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What does it mean?
A simple statement acknowledging a long absence.
In plain terms
I was gone a while.
What can you take from it?
Absence is acknowledged.

Where it applies

  • reuniting
  • reflection
  • travel

Putting it to work

  • acknowledge absence
  • state return

Questions to consider

  • Why were you away?
  • How do you measure time?

Another view

It lacks context on why the time passed.

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