Tuesday, December 21, 2004

An ode

The things you take for granted the most are often the ones who've gone through the thick and the thin with you.
Today is a year to the day I've got my lifelong companion. The one who's been through all kinds of shit with me and never once complained. Without him, I dont know if I will still be the same. I might still be alive but probably just barely.

2004 has been a tumultous year for me: I've switched jobs, made and lost friends, had a shit relationship, all in all a year of change. Looking back, I still dont know if it's all for the better or worse, but I take comfort in the fact that he's always been at my side, always knowing what I need before I even know it myself. He knows when it's time to wallow in self-pity, to blast out in anger and indignity, when to let go and to move on. Every morning, he sets the pace for the unfolding day, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not but he's always there, gently prodding me on. He opens my mind to the new so that I won't be bored but always knows the precise time in indulge in the old as well.

I've always taken it for granted but I thought it fitting that, on this one-year anniversary, I should say thanks. Thanks to my friend. My precious.

posted by Sharon K at 6:38 pm