Andrea,
U ever stand around a fire or beside the surf or on a deck and for one succinct moment,
in the company of good friends ~ even though you know it’s a bit romantic, feel a strong
sense of well-being in the midst of the din of 21st Century industrialization & blight? Me
too. Sure, it’s far easier to sense the all-powerfulness of the ways & means
to a bitter confrontation between man and culmination, …but it’s that deep crystalline
breath
of hope. …I know most people who know love feel it from time to time and
some can even express it in ways that for a moment can make a half empty cup appear
half full to the majority of a small group of reasonably likeminded individuals in some
given arbitrary abstract reason to gather together and kill time. Most of the time I think
we hammer through the day, even those of us who are relatively calm, considering;
world expanding dramatically mathematically and all. But, to me, it is those brief
moments,
the sense of perfect unity between earth, sky, and humanity, & that arbitrary reason,
that’s why I even bother to get up in the morning. The night I climbed a tree and shaved
my hair, I was thinking seriously about killing myself (& over what self loathing?),
tomorrow just seemed pointless, the boys (good young men) are strong forces on their
own two feet now & my bride (who I dig wholly) would know the joy of a first kiss
again…I told myself, bla-bla-bla. Instead, I caught a nasty case of poison ivy and woke
up bald and scratched up and happy as all get-up that I didn’t murder myself. Too much
information, yeah I know, but these are shit times that…can be so excellent in small bites.
I hope one day, reason, compassion & accountability (yeah and love, ye ugly buggers) finally
know a Renaissance (or first-time stand if applicable) as rightful power on this continent and
perhaps everywhere. It’s difficult to imagine, though: some of the greatest minds (loves)
of all time have died never knowing the blessing of such a contagious wellspring
of benevolence and hope for all & our freedoms’ ring………
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Oh, …what implausible rubbish!! heheh……I’m going to join the traffic jam. Peace.
