Distance

Two months have passed since I left the hospital.

It has also been more than a month since my last entry.

Until then, the words had come naturally.

But my concentration and energy had not yet returned, so I kept my distance.

Perhaps I needed that time.

At least, that is how I see it now.

No one asked me to keep writing.

Even so, stepping away from something I had decided to continue brought a quiet sense of guilt.

Perhaps stepping away from that, too, was part of the recovery.