Status Updates From Still Life

“So, time heals. Mostly. Sometimes carelessly. And in unsuspecting mo-ments, the pain catches and reminds one of all that's been missing. The fulcrum of what might have been. But then it passes.”

“i have become afflicted too—when I see her walk through the doorway, or come about the corner, or appear on the stairwell, the muscles in my legs are subjected to a form of atrophy, and it takes all my willpower to remain upright. This makes me sound as if I’m ill; I am not, I have never felt better.”