Your friends are never gone

You know when you start to feel so much _____ and you just cry? Maybe because it just comes overwhelmingly natural to you but your cheeks and nose become wet, your eyebrows closer to one another, and your head bows down as to not let others see. It's all because you feel IT. You feel the sorrow, the joy, the tenderness of relationships, the praise in high hanging rhythms, the yearning for lost loved ones, the shame and pain in unforgivable, unretractable actions. Without these feelings first, what real thoughts have you? These feelings I've grown quite fond of; some of the most intense vibrations I've ever experienced. 

I recently read a letter from an old friend. They told me they missed me and hoped one day we had the time to meet again. I hoped for this, too. And I hope this friend knows now that even though we are far apart and our time is not spent conversing or giggling with one another over coffee and bread everyday, I am still thinking of them with strong feelings of joy, love, regret, and then gratitude.