Life is just a temporary harbour for the stardust we all are made of on its eternal journey through time¹
THOSE THAT ARE LOST BY TIME
Han fattas mig! - He is missing from me!²
Men Mattis gick storgråtande fram och tillbaka i stensalen och skrek: ”Han har funnits jämt! Och nu finns han inte!”
Om och om igen ropade han på samma vis: ”Han har funnits jämt! Och nu finns han inte!”
Då sa Lovis: ”Mattis, du vet att ingen får finnas jämt. Vi föds och vi dör, så har det ju alltid varit, vad jämrar du om?”
”Men han fattas mej”, skrek Mattis. ”Han fattas mig så det skär i bröstet!”
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But Mattis was loudly crying as he walked back and forth in the big stone hall yelling: "He's always been here! And now he isn't here anymore!"
Over and over again he screamed: "He's always been here! And now he isn't here anymore!"
Then Lovis said: "Mattis, you know that no one can always be here. We are born and we die, it has always been like that, so what are you moaning about?"
"But he is missing from me," Mattis cried. "He is missing from me so my chest hurts!"
Mattis grieving in Ronja Rövardotter (Ronia, the Robber's Daughter)³ ⁴ ⁵
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– Randy
I can say "Randy man, Randy man, Randy man" a million times, but I'll never hear that notification sound and see your thoughtful messages ever again.
Miss you forever my friend!
– Paul
The beautiful person we all thought would be here forever, with a guitar in your hands, a smile like the sun, and singing a song carried by the winds. The world is a lot quieter now.
Miss you forever my friend!
– Faith
Like a mother and a friend wrapped up in one, you always had time and always had love and always showed how much you cared. And you were so funny!
Miss you forever my friend!
– Dawn
Every morning you texted me and asked if I had coffee yet, checking in on me throughout the day. You were there in my darkest time of need. You saved me from myself and I love you so much for that.
Miss you forever my friend!
– Åsa
We knew each other for 42 years, since we were six years old! And now you left us all stranded in the middle of life, it's unfair and sad and unbelievable.
Miss you forever my friend!
– Dad
My father, my hero, my very best friend. I am my father's daughter and you taught me everything I really needed to know. You are missing from me... You are missing from me so much my chest hurt!
Miss you forever daddy!
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This list is long enough. I don't want to add another name, another sorrow, another heartbreak. I never want to truly lose another person ever again. But I will... We all do.
/Annalogue75
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¹) Yes, you may quote me on that
²) YouTube clip
³) Astrid Lindgren, Ronja Rövardotter, 5th edition. Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren, 2007, p.234. Translation by Annalogue75, 2024.
⁵) Full length movie WATCH HERE
