Ever notice?

Ever notice how everything seems better when you can't hear anything but the music?
Ever notice how numb your skull can get when everything you feel or have ever felt is brought rushing back into it-- all at once?
Ever notice how the people who love you most are the ones that you don't really know?
Ever notice how, when the sun sets, it seems to send one last dying stream of blood recklessly careening into the sky, bolder than any last words?
Ever notice how when everything seems okay, one little thing can send you hurling back into reality so fast you want to die?
Ever notice the way the back of your neck tingles at the merest thought of the person you love?
Ever notice the absence of that tingle is stronger than the tingle itself?
Ever notice how it all seems to come down to one moment-- and then before you have time to choose it is chosen for you?
Ever notice how the ink spread across the paper hurts more than the voice trembling on the edge of reality ever could?
Ever notice how, when your head explodes into a million thoughts at once, you realize none of those thoughts belong to you, and you feel dead?
Ever notice how loud the clock can be?
Thirty minutes can change everything.
Live every second, and you'll never have to feel like you missed out.

xoapo