Goodbyes are Forever

[sorcyress]

One of the things about the life I lead is that there are a lot of people who I really really like, and only see a few times a year. Convention friends and party friends and burner friends and dance friends and "I love it when our circles or events overlap, but that's not every day and that's okay". People who easily could've become "real friends" had our circles been closer together, but remained exciting and wonderful in their own category.

And it has always been true that some of these people die. But the past couple years, each time I hear about one of those deaths has been a little harder than usual. Because it's not just "oh, I haven't seen them in a while but maybe the next party, maybe the next con, maybe the next festival or burn."

Covid makes "maybe the next" feel ever so much further away. And maybe we won't reach it at all.

I don't think I have enough brain or energy or coherence to write more of this post. I am glad you are out there, and I look forward to seeing you at maybe the next. I hope.

~Sor
MOOP!

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(Witnessed. Sympathies and also empathies.)