e s o p h o r i a -all about my imperfections as a confused sinner.

Missing Rib.

A girl in love asked her boyfriend.
Girl: Who do you love most in this world?
Boy: You, of course!
Girl: In your heart, what am i to you?

The boy thought for a moment and looked intently in her eyes and said, 'you are my rib.It was said that God saw that Adam was lonely during his sleep. God then took one of Adam's rib and created Eve.Everyman has been searching for his missing rib, only when you find the woman of your life, you'll no longer feel the lingering ache in your heart.'

After their wedding, the couple had a sweet and happy life for a while. However, the youthful couple began to drift apart due to the busy schedule of life and the never-ending worries of daily problems, their life became mundane.

All the challenges posed by the harsh realities of life began to gnaw away their dreams and love for each other.The couple started to quarell often, getting more heating as each quarell occured.One day, after a quarrell, the girl ran out of the house. At the opposite side of the roads, she shouted :'You don't love me!'

The boy hated her childishness and retorted: 'Maybe it was a mistake for us to be together.YOu were never my missing rib!'

Suddenly she turned quiet and stood there for a long while.He regretted what he said but could not take back his words. Tearfully, she went home and packed her things, determined to break up. 'If i'm really not your missing rib, please let me go.It is less painful this way,that we seperate paths.'

5 years went by. He never remarried but he tried to find out about her life indirectly.She had left the country and back.She had married a foreigner and divorced.He felt anguished that she never waited for him.

In the dark and lonely night, he lit his cigarette and felt the lingering ache in his heart.He couldn't bring himself to admit he was missing her.One day, they finally met.He was going away on a business trip and she was standing there,just the security door seperating them.

She smiled gently.
Man: How are you?
Woman: I'm fine. How about you? Have you found your missing rib?
Man: No
Woman: I'll be flying to New York in the next flight.
Man:I'll be back in 2 weeks time. Give me a call when you are back. You know my number. Nothing has changed.

They bidded each other goodbye.

He heard of her death one week later.She had perished in New York. Midnight, he lit his cigarette again, the lingering ache etched..Midnight, once again, he lit his cigarette. And like before, he felt the lingering ache in his heart. He finally knew. She was the missing rib that he had carelessly broken.Sometimes, people say things out of moments of fury. Most often than not, the outcome could be disastrous and detrimental. Thinking twice is easier said than done....especially when one is furious...

Andrea Yim
8:55 AM