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Every Breath

“Relax, tell me the first thing that comes to mind when i say cloud.”
“Light”
“Very good, how about pillow?”
“Nest”
“Sunshine?”
“Smile”
“Touch?”
“Amelia”
“Feelings?”
“Love”
“Emotion?”
“Longing”
“Desire?”
“Passion”
“Strength?”
“Power”
“Listen?”
“Sensitivity”
“Devotion?”
“Amelia”
“Ok, Jake, Fill in the blanks.”
“Ok”
“My name is Jake and I__ for a living.”
“I honor my country”
“Aside from work the most important thing to me is __”
“My family”
“In the next five years i would like to __”
“Settle down, raise a family, feel content”
“Contentment is __”
“Love”
“I feel love when__”
“I make someone proud”
“The person I most want to make proud is__”
“Amelia”
The lump in my throat feels like it could choke me, I swallow, “Jake, who is Amelia?”
“She’s the only woman who has ever mattered to me”
I blink, looking down at the ring on my finger
“Not that I don’t care about you doll, but she’s my every breath”
I nod “I am starting to understand that.”

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