Dear Running Water

Look, I know it's been a while since we last saw each other, but I just wanted to let you know how I feel. I miss you - even more than I thought I would. I'm sure that you miss me, too, even if you don't realize it right now. Please come back to me.

At first I heard you had left for a turbine replacement. That was understandable - turbine replacements are hard to come by, so when one comes your way, you don't turn it down. Then, someone else told me that you were gone because of a broken pipe. Seriously? A broken pipe? What kind of reason is that? If your story keep changing, how am I supposed to know if you'll ever come back? I just don't know what to believe anymore.

In the beginning, it was easy to live without you. I'll admit, I briefly enjoyed it. I mean, it was hard and everything, but it was such a completely different experience that I felt ... liberated. But that liberation quickly gave way to annoyance, then sadness, and now ... now I've just got this empty feeling in the pit of my stomach. It's terrible without you. I miss the way you used to run through my hair, tracing yourself all the way down my body. I even miss the stupid little things, like how you'd help me with chores like cooking or laundry.

Please come back.