there when it isn't.

It is in the evening, or the afternoon if you prefer,
coming home from school, or being dropped off at home,
left alone maybe, is when you can feel the difference.

Either calm or lonely or maybe a bit too quiet. Maybe even all of the above. In school, in class, outside, in public, it all feels the same whether or not you are in a crowd or walking alone. Nothing felt missing. Nothing to lose nor there was anything to gain. However, here, you feel a slight emptiness, a longing, something missing, something rather, different. That's how it is with the people you love.

It isn't about what they do or how much they say, it's their presence. Their vibe, that aura, that comfort, that familiarness, the feeling of home I could say. In that particular moment of silence, is when you know.

-riri-