Tuesday, February 9, 2010

sunlight causes shadows, jon

when i get sick, i tend to get negative and all i can see is the darker side of things. all I can see is the silvery oily death-potion floating on top of the rain river that’s flowing down the streets seeking the nearest access to the once untainted earth.

today i am sick. i am sick and i see the shadows.

it seems like a bummer that i am limited by time and space. i once heard a story of a woman who wept when she saw the beauty contained in the pure deep blue of a sulfur pool in yellowstone national park for the first time.

“why are you crying?”

“i’m weeping because i’m thirty-eight years old and i’ve only just now seen this.”

“well you’re here now. what’s there to cry about?”

“because i’m thirty-eight and i can only imagine all the other beautiful things i’ve missed out on and will never get to see.”

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