“I feel like we’ve been here before.”
“That’s because we have been here forever. Nothing ever changes. We never go anywhere.”
“I feel like we’ve seen this before.”
“That’s because we have been looking at it forever. We stare at the same four walls everyday. We never change our view of the world.”
“I feel like we’ve heard this before.”
“That’s because we have been having the same conversation for years. We never talk about anything different. It’s the same words coming out of our mouths over and over.”
“Why? Why haven’t we gone anywhere or seen anything new? Why hasn’t our conversation changed? I like new stories, new paintings, new places. Why do we continue to sit here in this room on repeat year after year?”
“My darling, it’s because you can no longer walk, and your mind doesn’t work the same as it did 20 years ago. And I don’t mind sitting in this room with you everyday repeating the same stories, looking through the same photo albumns, listening to the same songs on the radio, and reminding you of all the love we have shared throughout our lifetime together.”
“Thank you, sweetheart, you are so kind to do so… still, I feel like we’ve been here before.”
“That’s because we have.”
A sweet way to write a thing.