Past Tense

Essays
Written By Nathan Box

You are gone.

No longer here.

In fact, you are nowhere to be found.

Occupying yourself in the past tense…

 

It is the new way to describe you.

Unfamiliar territory,

We are forced to retrain the brain.

Occupying ourselves with the past tense…

 

“Remember when,” is how we begin conversations.

Rightly so, you are the center of those.

Filling ourselves with memories, while

Occupying time with the past tense…

 

Frozen and unable to move,

We hold tightly to the idea of you.

Building angels in your absence,

Occupying life with the past tense.

 

Be good to each other,

-Nathan 

Nathan Box
Hello! My name is Nathan. I've always believed I would meet that special someone in one of two places; either a record store or a book store. Maybe I need to amend? I moved to Seattle in February of 2011 from Oklahoma City (Try and not hold the Sonics/Thunder thing against me). I knew I wanted to work for a nonprofit and go to grad school. Within a couple of months, I was doing both. During the day, I work as a Fund Developer and Community Relations Manager for a nonprofit in Kent and at night I try to stay as busy as possible volunteering, trying new restaurants, finding hidden bars and exploring Seattle. The past few years has been both terrifying and exhilarating. I have done things on my own I didn’t think were within my capability. I love being outdoors. On any given weekend, I can be found hiking, on a road trip, volunteering, at a museum, seeing a movie (I see a lot of them). I am passionate about nonprofit work. I feel called to leave a mark on this world. Nothing against those who enjoy making tons of money, I just need to know I am making a difference.
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