Absence

“Hmm… strange coincidence.” I am waiting in the living room of my friend’s house, martyr Atef Yahya, looking at a calendar with an older photo of him and his mother. I flip through the pages to today’s date to find the quote of the day. “No tears are enough; neither do the days make you forget the loss of a true loyal friend.”
Atef died after a long struggle with a head injury caused by a bullet during the Israeli embassy clashes in 2011, Giza.