there is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy

Sometimes reality settles in slowly, trickling like a gentle brook into my consciousness, easily making its way. Other times, it's like a brick to the skull, shocking and frightening. How could I be so thick? I only just now realized that, for the first time in unimaginably long, I will--in three days--be in the same city as Johnnie W.

My heart stopped beating for a moment. Literally, it stopped, then thudded back into a faster and harsher rhythm. Reality setting in with a decided thunk.






Life isn't on a linear path. So be it.


[the title quotation is by Jean Anouilh]