank you, dear Kate! You stay safe,too!
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will do, hugs!
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virtual hugs back!
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This is such a sad parting.
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indeed. thank you.
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100 words, and made me cry. Somewhere, someone lives this story. Well done.
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true. i know one. sadly. thank you, Bill.
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