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childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies

if childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies then adulthood is the kingdom where nobody stays. at least not for very long.  everyone and everything is transitory. not everyone dies but that is the way many leave us. some move away, far or near, with promise on both sides to write, to call, to stay in touch. with every modern convenience available we still lose contact, friendships sever and we discover who really cares about our life and who we really care for.  yet others do not die, do not move and yet become absent. people we once thought we couldn't live without are abruptly not around anymore. in reality they didn't suddenly disappear. it was a gradual process taking weeks, months, maybe years. until one day you can't remember what they look like. oh, you can look at a picture and see them but it's just a picture. it's not really them. you close your eyes and can't clearly envision them. who they are is fading and while there are some vivid bright points ...

just another snow day

crunch of ice under our boots myriad animal tracks cross the trivial path leading from your house to mine comparing snow people playing hide-and-snowball-seek freeze tag takes on a new dimension never imagining this day could end nor this era of life fade away to someday less-than-vivid memories perchance even sepia-toned dreams laugh and play and sled and live our winter land child days away