Hurtling Through Space: an excerpt from a parting letter

This is a picture Jack took of me with a long exposure and a zoom lens

The event of our parting made me think about permanence and impermanence, and permanence within impermanence. I thought about death, but mostly I thought about how magnetic and beautiful you are, and how our fleeting interactions in our fleeting lives are sweet and vulnerable. I feel I've been condemned to love and happiness.