Anchor

You were the anchor that weighed me down from exploring new seas,
but you were the anchor that kept me from drifting away in the furious tsunami.

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"Because life is not a straight line."

I had a story to tell - a faux one - but I expressed my truest, deepest feelings, and my mind pictured you sitting in a corner at the back of the classroom, looking at me. In actual fact, you and I were miles away, but in that instantaneous moment, you transported your way to me. I told them about death; something that often appeared in our past conversations. I told them you inspired me to live on, in a way. I told them you taught me how to embrace the ups and downs in life, because life is not a straight line.

Today, I think I might have, could have, possibly have needed you again.