299.792.458 meters per second
Without listening to the entire message, I drop my phone on the bed, fall back on to the sheets, sink deeper and deeper into that fucking void that starts so mercilessly to enclose me; melting into darkness. When death comes, death is always stronger than anticipated. As in, we all theoretically know death, but when we experience its presence in our closer circles, its intensity is always unprecedented. No stoicism in the world can prepare me, every time, Iâm taken by surprise, every time Iâm feeling the same helpless agony wallowing up in me. What has been set once into motion cannot be undone. I cannot stop a shadow from falling.Â
O enters the room, only a towel around him, âwhat happened?â
I look up from the bed in terror, âI cannot stop a shadow from falling.âÂ
He comes over, sits down next to me, hugs me, hugs me tight. We both fall back onto the bed. With his finger, heâs picking up the first teardrop that is running down my left cheek. Raises his finger, the sun, shining through the lush backyard of the Luxx Langsuan, shining through that lush greenery, right through our window, the pool downstairs glimmering, shining onto Oâs finger, the light breaking through the teardrop, casting a shadow on Oâs finger, his hands, the wall behind the bed, having thrown the shadow before I was even able to perceive. Casting a shadow at 299.792.458 meters per second.Â
O starts kissing me, the sun keeps on shining, and with every second, its light is moving 299.792.458 meters further away from Qâs death having happened.Â
I get up abruptly. âIâm running late for my meeting.â


















