In the end we had pieces of the puzzle, but no matter how we put them together, gaps remained. Oddly shaped emptiness mapped by what surrounded them, like countries we couldn’t name. What lingered after them was not life, but the most trivial list of mundane facts.
365 Movies Challenge #87; 50 Shades Freed (2018) dir. James Foley: “I made a vow to love you faithfully, forsaking all others. To comfort you in times of need, and to keep you safe for as long as we both shall live.“
