By slug
Date: 6 October 2000

Thank You

I think I've figured it out.
        I think I have it all together now.
                
                I understand...

I am honored, and I thank you for the gift...
I understand that were it not for the horror,
                                  the nightmare,
                                  the joke,
                                  the almost-but-not-quite,
I would not be able to recognize this as the gift it is...
                                                  he is...

and the ever-so-sad little girl would still be driving north - to where the stars are clearer and the nights are chilly, because the red river is the best place for a second kiss...
                         and sad girl would still be lonely
and sad girl wouldn't realize that this is something to treasure.
        I had to almost lose it all...
I had to know - to KNOW the worst possible scenario for a person.
It had to be real so that he could be real.

        It makes sense now,
                           and I promise not to take him for granted.
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