All Your Firsts Without Me

by L.M. Terry

I will wilt after he leaves. He is my sun.

“The pain you feel now will turn into strength for the future.”

I glance around, feeling more at home with the quiet of the dead than I do in the hustle and bustle of the living.

“It hurts too much. Everything hurts. Living hurts.”

Now, I have nothing. Just things. I need him. I need him.

“I’d like to tell you it gets easier, and I guess it does. He’ll be with you everywhere. In everything you see, in all that you read.”

“I’m working on all my firsts without him.”

I am the preface. The beginning of a beautiful love story, but unfortunately my chapters are short and limited. But her love story is far from over, I know this, I feel it deep inside my heart.

You were the best thing to ever happen to me.” I press my forehead to the cool stone.

“Anyhow, I think I love him. It’s so different from what you and I have, yet it’s the same. I feel safe with him.”