[ CW ] `` If you put them together it was obvious to see , but I 'd held them piece by piece , and my life was all the emptier for it . ''

Life is a puzzle, you know what I mean? It starts out this jumbled mess that you have no idea what to do with, but sooner or later you check the front of the box and have some idea of what it should look like. Eventually you start picking up pieces and trying to see if they fit together. You find the corners and put them in place. The edges start filling out. 
 
 Life is one bigass puzzle. Everything you see, every person you meet, every decision you make, they're all pieces. Some fit nicely, but some pieces just kind of hang out in the center until you find the right spot for it. The really shitty part about this puzzle is that it comes with pieces that are better off not fitting at all. And yet, sometimes they become the focus of everything. 
 
 People can spend years trying to find the right combination of pieces that allow for the one shitty piece to have a place. One by one, pieces are removed from the center because they do n't fit. Eventually, there are no pieces left. Even the edges and the corners were thrown out to make that piece fit. 
 
 I should have noticed earlier. It was too late to change anything now. But I look at those pieces I threw away and regret. If you put them together it's obvious to see, but I'd held them piece by piece, and my life was all the emptier for it.
