These are the two words that would most probably and universally hurt people because they apply to every situation where the high of happiness, or the thrill of euphoria, is present.
It can be said of a stable, loving relationship, a good-natured friendship, or just a blissful and fulfilled life, and their negative counterparts.
These two words are here to wake us up from LIVING the daydreams we have to LEAVING the daydreams we HAD. They tell us that all things come to an end, whether they are good or bad.
The lovers we spend our nights with may not be our lovers tomorrow, the friends we laugh with today might be the friends we cry about tonight, and the loved ones whose moments we cherish at this minute might be whose memories we remember at the next hour.
Endings are just as definite as beginnings, and we can never tell when they come.
Even as we are safe in the comfort of our own homes, the day will come when someone or something will be out of our lives forever.
They ride out into the day, or the afternoon, or the night, the time and place being indefinite, and ultimately becoming immaterial.
Then, we're the ones left with no choice but to stand in a big, empty field, with our horses in tow.
But even then, we get the chance to make a choice, whether to remain standing where we are, travail the forward path slowly, or ride off to the sunset.
(Inspired by the song Space Cowboy, written by Kacey Musgraves, Luke Laird, and Shane McAnally, produced by Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashlan, and Kacey Musgraves, and performed by Kacey Musgraves)
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