strangely difficult

i just got back from the airport.
It feels about right.
To post a new entry.

It is a new chapter.
And it's weird to send people off to the airport
We should all just leave on the same day
it just feels strange for the people who stay behind

Saying goodbye to people you lived with for 6 mths(some say 7 years) is tough
I feel it now cos there's nothing tomorrow
They're gone.
No more.

No more us.
No more instructions for the number of toast i should eat.
No more reminders to bring my bible for devotion
No more "8am, ready to go."

They've been there every morning
Groggy faces, big haired, half opened eye at morning exercise
We share the toilet reluctantly,
racing to be ahead in the queue for the toaster/butter/jam/mee goreng bowl/toilet bowl

We huddled together on trucks, vans, buses,
singing to the karaoke in Thai,
worshipping, big bootying, wet willying,
play fighting, telling stories, sleeping

We shifted houses 9 times in 6 months
We laughed and cried together,
We removed our masks
6 months was long enough

We shouted out prayers and praises
We stood together and believed
We saw money switch hands
in hours, fees paid

We didn't always agree
We kept silent during long rides
We retreated into our worlds
but
We also learnt to come back

We fought battles
Our own and together
We heard, we saw, we did, we grew

We laughed, danced, partied,
limbo-ed, farted, burped

We ate, shopped, ate

We kicked, threw,bumped,
passed, shot, scored
volleyed, smashed, surfed

sand, sweat, blood,
beard,puke, crap
Cement slabs, plywood, nuts and bolts
splinters, sandwiches, shakes and roos
We've seen it all

Some i'll miss,definitely more than others

yet it's strangely difficult
to omit these characters from tomorrow

Time's up, but inertia keeps the inside ticking away

i rest but still feel tired
i look and one more is gone

For a time gone and never to return
It left a mark, an imprint to remember
"Know God, and make Him known"
Where ever
However
Forever

You'll be hard to forget,
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