09/02/2026
There are things that time has passed, new faces have appeared, new every day life is already shaped. The old (gone) seems forgotten, not in the picture anymore.
But once, a gesture can trace you back to a complete different time or portal.
It happened, just when I parked my old bike, opened the gate to parent's house, stood in front of our rugged glass doors, I was for some seconds, waiting for a shadow. Supposedly there should have been two tiny paws leaning against the glass door, barking enthusiastically as I arrived, waiting to be out and maybe greeting a known member of the house.
I almost heard the barking, saw the paws and everything that followed (usually) as a decade ago, in just a blink of an eye for 1-2 secs.
Yet, the door opened, nothing happened (of course). My evening just continued as it was supposed to. Until I realized how I was still unused to a physical absence, which maybe has become an invisible force, surrounding me all this time.
10.02.2026
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