A place in the sun or Next to the moon. Yearning to be, Way far gone, and soon. Home in the mountains, Eloping to the sea. Resting, relaxing, Escaping, to the trees. Broadening horizons, Under distant stars and lights. To castle and museum, Here I take flight. Ever looking for wonder, Reaching far from this […]
Tag: longing
Shaking hands with ghosts
Modern methods of communication are supposed to bring people closer together. With the ease of access to social media, computers, smart phones, and a myriad of tech inspired ways to communicate, one might believe that we are connected, and in touch with one another, in unprecedented ways. Do you ever feel that this couldn’t be […]
Before Care, and Love……
There are a million ways to show someone that you care. And just as many ways to show love. Some, choose to demonstrate care through specific actions. Offering to make a special trip to the store to pick up a forgotten prescription, is an example. Preparing dinner and cleaning up all the dishes is a caring […]
Candor on a Cozy Couch
There’s no need for a mask, or to make a scene. And no need for performance, for you to mean, more to me. There’s no cause for costume, or fancy jewelry. And no need for makeup, nor any perfumery. There’s no need to augment, or change your normal tone. Your eyes are what speak to me, and make […]
The Favorite Pair
Think of your favorite pair of shoes. The ones that you adored because they appealed to your senses, or served a utility function. They might have been tough to break in, or felt perfect immediately. The shine might have been lustrous at the start, but dulled with time. The color was likely vivid at first, […]
The Erosion of Time
Do you remember photo albums? Do you remember the true photo albums, and not the 10101010 holding spot associated with your “library” on your computer? Do you recall the plasticine pages that stuck to each other, smelling of a weird amalgamate of chemicals, needing to be surgically peeled from one another to advance the memories? […]
The Statue
Paris took a very regular route to and from the tower. With little deviation he passed the vendors, and houses, and people, and carts, and barrels, and open windows to meals, and closed ones to arguments. His daily travel to and from his source of income shifted and twisted very little. A left here at […]
The Overseer
There is a true deity that affects our all of our lives. The choice of an ultimate, spiritual leader is inconsequential after all. The ongoing conflicts between acolytes of supreme spiritual devotees will never cease. But, there is a conceptual, albeit massively impactful, one that rules everyone. It doesn’t care whether you are agnostic, atheist, […]
Kindness
Didn’t we once expect more of our fellow-man? Didn’t we once compulsively, and instinctively refer to a gentleman or lady as sir or ma’am or madam? Didn’t we once regard our elders in a respectful way? Wasn’t the norm, but a few years ago, to ask politely for, anything? Wasn’t it not long ago that we weren’t […]
The Absence of Longing for Belonging
Whether acknowledged consciously, or succumbed to inadvertently, a persistent and prevalent pressure to “fit in” oppresses so many of us from an early age. We try to impress our playmates with our prowess at various board games, outside activities like “Red Rover,” and by our skill with various niche card games, pop culture knowledge, and […]