missing you

i came close to tears as i watched him go down the stairs of my apartment building. he was in a hurry again to catch his plane home that early morning. he came to see me last weekend. it was also in time for his 33rd bday. he got quite surprised when i came into the room with a cake at exactly midnight and on the day of his bday we celebrated at home with a simple dinner that i prepared for him. no matter how i assure myself though that i'd be ok that i won't be seeing him again for weeks, i still feel the loneliness whenever he leaves. we've been keeping our communication lines open as in literally. besides email and texts, we make it a point to call each other everyday. many people say that long distance relationships don't work but i'm positive that ours will