Velocity.
There’s a live wind coming. Touching the tops of trees.
Saplings bend to its will.
The wind sweeps across the land. Touching the low valleys, where the grass grows tall.
Combing over the mountains, where the land is bare.
The wind passes through hands hanging out of car windows.
Blows hair over faces.
Runs through the closing space between fingers as hands interlock.
The wind blows gently in through a window sill.
Drapes betraying it's disguise float lackadaisically in the sun-kissed room.
The wind sweeps, and lingers around a small life.
The pitter patter of tiny feet. Unabated laughter.
There is a live wind coming.
A glimpse.
Sometimes that is all you get.
And then the day ends. The moment crumbles and cascades into the next, and you must put it behind you. You must enter the next moment with vim and vigor, and then watch it fade impassively in the same breath. It’s all a bit non-sensical isn’t it? It all means nothing and everything in the same breath. To almost every coin there is two sides. And even the ones without an other side are simply single sided because we refuse to flip them over. Does that make sense? I choose to live passionately. But at the same time, I am able to do so because I recognize the insanity of it all. If I was not passionate, well then, I would have nothing. I would not be long for this world, and I am sure the world would be lesser for it.
I have a purpose. You have a purpose. Reach out and grab it. Stay away from the things that would lead you astray. Redouble your efforts. Realize the non-sensical nature of life and the world and choose to be on the right side of what is good and true. Embrace the positive side of human nature and try to grow it, like a crop in the world. One moment of empathy at a time. One act of compassion and kindness at a time.
At times, I consider that I will be alone, that I will never be understood by someone for all of my days. And one of the only things that gives me solace is to try to do good for others. To leave things behind. To create good things. To offer a hand of kindness. To be a good son. A good friend. A good person. Regardless of how life beats me, and treats me, and takes away the things I love, I refuse to turn a cheek. I will push my standards. I will push myself. And I will increase the good I can do in the world.
And I encourage you to follow suit.
Thank you for reading. Sincerely.
Stay warm.
DC
