half a world away.

"The worst feeling is knowing how much you love someone,

how much that person loves you back, how perfect you are together,

but for a million, unknown reasons, you can never be together."

- P.A.

We are on the same road again. Yet for a moment, I know this is different, somehow. This time, its not you nor I that's the problem. This time, it's not us fighting. Today, we face the same adversary. Today, we're swaying in the same beat. One song, one dance. One love. Fighting for it. Living for it. Half a world away.

And I ask, isn't this dejavu? Have we not expected to be separated half the time we had those major squabbles and debates? Have we not anticipated this after more than 3 years of enduring this masochism phenomenon called 'us'? Have we not?

We have. But nothing prepares you for the real thing, isn't it? Nothing.

The tears are just a teardrop away. The sad face just hides beneath a smile. The pain is inherent. But I remain. For what? For the best last week of our lives...

September 4 through September 9, in the year 2006. Let's make this work, somehow. For this time may be the last time. And if I had to carry any of our memories, I would hope to carry something that will make me smile. Half a world away.

Yes, half a world away - from you.