The Missing Piece

by Kiersten Modglin

Someone once told me that eventually time takes away everything you have—everyone you love, your dreams, your memories, your fears. It takes everything you’ve ever had, and you never notice until it’s gone. The same person told me that though time is known to heal, time is actually cruel. Despite every single thing time steals from you, it will never take one thing away. No matter how many nights you spend awake, how many meals you miss, or how many stares you try not to notice; time is just time, and no matter how much time passes, it will never let you forget the truth.

Getting up was the easy part. Facing the day was where it got hard.

We miss you! How can you miss something you never had?

Friends are just enemies who know all your biggest secrets and are waiting for a chance to use them against you.”

“Now, if honesty truly existed, would we even be in this situation?

Sometimes, and I’ve seen it time and time again, sometimes you lie to yourself without realizing that you are lying. It’s a defense mechanism that the brain has picked up.

If you lie to yourself long enough, sometimes it becomes real.